Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 80, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 23, 2021, 5:53 PM MDT for Doña Ana County, New Mexico. It was in force for 112 min. 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 23, 2021, 5:53 PM MDT (23:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 2021, 7:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 112 min
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Doña Ana County, NM
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:52 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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 657 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -91 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1970 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
546
WGUS54 KEPZ 232353
FFWEPZ
NMC013-240145-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.FF.W.0080.210823T2353Z-210824T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
553 PM MDT Mon Aug 23 2021
The National Weather Service in El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northeastern Dona Ana County in south central New Mexico...
* Until 745 PM MDT.
* At 553 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Radar indicates between 2 and 3
inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5
inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing
or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
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...
Portions of White Sands Missile Range, and Lake Lucero.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small
creeks and streams, country roads, farmland, and other low lying
spots.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3283 10660 3285 10643 3268 10644 3267 10652
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
HC1 follow-up statement
341 WGUS74 KEPZ 240140 FFSEPZ Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM 740 PM MDT Mon Aug 23 2021 NMC013-240150- /O.EXP.KEPZ.FF.W.0080.000000T0000Z-210824T0145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Dona Ana NM- 740 PM MDT Mon Aug 23 2021 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 745 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN DONA ANA COUNTY... The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures. LAT...LON 3283 10660 3285 10643 3268 10644 3267 10652 $$ HC
The office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 7:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Grant | 30 min |
| Aug 22, 7:48 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Hidalgo | 117 min |
| Aug 22, 10:16 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Sierra | 119 min |
| Aug 22, 10:46 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant | 119 min |
| Aug 23, 12:11 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant | 19 min |
| Aug 23, 12:30 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Grant | 3 hr |
| Aug 23, 12:39 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Hidalgo | 3 hr |
| Aug 23, 12:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Hidalgo | 32 min |
| Aug 23, 1:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Hidalgo | 41 min |
| Aug 23, 1:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Hidalgo | 33 min |
| Aug 23, 1:40 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Hidalgo | 3 hr |
| Aug 23, 1:55 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Hidalgo | 3 hr |
| Aug 23, 2:01 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant, Sierra | 3 hr |
| Aug 23, 2:08 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant, Hidalgo | 3 hr |
| Aug 23, 2:18 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 117 min |
| Aug 23, 2:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Hidalgo | 30 min |
| Aug 23, 2:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Hidalgo | 28 min |
| Aug 23, 2:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Grant | 23 min |
| Aug 23, 3:00 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant, Hidalgo | 3 hr |
| Aug 23, 3:07 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant, Sierra | 3 hr |
| Aug 23, 3:13 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Grant, Sierra | 3 hr |
| Aug 23, 3:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Grant, Hidalgo | 38 min |
| Aug 23, 3:30 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Grant | 3 hr |
| Aug 23, 3:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Grant, Luna | 25 min |
| Aug 23, 3:47 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Grant, Sierra | 2 hr |
| Aug 23, 3:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Grant | 35 min |
| Aug 23, 4:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Grant, Luna | 27 min |
| Aug 23, 4:06 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Sierra | 114 min |
| Aug 23, 4:13 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana | 16 min |
| Aug 23, 4:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana | 28 min |
| Aug 23, 4:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Sierra | 37 min |
| Aug 23, 4:29 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana | 106 min |
| Aug 23, 4:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Sierra | 35 min |
| Aug 23, 4:48 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Sierra | 21 min |
| Aug 23, 4:55 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Sierra | 3 hr |
| Aug 23, 5:09 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Sierra | 3 hr |
| Aug 23, 5:24 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Otero | 111 min |
| Aug 23, 5:28 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana, Otero, Sierra | 2 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.