Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS El Paso, TX
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.
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.
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.
- 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
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
$$
TSB1 follow-up statement
108
WGUS74 KEPZ 011745
FFSEPZ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
1145 AM MDT THU SEP 1 2016
TXC141-011754-
/O.EXP.KEPZ.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160901T1745Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EL PASO TX-
1145 AM MDT THU SEP 1 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
1145 AM MDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER
HOUR OR TWO OVER THE AREA...BUT ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING IS NO
LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING
ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3185 10608 3161 10607 3161 10622 3166 10628
3171 10632 3176 10639 3177 10646 3181 10646
3185 10631
$$
GRZYWACZThe office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 7:52 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | El Paso | 53 min |
| Sep 1, 8:20 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Sep 1, 9:40 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Sep 1, 2:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | El Paso | 39 min |
| Sep 1, 3:44 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Sep 1, 4:29 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Hudspeth | 3 hr |
| Sep 1, 5:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Hudspeth | 41 min |
Nearby
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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.