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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS El Paso, TX

July 5, 2021Grant County, Hidalgo County, Luna County, New Mexico

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 2021-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 548 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 2021-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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

$$

HC
1 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

$$

HC

The office that day

Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 6:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZLuna32 min
Jul 4, 7:57 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZHidalgo2 hr
Jul 4, 10:37 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana, Otero113 min
Jul 5, 1:03 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero3 hr
Jul 5, 1:36 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZOtero3 hr
Jul 5, 2:45 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero3 hr
Jul 5, 2:52 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant, Sierra3 hr
Jul 5, 3:39 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZLuna3 hr
Jul 5, 3:50 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant3 hr
Jul 5, 4:07 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero113 min
Jul 5, 4:33 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant, Luna, Sierra3 hr
Jul 5, 5:12 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant, Hidalgo, Luna3 hr
Jul 5, 5:18 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant, Luna3 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.