Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 58, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 13, 2021, 6:17 PM MDT for Doña Ana County, New Mexico; El Paso County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 13, 2021, 6:17 PM MDT (00:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2021, 9:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Doña Ana County, NM, El Paso County, TX
The radar
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 2 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:17 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 7:35 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Wnw Santa Teresa, NM | RETENTION POND HAS OVERFLOWED AT HANSON CIRCLE. HANSON CIRCLE IS IMPASSABLE AT THE MOMENT. |
| Aug 13, 7:35 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Wnw Santa Teresa, NM | RETENTION POND HAS OVERFLOWED AT HANSON CIRCLE. HANSON CIRCLE IS IMPASSABLE AT THE MOMENT. |
| Aug 13, 7:40 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | Canutillo, TX | ONE BUSINESS AT 1ST ST IN CANUTILLO HAS BEEN DAMAGED DUE TO THE RISING WATERS. |
| Aug 13, 8:16 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 S La Union, NM | FLOODING AT AND AROUND ALVAREZ RD, A FOOT AND HALF OF WATER WAS REPORTED ON THE ROAD IN SOME LOCATIONS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 3 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
- 458 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1317 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
353
WGUS54 KEPZ 140017
FFWEPZ
NMC013-TXC141-140315-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.FF.W.0058.210814T0017Z-210814T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
617 PM MDT Fri Aug 13 2021
The National Weather Service in El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
South Central Dona Ana County in south central New Mexico...
Northwestern El Paso County in western Texas...
* Until 915 PM MDT.
* At 617 PM MDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between
1 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts
up to 1.5 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding
is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.
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...
West El Paso, Santa Teresa, Canutillo, Vinton, Union Pacific
Intermodal Terminal and Franklin Mountains State Park.
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, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses
to cross flooded roads. Find an alternate route.
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 3187 10668 3178 10669 3178 10673 3180 10678
3197 10687 3196 10672 3193 10671 3193 10664
3194 10664 3195 10652 3189 10651
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
$$
AB1 follow-up statement
357
WGUS74 KEPZ 140155
FFSEPZ
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
755 PM MDT Fri Aug 13 2021
NMC013-TXC141-140315-
/O.CON.KEPZ.FF.W.0058.000000T0000Z-210814T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Dona Ana NM-El Paso TX-
755 PM MDT Fri Aug 13 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL DONA ANA AND NORTHWESTERN EL PASO
COUNTIES...
At 755 PM MDT, Multiple sources indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 2.5 inches of
rain have fallen. Flash flooding is already occurring.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Multiple Sources
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
West El Paso, Santa Teresa, Canutillo, Vinton, Union Pacific
Intermodal Terminal and Franklin Mountains State Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small
creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses
to cross flooded roads. Find an alternate route.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
Remain alert for flooding even in locations not receiving rain.
Arroyos, streams, and rivers can become raging killer currents in a
matter of minutes, even from distant rainfall.
&&
LAT...LON 3187 10668 3178 10669 3178 10673 3180 10678
3197 10687 3196 10672 3193 10671 3193 10664
3194 10664 3195 10652 3189 10651
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
$$
ABThe office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 8:21 PM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana | 6 hr |
| Aug 14, 3:27 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana, Otero | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 4:48 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana | 7 hr |
| Aug 14, 6:22 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana | 6 hr |
| Aug 14, 7:43 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 8:20 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 9:58 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Luna | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 10:09 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 10:25 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 11:01 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero, Sierra | 7 hr |
| Aug 14, 11:13 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Luna | 2 hr |
| Aug 14, 1:06 PM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | EPZ | Otero | 5 hr |
| Aug 14, 1:16 PM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana | 6 hr |
| Aug 14, 1:58 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Luna | 2 hr |
| Aug 14, 2:55 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana, Otero | 2 hr |
| Aug 14, 3:18 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana | 117 min |
| Aug 14, 4:37 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Hudspeth | 4 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.