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Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 23, 2021, 4:25 PM MDT for Doña Ana County, New Mexico. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 23, 2021, 4:25 PM MDT (22:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2021, 7:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Doña Ana County, NM
The radar
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 6:35 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | Radium Springs, NM | HEAVY RAIN LED TO MULTIPLE CARS BEEN STUCK IN THE MUD AT RADIUM SPRINGS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 318 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -216 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1894 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
064
WGUS54 KEPZ 232225
FFWEPZ
NMC013-240115-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.FF.W.0027.210723T2225Z-210724T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
425 PM MDT Fri Jul 23 2021
The National Weather Service in El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northwestern Dona Ana County in south central New Mexico...
* Until 715 PM MDT.
* At 425 PM MDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between
1.5 and 2.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall
amounts of 0.5 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 and automated gauges.
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...
Radium Springs.
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 3243 10695 3248 10700 3256 10690 3252 10687
3247 10688
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
$$
ABThe office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 10:09 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Hidalgo | 2 hr |
| Jul 22, 10:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Hidalgo | 28 min |
| Jul 23, 9:10 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 35 min | |
| Jul 23, 11:38 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 6 min |
| Jul 23, 11:44 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 12:26 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 1:02 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 1:52 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 2:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Luna | 35 min |
| Jul 23, 2:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 31 min | |
| Jul 23, 2:52 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 3:04 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Luna | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 3:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Grant, Luna, Sierra | 35 min |
| Jul 23, 3:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana | 31 min |
| Jul 23, 4:02 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant, Luna | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 4:07 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana | 18 min |
| Jul 23, 4:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Doña Ana | 23 min |
| Jul 23, 4:42 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 4:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Sierra | 32 min |
| Jul 23, 5:12 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 5:16 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 5:21 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana, Sierra | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 5:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Sierra | 35 min |
| Jul 23, 5:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Sierra | 42 min |
| Jul 23, 5:35 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Sierra | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 5:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Luna | 34 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.