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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS El Paso, TX

September 1, 2016El Paso County, Texas

NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 1, 2016, 8:53 AM MDT for El Paso County, Texas. 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
Sep 1, 2016, 8:53 AM MDT (14:53 UTC)
Expired
Sep 1, 2016, 11:45 AM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County El Paso County, TX

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:54 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 12:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 43 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 2016-09-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 798 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 2016-09-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 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
798 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
941 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

303 
WGUS54 KEPZ 011453
FFWEPZ
TXC141-011745-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.FF.W.0021.160901T1453Z-160901T1745Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
853 AM MDT THU SEP 1 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 1145 AM MDT

* AT 848 AM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
  BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  EAST EL PASO...
  FAR EAST EL PASO...
  HORIZON CITY...
  CENTRAL EL PASO...
  MISSION VALLEY...   
  FORT BLISS...
  SOCORRO...
  BUTTERFIELD...
  LOOP 375...
  MONTANA VISTA...
  HOMESTEAD MEADOWS...
  SPARKS...
  LAKE WAY ESTATES...
  AND EAST FORT BLISS.

LAT...LON 3185 10608 3161 10607 3161 10622 3166 10628
      3171 10632 3176 10639 3177 10646 3181 10646
      3185 10631

$$

TSB
1 follow-up statement
108 
WGUS74 KEPZ 011745
FFSEPZ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
1145 AM MDT THU SEP 1 2016

TXC141-011754-
/O.EXP.KEPZ.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160901T1745Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EL PASO TX-
1145 AM MDT THU SEP 1 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
1145 AM MDT...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER
HOUR OR TWO OVER THE AREA...BUT ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING IS NO 
LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING 
ROAD CLOSURES.

LAT...LON 3185 10608 3161 10607 3161 10622 3166 10628
      3171 10632 3176 10639 3177 10646 3181 10646
      3185 10631

$$

GRZYWACZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 1, 7:52 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZEl Paso53 min
Sep 1, 8:20 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZEl Paso3 hr
Sep 1, 9:40 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZEl Paso3 hr
Sep 1, 2:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZEl Paso39 min
Sep 1, 3:44 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZEl Paso3 hr
Sep 1, 4:29 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZHudspeth3 hr
Sep 1, 5:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZHudspeth41 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.