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Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS El Paso, TX

July 23, 2021Doña Ana County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 23, 2021, 5:16 PM MDT for Doña Ana 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 23, 2021, 5:16 PM MDT (23:16 UTC)
Expired: Jul 23, 2021, 8:30 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), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:20 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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 31 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: 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

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The text

As transmitted.

051 
WGUS54 KEPZ 232316
FFWEPZ
NMC013-240230-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.FF.W.0028.210723T2316Z-210724T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
516 PM MDT Fri Jul 23 2021

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

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Central Dona Ana County in south central New Mexico...

* Until 830 PM MDT.

* At 516 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 2.5 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...
  Vado, Mesquite, San Miguel and La Mesa.

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 3217 10670 3220 10668 3212 10662 3210 10670
      3214 10673

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

AB

1 follow-up statement

727 
WGUS74 KEPZ 240230
FFSEPZ

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
830 PM MDT Fri Jul 23 2021

NMC013-240240-
/O.EXP.KEPZ.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-210724T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Dona Ana NM-
830 PM MDT Fri Jul 23 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR 
CENTRAL DONA ANA COUNTY...

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

LAT...LON 3217 10670 3220 10668 3212 10662 3210 10670
      3214 10673

$$

AB

The 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, 4:25 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana	3 hr
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, 5:21 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.