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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 30, 2021, 3:33 PM MDT for El Paso County, 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
- Jun 30, 2021, 3:33 PM MDT (21:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2021, 6:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties El Paso County, TX, Hudspeth County, TX
The radar
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 68 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
- 126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 636 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
358
WGUS54 KEPZ 302133
FFWEPZ
TXC141-229-010045-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.FF.W.0005.210630T2133Z-210701T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
333 PM MDT Wed Jun 30 2021
The National Weather Service in El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southeastern El Paso County in western Texas...
Western Hudspeth County in western Texas...
* Until 645 PM MDT.
* At 333 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain
have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Doppler radar.
IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other
drainage and low lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Fabens, Clint, Horizon City, Indian Cliffs Ranch, San Elizario,
Socorro, Colonia del Paso, Dairyland and Agua Dulce.
Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1.5 inches are possible in the
warned area.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
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 3151 10599 3147 10616 3160 10629 3169 10606
3158 10602
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
JD1 follow-up statement
711
WGUS74 KEPZ 302311
FFSEPZ
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
511 PM MDT Wed Jun 30 2021
TXC141-229-010045-
/O.CON.KEPZ.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-210701T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
El Paso TX-Hudspeth TX-
511 PM MDT Wed Jun 30 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO AND WESTERN HUDSPETH COUNTIES...
At 509 PM MDT, Much of the thunderstorm activity has decreased
across the warned area but between 1.5 and 3.0 inches of rain have
fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Doppler radar.
IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other
drainage and low lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Fabens, Clint, Horizon City, Indian Cliffs Ranch, San Elizario,
Socorro, Colonia del Paso, Dairyland and Agua Dulce.
Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 inches are possible in the
warned area.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Remain alert for flooding even in locations not receiving rain.
Arroyos, streams, and rivers can become raging killer currents in a
matter of minutes, even from distant rainfall.
&&
LAT...LON 3151 10599 3147 10616 3160 10629 3169 10606
3158 10602
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
JDThe office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 12:30 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | El Paso, Hudspeth | 5 hr |
| Jun 30, 1:46 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | El Paso | 5 hr |
| Jun 30, 3:10 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | El Paso, Hudspeth | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 3:23 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | El Paso | 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.