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Flash Flood Warning 63, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 14, 2021, 8:20 AM MDT for Doña Ana 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, 8:20 AM MDT (14:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2021, 11:30 AM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Doña Ana County, NM
The radar
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 8 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
- 533 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 541 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
384
WGUS54 KEPZ 141420
FFWEPZ
NMC013-141730-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.FF.W.0063.210814T1420Z-210814T1730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
820 AM MDT Sat Aug 14 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...
* Until 1130 AM MDT.
* At 820 AM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Up to 4 inches of rain have
fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up 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...
Santa Teresa and Union Pacific Intermodal Terminal.
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, country roads, farmland, and other low lying
spots.
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 3191 10674 3189 10667 3182 10665 3178 10666
3178 10675 3178 10676 3178 10677 3178 10679
3178 10680 3178 10682 3178 10685 3184 10687
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
AB1 follow-up statement
786
WGUS74 KEPZ 141725
FFSEPZ
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
1125 AM MDT Sat Aug 14 2021
NMC013-141735-
/O.EXP.KEPZ.FF.W.0063.000000T0000Z-210814T1730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Dona Ana NM-
1125 AM MDT Sat Aug 14 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1130 AM MDT THIS MORNING FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL DONA ANA COUNTY...
The heavy rain has ended, but minor flooding may be ongoing. Please
continue to heed remaining road closures.
A Flash Flood Watch remains in effect until 1200 AM MDT Sunday for
portions of New Mexico and southwest Texas.
LAT...LON 3191 10674 3189 10667 3182 10665 3178 10666
3178 10675 3178 10676 3178 10677 3178 10679
3178 10680 3178 10682 3178 10685 3184 10687
$$
ABThe 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, 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, 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 |
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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.