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Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS El Paso, TX

July 6, 2013Grant County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 6, 2013, 1:57 PM MDT for Grant County, New Mexico. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 6, 2013, 1:57 PM MDT (19:57 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2013, 7:45 PM MDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS El Paso, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Grant County, NM

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 185 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 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 Jul 6, 2:37 AM MDT, 11 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 2:37 AM MDT, 11 hours 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 11:12 AM MDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1112 AM MDT SAT JUL 6 2013

NMZ401>417-TXZ418>424-071715-
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-
1112 AM MDT SAT JUL 6 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NM AND TX.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE PERIOD. MAIN THREATS ARE HEAVY
RAIN AND POSSIBLE FLOODING. ALSO PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF
35 TO 50 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING. AGAIN BIGGEST
THREAT WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT ANY OBSERVED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OR DAMAGE OR
FLOODING TO THIS OFFICE.

HEFNER

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 6, 12:52 PM MDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
1252 PM MDT SAT JUL 6 2013

NMZ414>416-061945-
EAST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET NM-SACRAMENTO
MOUNTAINS ABOVE 7500 FEET NM-WEST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW
7500 FEET NM-
1252 PM MDT SAT JUL 6 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THREATENING EAST SLOPES OF THE SACRAMENTO
MOUNTAINS THROUGH 145 PM MDT...

AT 1247 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MAYHILL...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM...ALONG WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

SMALL HAIL MAY ACCUMULATE ALONG AREA ROADWAYS...INCLUDING PORTIONS
OF US HIGHWAY 82 EAST OF MAYHILL.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE OVER THE SACRAMENTO
MOUNTAINS OVER THE NEXT HOUR.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SACRAMENTO...
  PINON...
  MAYHILL...

HARDIMAN

The office that day

Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 6, 1:10 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Sierra	6 hr
Jul 6, 4:55 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Sierra	6 hr

Nearby

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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.