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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 27, 2021, 3:54 PM MDT for Luna County, New Mexico. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report 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
- Jun 27, 2021, 3:54 PM MDT (21:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2021, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Luna County, NM
The radar
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 4:00 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 E Deming, NM | SPOTTER REPORTS WATER RUNNING HALFWAY UP TO HOUSES AND LOTS OF STANDING WATER. WAS ABLE TO DRIVE HOME ALONG RURAL ROADWAYS. |
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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 458 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -248 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1746 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
004
WGUS54 KEPZ 272154
FFWEPZ
NMC029-280100-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.FF.W.0001.210627T2154Z-210628T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
354 PM MDT Sun Jun 27 2021
The National Weather Service in El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Central Luna County in southwestern New Mexico...
* Until 700 PM MDT.
* At 353 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2.5 inches of
rain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Doppler radar.
IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other
drainage and low lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Deming and Rock Hound State Park.
Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch are possible in the
warned area.
Flooding will be particularly impactful along Rock Hound Road due to
runoff from the Florida Mountains. Low water crossings may become
impassable.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
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.
Flooding is occurring or is imminent. It is important to know where
you are relative to streams, rivers, or creeks which can become
killers in heavy rains. Campers and hikers should avoid streams or
creeks.
&&
LAT...LON 3222 10775 3227 10773 3228 10763 3215 10757
3211 10767
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
CDThe office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 1:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Doña Ana | 51 min |
| Jun 27, 2:19 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant, Hidalgo | 116 min |
| Jun 27, 2:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Doña Ana | 38 min |
| Jun 27, 2:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana | 40 min |
| Jun 27, 2:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana | 51 min |
| Jun 27, 2:45 PM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | EPZ | Doña Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Otero, Sierra | 4 days |
| Jun 27, 2:58 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 3:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Doña Ana | 27 min |
| Jun 27, 3:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Luna | 51 min |
| Jun 27, 3:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Doña Ana | 43 min |
| Jun 27, 3:32 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 3:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Doña Ana | 42 min |
| Jun 27, 3:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 40 min | |
| Jun 27, 3:43 PM MDT | Dust Storm Warning | EPZ | Hidalgo | 2 hr |
| Jun 27, 5:01 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Luna | 3 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.