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Flash Flood Warning 86, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 1, 2021, 8:26 PM MDT for Hudspeth County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report 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
- Sep 1, 2021, 8:26 PM MDT (02:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2021, 11:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Hudspeth County, TX
The radar
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 10:00 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | Sierra Blanca, TX | TX DOT CLOSES RAILROAD FRONTAGE UNDERPASS BECAUSE OF FLOODING. |
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, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 963 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1080 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
358
WGUS54 KEPZ 020226
FFWEPZ
TXC229-020530-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.FF.W.0086.210902T0226Z-210902T0530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
826 PM MDT Wed Sep 1 2021
The National Weather Service in El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
East Central Hudspeth County in western Texas...
* Until 1130 PM MDT.
* At 826 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain
have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch are
possible in the warned area over the next hour. 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...
Sierra Blanca.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 10 in Texas between mile markers 107 and 117.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
&&
LAT...LON 3116 10537 3121 10534 3129 10521 3127 10506
3114 10513 3111 10520
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
CDThe office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 6:27 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | El Paso | 2 hr |
| Sep 1, 7:58 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Hudspeth | 43 min |
| Sep 1, 8:41 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Hudspeth | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.