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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS El Paso, TX

July 30, 20146 counties in New Mexico; El Paso County, Hudspeth County, Texas

NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood watch at Jul 30, 2014, 2:41 PM MDT for 6 counties in New Mexico; El Paso County, Hudspeth County, Texas. It took effect at Jul 31, 2014, 8:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 30, 2014, 2:41 PM MDT (20:41 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 31, 2014, 8:00 AM MDT
Expired
Aug 4, 2014, 12:00 AM MDT
In force
4 days
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Flood severity
None

Counties Doña Ana County, NM, Grant County, NM, Hidalgo County, NM, Luna County, NM, Otero County, NM, Sierra County, NM, El Paso County, TX, Hudspeth County, TX

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:42 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 Jul 30, 4:49 AM MDT, 9 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 4:49 AM MDT, 9 hours 52 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 30, 12:43 PM MDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1243 PM MDT WED JUL 30 2014

NMZ401>403-408>410-412>417-311845-
UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY-SOUTHERN GILA HIGHLANDS/BLACK RANGE-
SOUTHERN GILA FOOTHILLS/MIMBRES VALLEY-
EASTERN BLACK RANGE FOOTHILLS-SIERRA COUNTY LAKES-
NORTHERN DONA ANA COUNTY-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-
1243 PM MDT WED JUL 30 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NM.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF MODERATE TO
HEAVY RAINFALL WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING ALONG DRAINAGES AND LOW
WATER CROSSINGS POSSIBLE. THE STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL
AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. IN AREAS WHERE HEAVY RAIN HAS ALREADY
FALLEN THERE WILL BE AN INCREASE IN RAIN RUNOFF INTO ARROYOS AND
SMALL STREAMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL OCCUR THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. WITH THE GROUND
ALREADY SOAKED FROM PREVIOUS RAINFALLS...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR
EXCESSIVE RAIN RUNOFF TO CAUSE FLOODING ALONG DRAINAGES...SMALL
STREAMS...ARROYOS AND AT LOW WATER CROSSINGS. POORLY DRAINED LOW
LYING AREAS AND ROADS WILL HAVE INCREASED PONDING OF WATER.
PORTIONS OF GRANT...SIERRA AND OTERO COUNTIES WILL BE UNDER A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY MORNING. RAINS OVER
THE NEXT THREE DAYS ARE PROJECTED TO BE BETWEEN AND INCH AND A
HALF TO TWO AND HALF INCHES. DRIER AIR WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN
PORTIONS OF THE AREA BY SUNDAY...WITH HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL LIMITED
TO PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO FOR SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT ANY OBSERVED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OR FLOODING
TO THIS OFFICE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.

NMZ404>407-411-TXZ418>424-311845-
SOUTHWEST DESERT/LOWER GILA RIVER VALLEY-LOWLANDS OF THE BOOTHEEL-
UPLANDS OF THE BOOTHEEL-SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN-
SOUTHERN DONA ANA COUNTY/MESILLA VALLEY-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-
1243 PM MDT WED JUL 30 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING ALONG DRAINAGES
AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS POSSIBLE. THE STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE
SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. IN AREAS WHERE HEAVY RAIN
HAS ALREADY FALLEN THERE WILL BE AN INCREASE IN RAIN RUNOFF INTO
ARROYOS AND SMALL STREAMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL OCCUR THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. FOR AREAS WHERE THE
GROUND IS ALREADY SOAKED FROM PREVIOUS RAINFALLS...THERE IS A
POTENTIAL FOR EXCESSIVE RAIN RUNOFF TO CAUSE FLOODING ALONG
DRAINAGES...SMALL STREAMS...ARROYOS AND AT LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
POORLY DRAINED LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADS WILL HAVE INCREASED
PONDING OF WATER. RAINS OVER THE NEXT THREE DAYS ARE PROJECTED TO
BE BETWEEN AND INCH AND A HALF TO TWO AND HALF INCHES. DRIER AIR
WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA BY SUNDAY...WITH HEAVY
RAIN POTENTIAL LIMITED TO PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO FOR
SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

.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, Jul 30, 1:57 PM MDT, 44 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 6:05 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana115 min
Jul 29, 6:10 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZLuna2 hr
Jul 29, 6:11 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant2 hr
Jul 30, 1:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero48 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in New Mexico, 2014Flash Flood Watches in Texas, 2014Every flash flood watch in 2014

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.