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Areal Flood Advisory 49, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this areal flood advisory at Jul 1, 2021, 12:42 PM MDT for Sierra County, New Mexico. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 1, 2021, 12:42 PM MDT (18:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2021, 3:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Sierra County, NM
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:46 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
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 220 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
- 173 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 962 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal flood advisory 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 areal flood advisory went out at Jul 1, 11:03 AM MDT, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 11:03 AM MDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 11:01 AM MDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service El Paso TX/Santa Teresa NM 1101 AM MDT Thu Jul 1 2021 NMZ401>417-TXZ418>424-021800- Upper Gila River Valley-Southern Gila Highlands/Black Range- Southern Gila Foothills/Mimbres Valley- Southwest Desert/Lower Gila River Valley-Lowlands of the Bootheel- Uplands of the Bootheel-Southwest Desert/Mimbres Basin- Eastern Black Range Foothills-Sierra County Lakes- Northern Dona Ana County-Southern Dona Ana County/Mesilla Valley- Central Tularosa Basin-Southern Tularosa Basin- West Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet- Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet- East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet-Otero Mesa- Western El Paso County-Eastern/Central El Paso County- Northern Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco Mountains-Salt Basin- Southern Hudspeth Highlands- Rio Grande Valley of Eastern El Paso/Western Hudspeth Counties- Rio Grande Valley of Eastern Hudspeth County- 1101 AM MDT Thu Jul 1 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of south central New Mexico, southwest New Mexico, and southwest Texas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Isolated to widely scattered lowland thunderstorms are expected again this afternoon and evening with scattered to numerous coverage in the mountains. Locally heavy rainfall amounts are possible, especially in the Sacramento Mountains and the Blacks Range where over 2 inches of rain may occur and cause flash flooding. A Flash Flood Watch is in effect until 6 PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday A daily chance for showers and thunderstorms will continue through the period. The main threat will continue to be locally heavy rain and flooding, although a day or two may have a threat for gusty winds and small hail. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is requested again this afternoon and evening to help monitor the flash flooding situation across the region. 26
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 1, 9:00 AM MDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 8:57 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 9:34 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Luna | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 11:21 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 12:05 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Sierra | 115 min |
| Jul 1, 12:45 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Sierra | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 12:51 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 12:56 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 1:02 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant, Hidalgo | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 1:16 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant, Hidalgo, Luna | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 1:41 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana | 2 hr |
| Jul 1, 2:20 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 2:27 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 3:02 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 3:04 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana, Luna | 116 min |
| Jul 1, 3:25 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 3:31 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant, Luna, Sierra | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 3:52 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 3:56 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 4:06 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana, Otero | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 4:18 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 4:20 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 4:34 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Sierra | 116 min |
| Jul 1, 5:15 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 5:38 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 112 min |
| Jun 30, 8:39 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Hudspeth | 111 min |
| Jul 1, 3:08 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Hudspeth | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 3:22 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Hudspeth | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 4:23 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | El Paso, Hudspeth | 112 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.