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Flash Flood Watch 5, NWS El Paso, TX

August 15, 20146 counties in New Mexico; El Paso County, Hudspeth County, Texas

NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood watch at Aug 15, 2014, 5:06 AM MDT for 6 counties in New Mexico; El Paso County, Hudspeth County, Texas. It took effect at Aug 15, 2014, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 15, 2014, 5:06 AM MDT (11:06 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 15, 2014, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
Aug 16, 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, 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 11:12 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

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 00:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 54 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, Santa Teresa, NM at 00:00Z on 2014-08-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1378 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, Santa Teresa, NM at 00:00Z on 2014-08-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1 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
1378 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1490 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 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 15, 4:56 AM MDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 4:56 AM MDT, 10 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 14, 11:23 AM MDT, 17 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1123 AM MDT THU AUG 14 2014

NMZ401>417-TXZ418>424-151700-
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-
1123 AM MDT THU AUG 14 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WITH HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT IN THE
ATMOSPHERE...LOCAL HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING REMAINS A POSSIBILITY
WITH OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN FALLING OVER A FEW LOCATIONS.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN
NEW MEXICO UNTIL MIDNIGHT. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ALSO POSSIBLE WITH
SOME STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ON FRIDAY...ALONG WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING. DECREASING THUNDERSTORM
COVERAGE EXPECTED SATURDAY AND BEYOND AS DRIER AIR MOVES INTO THE
REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

ROGASH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 6:19 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana116 min
Aug 14, 6:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZDoña Ana51 min
Aug 14, 6:59 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZSierra3 hr
Aug 14, 7:07 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZLuna3 hr
Aug 14, 7:21 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZSierra8 hr
Aug 14, 7:42 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZSierra3 hr
Aug 14, 7:56 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZSierra6 hr
Aug 14, 8:07 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZSierra8 hr
Aug 14, 8:26 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZSierra2 hr
Aug 14, 9:15 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana, Sierra2 hr
Aug 14, 11:29 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana2 hr
Aug 15, 1:42 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant, Sierra2 hr
Aug 15, 2:44 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant, Hidalgo2 hr
Aug 15, 4:08 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant, Sierra112 min
Aug 15, 5:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZGrant, Luna41 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.