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Flash Flood Warning 40, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 12, 2021, 5:15 PM MDT for Hudspeth County, Texas. 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
- Aug 12, 2021, 5:15 PM MDT (23:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 12, 2021, 8:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Hudspeth County, TX
The radar
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 794 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 896 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
517
WGUS54 KEPZ 122315
FFWEPZ
TXC229-130215-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.FF.W.0040.210812T2315Z-210813T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
515 PM MDT Thu Aug 12 2021
The National Weather Service in El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northwestern Hudspeth County in western Texas...
* Until 815 PM MDT.
* At 515 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 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 Northwestern Hudspeth County
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
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.
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 3200 10585 3200 10581 3198 10580 3197 10581
3197 10583 3198 10584
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
ABThe office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 7:04 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 10:11 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Hudspeth | 2 hr |
| Aug 11, 10:33 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Hudspeth | 117 min |
| Aug 12, 11:41 AM MDT | Flood Watch | EPZ | El Paso, Hudspeth | 4 hr |
| Aug 12, 3:14 PM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | EPZ | El Paso, Hudspeth | 4 days |
| Aug 12, 3:26 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Hudspeth | 2 hr |
| Aug 12, 4:46 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Hudspeth | 119 min |
| Aug 12, 5:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | El Paso | 24 min |
| Aug 12, 5:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | El Paso | 27 min |
| Aug 12, 5:50 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | El Paso, Hudspeth | 115 min |
| Aug 12, 5:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | El Paso | 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.