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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS El Paso, TX

July 11, 2015El Paso County, Texas; Doña Ana County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 11, 2015, 12:57 AM MDT for El Paso County, Texas; Doña Ana County, New Mexico. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 11, 2015, 12:57 AM MDT (06:57 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 2015, 4:00 AM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Doña Ana County, NM, El Paso County, TX

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:00 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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 13 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 2015-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 534 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 2015-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 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
534 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-136 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1646 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.1

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The text

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

223 
WGUS54 KEPZ 110657
FFWEPZ
NMC013-TXC141-111000-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.FF.W.0021.150711T0657Z-150711T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
1257 AM MDT SAT JUL 11 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO  HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN DONA ANA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
  NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 400 AM MDT
    
* AT 1256 AM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
  BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  ANTHONY...
  WEST EL PASO...
  EL PASO...
  VINTON...
  CANUTILLO...
  AND WESTWAY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3200 10651 3181 10655 3180 10658 3186 10664
      3200 10664

$$

CRESPO
1 follow-up statement
632 
WGUS74 KEPZ 110956
FFSEPZ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
356 AM MDT SAT JUL 11 2015

NMC013-TXC141-111006-
/O.EXP.KEPZ.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150711T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DONA ANA NM-EL PASO TX-
356 AM MDT SAT JUL 11 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN DONA ANA AND NORTHWESTERN
EL PASO COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 400 AM MDT...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT.

LAT...LON 3200 10651 3181 10655 3180 10658 3186 10664
      3200 10664

$$

CRESPO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 6:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZEl Paso47 min
Jul 10, 8:39 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZEl Paso2 hr
Jul 10, 10:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZEl Paso39 min
Jul 10, 10:37 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZEl Paso113 min
Jul 11, 12:03 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZEl Paso3 hr
Jul 11, 12:27 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZEl Paso3 hr
Jul 11, 12:53 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZEl Paso52 min
Jul 11, 1:06 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZHudspeth39 min
Jul 11, 1:27 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZEl Paso48 min
Jul 11, 1:44 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZHudspeth2 hr
Jul 11, 2:36 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZHudspeth114 min
Jul 11, 3:45 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZHudspeth3 hr
Jul 11, 5:55 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZEl Paso, Hudspeth3 hr
Jul 11, 4:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZEl Paso40 min
Jul 11, 4:55 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZEl Paso2 hr
Jul 11, 5:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZEl Paso23 min
Jul 11, 5:33 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZEl Paso117 min
Jul 10, 6:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero11 min
Jul 10, 6:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero44 min
Jul 10, 6:43 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZGrant3 hr
Jul 10, 6:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZGrant, Sierra46 min
Jul 10, 6:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero35 min
Jul 10, 7:34 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZHidalgo3 hr
Jul 10, 8:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZGrant50 min
Jul 10, 8:46 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana119 min
Jul 10, 8:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZDoña Ana46 min
Jul 10, 9:10 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero2 hr
Jul 10, 9:18 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana, Sierra3 hr
Jul 10, 9:22 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana113 min
Jul 10, 9:52 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero3 hr
Jul 10, 10:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZDoña Ana51 min
Jul 10, 10:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero46 min
Jul 10, 10:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZDoña Ana48 min
Jul 10, 11:33 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana117 min
Jul 10, 11:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZDoña Ana45 min
Jul 11, 12:23 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZDoña Ana37 min
Jul 11, 2:05 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero3 hr
Jul 11, 12:53 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero112 min
Jul 11, 2:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZHidalgo63 min
Jul 11, 3:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZHidalgo61 min
Jul 11, 3:39 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZHidalgo2 hr
Jul 11, 4:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZHidalgo55 min
Jul 11, 4:32 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero118 min
Jul 11, 5:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana33 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2015Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 2015Every flash flood warning in 2015

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.