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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 19, 2014, 2:07 AM MDT for Hidalgo County, New Mexico. It was in force for 113 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 19, 2014, 2:07 AM MDT (08:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2014, 4:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 113 min
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Hidalgo County, NM
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KDMA), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 180 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 450 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2156 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
820
WGUS54 KEPZ 190807
FFWEPZ
NMC023-191000-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.FF.W.0049.140819T0807Z-140819T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
207 AM MDT TUE AUG 19 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL HIDALGO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 400 AM MDT
* AT 206 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED ONE TO TWO INCHES HAS FALLEN IN
THIS AREA ABOUT ONE AND ONE-HALF HOURS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STEINS...
ROAD FORKS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CAN QUICKLY TURN DRY DESERT WASHES AND ARROYOS
INTO RAGING RIVERS...EVEN IN AREAS FAR FROM WHERE RAIN HAS FALLEN. DO
NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ARROYOS. SWIFTLY MOVING WATER CAN CARVE
DEEP CHANNELS IN PREVIOUSLY SHALLOW WASHES...AND WATER CAN BE MUCH
DEEPER THAN IT APPEARS. IF YOUR ROUTE BECOMES CUT OFF BY FLOODED
ARROYOS...WAIT FOR FLOOD WATERS TO RECEDE.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO
CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.
&&
LAT...LON 3215 10905 3226 10905 3227 10891 3224 10889
3218 10888 3213 10905 3213 10906
$$
HEFNERThe office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 6:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Grant | 49 min |
| Aug 18, 6:49 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant | 116 min |
| Aug 19, 9:20 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | EPZ | Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Sierra | 16 hr |
| Aug 19, 4:06 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant, Luna | 114 min |
| Aug 19, 5:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Doña Ana | 44 min |
| Aug 19, 5:06 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana | 114 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.