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Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 10, 2021, 9:13 PM MDT for El Paso County, Texas. 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 10, 2021, 9:13 PM MDT (03:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2021, 11:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County El Paso County, TX
The radar
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:15 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 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 58 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
- 864 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2318 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
964
WGUS54 KEPZ 110313
FFWEPZ
TXC141-110515-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.FF.W.0037.210811T0313Z-210811T0515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
913 PM MDT Tue Aug 10 2021
The National Weather Service in El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
South Central El Paso County in western Texas...
* Until 1115 PM MDT.
* At 913 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 2 inches of
rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 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...
Clint, San Elizario and Socorro.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small
creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses
to cross flooded roads. Find an alternate route.
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 3156 10628 3164 10622 3159 10614 3147 10621
3148 10622 3150 10622 3150 10623 3151 10623
3151 10624 3152 10624 3153 10624 3154 10625
3155 10625 3155 10626
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
DHThe office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 6:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | El Paso | 52 min |
| Aug 10, 6:59 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 8:38 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | El Paso, Hudspeth | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 8:39 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 9:32 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Hudspeth | 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.