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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Nov 4, 2016, 11:14 AM MDT for Sierra County, New Mexico. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 reports 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
- Nov 4, 2016, 11:14 AM MDT (17:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 4, 2016, 2:15 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), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:14 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 1:30 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.1 | Chloride, NM | WATER AND DEBRIS FLOWING ACROSS HWYS 52 AND 59. HERMOSA ROAD CLOSED. |
| Nov 4, 1:30 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.3 | 1 Sse Winston, NM |
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 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 282 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 695 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 325 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 437 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 5.5
The text
As transmitted.
587 WGUS54 KEPZ 041714 FFWEPZ NMC051-042015- /O.NEW.KEPZ.FF.W.0039.161104T1714Z-161104T2015Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 1114 AM MDT FRI NOV 4 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WESTERN SIERRA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO... * UNTIL 215 PM MDT * AT 1111 AM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING AROUND HILLSBORO...WINSTON AND ALONG HIGHWAY 27. RAIN HAS STOPPED ACROSS MOST AREAS OF WESTERN SIERRA COUNTY...BUT ADDITIONAL RAIN COULD DEVELOP IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. THIS WARNING EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS ONE ISSUED FOR THE AREA. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... CABALLO... WINSTON... ARREY... MONTICELLO... CUCHILLO... HILLSBORO... TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES... SAN MIGUEL... PALOMAS... CHLORIDE... LAKE VALLEY... LOWER PALOMAS CANYON... LAS PLACITAS... ALAMOSA CANYON... CHISE... UPPER PALOMAS CANYON... LOWER ANIMAS CREEK... CABALLO LAKE... AND WILLIAMSBURG. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. && LAT...LON 3348 10722 3262 10733 3262 10764 3347 10771 $$ GRZYWACZ
1 follow-up statement
569 WGUS74 KEPZ 042012 FFSEPZ FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 212 PM MDT FRI NOV 4 2016 NMC051-042021- /O.EXP.KEPZ.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-161104T2015Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SIERRA NM- 212 PM MDT FRI NOV 4 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WESTERN SIERRA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 215 PM MDT... FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. ADDITIONAL RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY WHICH COULD LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUND. LAT...LON 3348 10722 3262 10733 3262 10764 3347 10771 $$ GRZYWACZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 3, 6:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Hidalgo | 51 min |
| Nov 3, 11:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Sierra | 43 min |
| Nov 4, 12:30 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Sierra | 45 min |
| Nov 4, 2:47 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana, Luna | 3 hr |
| Nov 4, 2:55 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Sierra | 50 min |
| Nov 4, 3:47 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Sierra | 43 min |
| Nov 4, 3:49 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant, Luna | 3 hr |
| Nov 4, 4:16 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Grant | 59 min |
| Nov 4, 4:28 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Grant | 2 hr |
| Nov 4, 4:42 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana, Luna, Sierra | 2 hr |
| Nov 4, 5:40 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Sierra | 80 min |
| Nov 4, 6:21 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Grant | 84 min |
| Nov 4, 6:56 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Sierra | 64 min |
| Nov 4, 7:27 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Sierra | 3 hr |
| Nov 4, 8:19 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Sierra | 3 hr |
| Nov 4, 12:28 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana, Sierra | 3 hr |
| Nov 4, 3:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Luna | 46 min |
| Nov 4, 3:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana, Luna | 44 min |
| Nov 4, 3:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana, Luna | 50 min |
| Nov 4, 3:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Grant, Luna | 52 min |
| Nov 4, 3:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Grant | 49 min |
| Nov 4, 4:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Luna | 43 min |
| Nov 4, 4:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Grant | 31 min |
| Nov 4, 4:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana, Luna, Sierra | 46 min |
| Nov 4, 4:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana, Luna | 48 min |
| Nov 4, 4:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Grant, Luna, Sierra | 27 min |
| Nov 4, 4:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Grant, Luna, Sierra | 44 min |
| Nov 4, 4:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Grant, Sierra | 44 min |
| Nov 4, 4:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Sierra | 49 min |
| Nov 4, 5:04 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana | 116 min |
| Nov 4, 5:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Doña Ana | 48 min |
| Nov 4, 5:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana | 48 min |
| Nov 4, 5:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Grant, Luna, Sierra | 47 min |
| Nov 4, 5:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana | 47 min |
| Nov 4, 5:53 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana | 2 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.