Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 22, 2016, 6:33 PM MDT for Sierra County, New Mexico. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report 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
- Aug 22, 2016, 6:33 PM MDT (00:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 22, 2016, 9:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Sierra County, NM
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 6:43 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Wsw Caballo, NM | NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTS ANIMAS CREEK CROSSING CAPAZ 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 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 140 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 808 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2071 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted.
184 WGUS54 KEPZ 230033 FFWEPZ NMC051-230330- /O.NEW.KEPZ.FF.W.0013.160823T0033Z-160823T0330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 633 PM MDT MON AUG 22 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL SIERRA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO... * UNTIL 930 PM MDT * AT 626 PM MDT...EARLIER DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN UPSTREAM FROM THE WARNED AREA. EVEN THOUGH RAIN HAS MOSTLY STOPPED IN THE AREA, RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS IS STILL MAKING ITS WAY DOWN TOWARDS CABALLO LAKE. AS A RESULT...FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... CABALLO... PALOMAS... LOWER ANIMAS CREEK... LOWER SECO CREEK... LOWER PALOMAS CANYON. FLOOD WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN PALOMAS CREEK...SECO CREEK...AND LOS ANIMAS CREEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && LAT...LON 3304 10725 3295 10728 3297 10740 3311 10736 $$ LANEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 6:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Luna | 46 min |
| Aug 22, 8:17 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana | 58 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 2016Every flash flood warning in 2016
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.