Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 59, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 14, 2021, 3:27 AM MDT for Doña Ana County, Otero County, New Mexico. 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 14, 2021, 3:27 AM MDT (09:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2021, 6:45 AM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Doña Ana County, NM, Otero County, NM
The radar
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 60 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.
615
WGUS54 KEPZ 140927
FFWEPZ
NMC013-035-141245-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.FF.W.0059.210814T0927Z-210814T1245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
327 AM MDT Sat Aug 14 2021
The National Weather Service in El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
East Central Dona Ana County in south central New Mexico...
Southwestern Otero County in south central New Mexico...
* Until 645 AM MDT.
* At 327 AM MDT, local law enforcement reported thunderstorms
producing heavy rain across Highway 70, east of San Augustine Pass
and over the road to the White Sands Missile Range Headquarters.
Between 1.5 and 2.5 inches of rain have fallen. The expected
rainfall rate is 1 to 2 inches in 1 hour. Additional rainfall
amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash
flooding is already occurring.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms
producing flash flooding.
SOURCE...Law enforcement reported.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of washes, arroyos,
and low water crossings.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
White Sands Missile Range Headquarters area and highway 70, east
of San Augustin Pass.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3229 10638 3220 10649 3225 10652 3232 10653
3238 10658 3246 10658 3248 10647 3253 10637
3252 10637
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
EXPECTED RAINFALL...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
$$
TABThe office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 6:17 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 8:21 PM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana | 6 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 |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 2021Every flash flood warning in 2021
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.