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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood watch at Aug 18, 2017, 2:31 PM MDT for 6 counties in New Mexico; El Paso County, Hudspeth County, Texas. It took effect at Aug 19, 2017, 6:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 18, 2017, 2:31 PM MDT (20:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 19, 2017, 6:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Aug 21, 2017, 6:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 36 hr
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Doña Ana County, NM, Grant County, NM, Hidalgo County, NM, Luna County, NM, Otero County, NM, Sierra County, NM, El Paso County, TX, Hudspeth County, TX
The radar
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS El Paso, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Aug 18, 3:33 AM MDT, 10 hours 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 3:33 AM MDT, 10 hours 58 minutes before
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Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 3:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | El Paso | 50 min |
| Aug 18, 4:53 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Hudspeth | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Watches in New Mexico, 2017Flash Flood Watches in Texas, 2017Every flash flood watch in 2017
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.