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Flash Flood Warning 125, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 16, 2013, 6:35 PM MDT for Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 85 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 16, 2013, 6:35 PM MDT (00:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 16, 2013, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 85 min
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Otero County, NM
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS El Paso, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Sep 16, 1:59 PM MDT, 4 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 16, 1:59 PM MDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 1120 AM MDT MON SEP 16 2013 NMZ401>417-TXZ418>424-171730- UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY-SOUTHERN GILA HIGHLANDS/BLACK RANGE- SOUTHERN GILA FOOTHILLS/MIMBRES VALLEY- SOUTHWEST DESERT/LOWER GILA RIVER VALLEY-LOWLANDS OF THE BOOTHEEL- UPLANDS OF THE BOOTHEEL-SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN- EASTERN BLACK RANGE FOOTHILLS-SIERRA COUNTY LAKES- NORTHERN DONA ANA COUNTY-SOUTHERN DONA ANA COUNTY/MESILLA VALLEY- CENTRAL TULAROSA BASIN-SOUTHERN TULAROSA BASIN- WEST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET- SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 7500 FEET- EAST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET-OTERO MESA- WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY-EASTERN/CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY- NORTHERN HUDSPETH HIGHLANDS/HUECO MOUNTAINS-SALT BASIN- SOUTHERN HUDSPETH HIGHLANDS- RIO GRANDE VALLEY OF EASTERN EL PASO/WESTERN HUDSPETH COUNTIES- RIO GRANDE VALLEY OF EASTERN HUDSPETH COUNTY- 1120 AM MDT MON SEP 16 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NM AND TX. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ENOUGH MOISTURE REMAINS OVER THE REGION TO GENERATE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF THE RIO GRANDE AND SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF THE RIVER THROUGH TONIGHT. RAIN AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN PREVIOUS DAYS...HOWEVER WITH THE GROUND BEING SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS RAIN EVENTS...ANY FUTURE RAIN FALL WILL BECOME RUNOFF WHICH MAY BECOME EXCESSIVE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS AND DRAINAGES. HIGH FLOODING POTENTIAL CONTINUES FOR AREAS ADJACENT TO THE SILVER FIRE BURN SCAR WHERE EVEN MODERATE AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL COULD GENERATE FLOODING. RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH AND NEAR FLOOD STAGE AS WATER CONTINUES TO DRAIN OFF OF SATURATED SOIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY. RAIN CHANCES WILL BE HIGHER GENERALLY EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE BUT CAN NOT RULE OUT SOME RAIN FOR THE SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO...ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS OF THE GILA REGION. NEXT WEEKEND IS EXPECTED TO SOMEWHAT DRIER AS A WEST FLOW PUSHES MOISTURE OUT OF THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT ANY OBSERVED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OR FLOODING TO THIS OFFICE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. LUNDEEN
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 16, 4:30 PM MDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
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Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 6:53 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana | 52 min |
| Sep 16, 7:36 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 114 min |
| Sep 17, 3:56 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | EPZ | Otero | 18 hr |
| Sep 17, 1:20 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Sep 17, 3:10 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Otero | 4 hr |
| Sep 17, 3:12 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Sierra | 63 min |
| Sep 17, 5:21 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Sierra | 4 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 2013Every flash flood warning in 2013
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.