Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 3, 2021, 5:12 PM MDT for Grant County, New Mexico. It was in force for 2 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
- Aug 3, 2021, 5:12 PM MDT (23:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2021, 7:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Grant County, NM
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 200 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:11 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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -152 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1314 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
352
WGUS54 KEPZ 032312
FFWEPZ
NMC017-040115-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.FF.W.0036.210803T2312Z-210804T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
512 PM MDT Tue Aug 3 2021
The National Weather Service in El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northern Grant County in southwestern New Mexico...
* Until 715 PM MDT.
* At 512 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 inch 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...
mainly rural areas of Northern Grant 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 of low water crossings which are
potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded
roads. Find an alternate route.
&&
LAT...LON 3308 10828 3316 10833 3318 10826 3313 10819
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
JD2 follow-up statements
780
WGUS74 KEPZ 040000
FFSEPZ
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
600 PM MDT Tue Aug 3 2021
NMC017-040115-
/O.CON.KEPZ.FF.W.0036.000000T0000Z-210804T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Grant NM-
600 PM MDT Tue Aug 3 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY...
At 600 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have
fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible in the
warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
mainly rural areas of Northern Grant County
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small
creeks and streams, country roads, farmland, and other low lying
spots.
In hilly terrain there are numerous of low water crossings which are
potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded
roads. Find an alternate route.
&&
LAT...LON 3308 10828 3316 10833 3318 10826 3313 10819
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
JD480 WGUS74 KEPZ 040111 FFSEPZ Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM 711 PM MDT Tue Aug 3 2021 NMC017-040121- /O.EXP.KEPZ.FF.W.0036.000000T0000Z-210804T0115Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Grant NM- 711 PM MDT Tue Aug 3 2021 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY... The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures. LAT...LON 3308 10828 3316 10833 3318 10826 3313 10819 $$ JD
The office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 6:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Hidalgo | 30 min |
| Aug 2, 6:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 23 min | |
| Aug 2, 7:07 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Hidalgo | 113 min |
| Aug 2, 8:13 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Hidalgo | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 8:58 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Hidalgo | 2 hr |
| Aug 3, 12:39 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 2:26 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant, Sierra | 2 hr |
| Aug 3, 2:34 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 116 min |
| Aug 3, 2:42 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Grant, Sierra | 2 hr |
| Aug 3, 3:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Grant | 39 min |
| Aug 3, 3:49 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Grant | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 4:05 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant, Luna | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 4:36 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant, Luna | 54 min |
| Aug 3, 4:48 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant | 117 min |
| Aug 3, 4:50 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant, Luna | 115 min |
| Aug 3, 5:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Grant | 28 min |
| Aug 3, 5:41 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant, Luna | 2 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.