Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 2021, 5:32 PM MDT for Grant County, Hidalgo County, Luna County, New Mexico. It was in force for 3 hr. 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 5, 2021, 5:32 PM MDT (23:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2021, 8:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Grant County, NM, Hidalgo County, NM, Luna County, NM
The radar
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:35 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 548 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -136 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1530 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
919
WGUS54 KEPZ 052332
FFWEPZ
NMC017-023-029-060230-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.FF.W.0014.210705T2332Z-210706T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
532 PM MDT Mon Jul 5 2021
The National Weather Service in El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
South Central Grant County in southwestern New Mexico...
Eastern Hidalgo County in southwestern New Mexico...
Western Luna County in southwestern New Mexico...
* Until 830 PM MDT.
* At 532 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 2 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...
Hachita and Hachita Valley.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small
creeks and streams, country roads, farmland, and other low lying
spots.
&&
LAT...LON 3195 10837 3200 10822 3200 10821 3184 10819
3179 10831 3189 10837
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
HC1 follow-up statement
080
WGUS74 KEPZ 060227
FFSEPZ
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
827 PM MDT Mon Jul 5 2021
NMC017-023-029-060237-
/O.EXP.KEPZ.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-210706T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Grant NM-Hidalgo NM-Luna NM-
827 PM MDT Mon Jul 5 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL GRANT, EASTERN HIDALGO AND WESTERN LUNA COUNTIES...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 3195 10837 3200 10822 3200 10821 3184 10819
3179 10831 3189 10837
$$
HCThe office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 6:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Luna | 32 min |
| Jul 4, 7:57 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Hidalgo | 2 hr |
| Jul 4, 10:37 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana, Otero | 113 min |
| Jul 5, 1:03 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 1:36 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 2:45 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 2:52 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant, Sierra | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 3:39 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Luna | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 3:50 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 4:07 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 113 min |
| Jul 5, 4:33 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant, Luna, Sierra | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 5:12 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant, Hidalgo, Luna | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 5:18 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant, Luna | 3 hr |
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.