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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS El Paso, TX

July 15, 2021Hidalgo County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 15, 2021, 6:04 PM MDT for Hidalgo 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 15, 2021, 6:04 PM MDT (00:04 UTC)
Expired: Jul 15, 2021, 9:15 PM MDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS El Paso, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Hidalgo County, NM

The radar

The Tucson radar (KEMX), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:05 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

Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 201 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: 1226 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1641 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

997 
WGUS54 KEPZ 160004
FFWEPZ
NMC023-160315-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.FF.W.0022.210716T0004Z-210716T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
604 PM MDT Thu Jul 15 2021

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

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southwestern Hidalgo County in southwestern New Mexico...

* Until 915 PM MDT.

* At 604 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain 
  have fallen. 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...
  mainly rural areas of Southwestern Hidalgo County

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.

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 3169 10895 3171 10881 3164 10875 3162 10883
      3163 10885

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

AB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 15, 6:41 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Grant, Hidalgo, Luna	3 hr
Jul 15, 7:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Hidalgo	32 min
Jul 15, 7:19 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Hidalgo	3 hr
Jul 16, 12:46 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Otero	3 hr
Jul 16, 2:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ		31 min
Jul 16, 2:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Luna	23 min
Jul 16, 2:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Hidalgo	35 min
Jul 16, 3:07 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Hidalgo	3 hr
Jul 16, 3:51 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Otero	3 hr
Jul 16, 4:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Hidalgo	28 min
Jul 16, 4:25 PM MDT	Dust Storm Warning	EPZ	Hidalgo	65 min
Jul 16, 4:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Grant	31 min
Jul 16, 4:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Hidalgo	32 min
Jul 16, 4:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Grant	50 min
Jul 16, 5:01 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Grant	3 hr
Jul 16, 5:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Luna	29 min
Jul 16, 5:29 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Grant	3 hr
Jul 16, 5:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Grant	34 min

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.