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Flash Flood Watch 13, NWS El Paso, TX

September 18, 2013Otero County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood watch at Sep 18, 2013, 5:56 AM MDT for Otero County, New Mexico. It took effect at Sep 18, 2013, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 18, 2013, 5:56 AM MDT (11:56 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 18, 2013, 11:00 AM MDT
Expired
Sep 18, 2013, 10:00 PM MDT
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
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 11:56 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 watch 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 watch went out at Sep 18, 3:28 AM MDT, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 18, 3:28 AM MDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
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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.