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Flash Flood Warning 89, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 3, 2021, 4:57 PM MDT for El Paso County, Texas. 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
- Sep 3, 2021, 4:57 PM MDT (22:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 3, 2021, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County El Paso County, TX
The radar
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:56 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 49 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1979 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
654
WGUS54 KEPZ 032257
FFWEPZ
TXC141-040200-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.FF.W.0089.210903T2257Z-210904T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
457 PM MDT Fri Sep 3 2021
The National Weather Service in El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
North Central El Paso County in western Texas...
* Until 800 PM MDT.
* At 457 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 1.5 inches of
rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 3 inches in 1
hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 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 arroyos, drainages, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other
poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Far East El Paso, Montana Vista and Homestead Meadows.
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 aroyos,
drainages, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses to cross
flooded roads. Find an alternate route.
&&
LAT...LON 3174 10615 3174 10625 3192 10626 3190 10614
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...1-3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
$$
GLThe office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 3:53 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Hudspeth | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 4:33 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Hudspeth | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 4:40 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 5:48 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | El Paso | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.