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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS El Paso, TX

July 10, 2015Luna County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 10, 2015, 1:29 PM MDT for Luna County, New Mexico. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 10, 2015, 1:29 PM MDT (19:29 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2015, 4:30 PM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Luna County, NM

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:32 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 10, 1:30 PM MDTHEAVY RAIN 1.32 S Deming, NM1.3 INCHES OF RAIN AND PEA SIZE HAIL WITH EARLIER STORM AT SOUTH EDGE OF DEMING.
Jul 10, 1:50 PM MDTFLASH FLOOD3 E Deming, NMSTIRRUP ROAD CLOSED EAST OF DEMING DUE TO WATER FLOWING OVER THE ROAD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 111 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 12:00Z on 2015-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 841 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 12:00Z on 2015-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
841 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-71 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
941 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

654 
WGUS54 KEPZ 101929
FFWEPZ
NMC029-102230-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.FF.W.0013.150710T1929Z-150710T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
129 PM MDT FRI JUL 10 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO  HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL LUNA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...

* UNTIL 430 PM MDT
    
* AT 129 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
  ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  DEMING...
  SUNSHINE...
  GAGE...
  SPRING CANYON STATE PARK...
  AND ROCK HOUND STATE PARK. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

REMAIN ALERT FOR FLOODING EVEN IN LOCATIONS NOT RECEIVING RAIN.
ARROYOS...STREAMS AND RIVERS CAN BECOME RAGING KILLER CURRENTS IN A
MATTER OF MINUTES...EVEN FROM DISTANT RAINFALL.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3233 10758 3211 10757 3210 10813 3229 10814

$$

LANEY
1 follow-up statement
857 
WGUS74 KEPZ 102226
FFSEPZ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
426 PM MDT FRI JUL 10 2015

NMC029-102235-
/O.EXP.KEPZ.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150710T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LUNA NM-
426 PM MDT FRI JUL 10 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL LUNA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 430
PM MDT...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT HAS ENDED FOR 
NOW. HOWEVER MORE RAIN MAY MOVE INTO THE SAME AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 
FEW HOURS...SO THE THREAT OF LOCAL FLASH FLOODING MAY RETURN THIS 
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STAY INFORMED ON THE LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS 
AND SEEK HIGH GROUND IF ADDITIONAL RAIN RETURNS.


LAT...LON 3233 10758 3211 10757 3210 10813 3229 10814

$$

BIRD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 1:36 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero114 min
Jul 10, 11:12 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZGrant48 min
Jul 10, 11:32 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZGrant, Hidalgo43 min
Jul 10, 11:54 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZLuna51 min
Jul 10, 11:58 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZSierra47 min
Jul 10, 12:13 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZSierra3 hr
Jul 10, 12:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZGrant42 min
Jul 10, 12:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZLuna49 min
Jul 10, 12:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZLuna42 min
Jul 10, 1:13 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant2 hr
Jul 10, 1:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZGrant31 min
Jul 10, 1:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana, Luna52 min
Jul 10, 1:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZDoña Ana48 min
Jul 10, 2:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana46 min
Jul 10, 2:41 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana2 hr
Jul 10, 2:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana47 min
Jul 10, 3:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana, Sierra16 min
Jul 10, 3:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZDoña Ana43 min
Jul 10, 3:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZGrant, Hidalgo49 min
Jul 10, 4:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero47 min
Jul 10, 4:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZLuna50 min
Jul 10, 4:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZGrant38 min
Jul 10, 4:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana44 min
Jul 10, 4:50 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZDoña Ana3 hr
Jul 10, 5:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZGrant44 min
Jul 10, 5:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana51 min
Jul 10, 5:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero35 min
Jul 10, 5:28 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZDoña Ana3 hr
Jul 10, 5:36 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZGrant3 hr

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.