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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS El Paso, TX

August 13, 20145 counties in New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood watch at Aug 13, 2014, 10:01 AM MDT for 5 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Aug 13, 2014, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 13, 2014, 10:01 AM MDT (16:01 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 13, 2014, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
Aug 14, 2014, 12:00 AM MDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Flood severity
None

Counties Doña Ana County, NM, Grant County, NM, Hidalgo County, NM, Luna County, NM, Sierra County, NM

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 296 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tuscon, AZ at 12:00Z on 2014-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 364 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tuscon, AZ at 12:00Z on 2014-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
364 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1176 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Aug 13, 3:33 AM MDT, 6 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 3:33 AM MDT, 6 hours 28 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 12, 11:35 AM MDT, 22 hours 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1135 AM MDT TUE AUG 12 2014

NMZ401>417-TXZ418>424-131700-
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-
1135 AM MDT TUE AUG 12 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT...WITH BEST COVERAGE DEMING WEST. WITH HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT
IN THE ATMOSPHERE...LOCAL HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING REMAINS A
POSSIBILITY. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH MAY OCCUR FROM A FEW OF THE
STRONGER STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY...SCATTERED WEST OF DEMING AND
MOSTLY ISOLATED TO THE EAST. SOME HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING STILL
POSSIBLE...MOSTLY WEST OF DEMING. THURSDAY AND BEYOND...SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
ELSEWHERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

HEFNER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 1:28 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZSierra2 hr
Aug 13, 3:24 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero111 min
Aug 13, 3:33 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZSierra117 min
Aug 13, 2:41 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZHudspeth2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in New Mexico, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.