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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 26, 2016, 8:19 PM MDT for Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 116 min. 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 26, 2016, 8:19 PM MDT (02:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2016, 10:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 116 min
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Otero County, NM
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:20 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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3095 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
937 WGUS54 KEPZ 270219 FFWEPZ NMC035-270415- /O.NEW.KEPZ.FF.W.0003.160727T0219Z-160727T0415Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 819 PM MDT TUE JUL 26 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHERN OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO... * UNTIL 1015 PM MDT * AT 815 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... MESCALERO.... HIGHWAY 70. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. 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. 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 3321 10566 3311 10570 3315 10585 3324 10576 $$ LANEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 7:43 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 2 hr |
| Jul 27, 3:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Hidalgo | 44 min |
| Jul 27, 4:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Grant | 41 min |
| Jul 27, 5:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Hidalgo | 42 min |
| Jul 27, 5:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Hidalgo | 52 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.