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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS El Paso, TX

July 6, 2021Otero County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 6, 2021, 2:19 PM MDT for Otero 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 6, 2021, 2:19 PM MDT (20:19 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2021, 5:30 PM MDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS El Paso, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Otero County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:20 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 185 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 103 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -195 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1360 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -20 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

114 
WGUS54 KEPZ 062019
FFWEPZ
NMC035-062330-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.FF.W.0016.210706T2019Z-210706T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
219 PM MDT Tue Jul 6 2021

The National Weather Service in El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  North Central Otero County in south central New Mexico...

* Until 530 PM MDT.

* At 219 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 1.5 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...
  mainly rural areas of North Central Otero County

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.

In hilly terrain there are numerous low water crossings which are 
potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded 
roads. Find an alternate route.

&&

LAT...LON 3339 10591 3339 10573 3336 10573 3335 10573
      3334 10573 3332 10573 3331 10573 3331 10572
      3329 10572 3328 10585

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

HC

1 follow-up statement

443 
WGUS74 KEPZ 062327
FFSEPZ

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
527 PM MDT Tue Jul 6 2021

NMC035-062337-
/O.EXP.KEPZ.FF.W.0016.000000T0000Z-210706T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Otero NM-
527 PM MDT Tue Jul 6 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 530 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR 
NORTH CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY...

The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a 
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 3339 10591 3339 10573 3336 10573 3335 10573
      3334 10573 3332 10573 3331 10573 3331 10572
      3329 10572 3328 10585

$$

HC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 5, 7:13 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Grant, Hidalgo, Luna	2 hr
Jul 5, 7:48 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Doña Ana	117 min
Jul 5, 8:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Hidalgo	39 min
Jul 5, 8:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Doña Ana	30 min
Jul 5, 9:36 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Otero	114 min
Jul 5, 10:48 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Doña Ana	117 min
Jul 6, 1:26 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Otero	2 hr
Jul 6, 1:29 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Otero	3 hr
Jul 6, 1:35 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Otero	3 hr
Jul 6, 2:13 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Otero	3 hr
Jul 6, 2:46 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Grant	119 min
Jul 6, 2:52 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Otero	3 hr
Jul 6, 3:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ		45 min
Jul 6, 3:10 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Grant	3 hr
Jul 6, 3:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Grant	38 min
Jul 6, 3:37 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Otero, Sierra	3 hr
Jul 6, 3:58 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Grant, Hidalgo	3 hr
Jul 6, 4:08 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Grant	3 hr
Jul 6, 4:29 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Grant	3 hr
Jul 6, 4:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Grant	50 min
Jul 6, 5:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Hidalgo	43 min
Jul 6, 5:22 PM MDT	Dust Storm Warning	EPZ	Hidalgo	53 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.