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Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 11, 2021, 6:24 PM MDT for Sierra 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 11, 2021, 6:24 PM MDT (00:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2021, 9:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Sierra County, NM
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:23 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
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 751 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2875 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted.
514
WGUS54 KEPZ 120024
FFWEPZ
NMC051-120330-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.FF.W.0019.210712T0024Z-210712T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
624 PM MDT Sun Jul 11 2021
The National Weather Service in El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Central Sierra County in south central New Mexico...
* Until 930 PM MDT.
* At 624 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain
have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1.5 inches are
possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Upham, Cutter and Spaceport America.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3308 10686 3288 10687 3283 10690 3278 10690
3278 10701 3306 10706
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
JGThe office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 6:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Otero | 44 min |
| Jul 11, 6:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana, Otero, Sierra | 40 min |
| Jul 11, 6:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Otero | 52 min |
| Jul 11, 6:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana, Sierra | 47 min |
| Jul 11, 6:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana, Otero | 26 min |
| Jul 11, 6:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana, Otero | 47 min |
| Jul 11, 6:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Otero | 42 min |
| Jul 11, 6:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana, Sierra | 47 min |
| Jul 11, 6:46 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 7:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana, Otero | 45 min |
| Jul 11, 7:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Sierra | 41 min |
| Jul 11, 7:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana | 39 min |
| Jul 11, 7:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Otero | 29 min |
| Jul 11, 7:22 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 7:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana, Otero | 44 min |
| Jul 11, 7:42 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 7:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana, Otero | 30 min |
| Jul 11, 7:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana, Sierra | 48 min |
| Jul 11, 8:08 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 8:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana | 49 min |
| Jul 11, 8:26 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 8:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana | 29 min |
| Jul 11, 8:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Doña Ana | 26 min |
| Jul 11, 8:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Luna | 24 min |
| Jul 11, 9:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Hidalgo | 27 min |
| Jul 11, 10:10 PM MDT | Dust Storm Warning | EPZ | Hidalgo | 2 hr |
| Jul 11, 10:14 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 10:27 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Luna | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 11:04 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.