Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 90, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 4, 2021, 12:03 PM MDT for 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
- Sep 4, 2021, 12:03 PM MDT (18:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 4, 2021, 3:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Otero County, NM
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:04 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, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 761 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1466 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
305
WGUS54 KEPZ 041803
FFWEPZ
NMC035-042115-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.FF.W.0090.210904T1803Z-210904T2115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
1203 PM MDT Sat Sep 4 2021
The National Weather Service in El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Central Otero County in south central New Mexico...
* Until 315 PM MDT.
* At 1203 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 3 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...
mainly rural areas of Central Otero County
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.
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 3276 10561 3276 10555 3272 10547 3264 10554
3265 10564 3271 10568
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
JD2 follow-up statements
191
WGUS74 KEPZ 041943
FFSEPZ
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
143 PM MDT Sat Sep 4 2021
NMC035-042115-
/O.CON.KEPZ.FF.W.0090.000000T0000Z-210904T2115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Otero NM-
143 PM MDT Sat Sep 4 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM MDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY...
At 143 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3.5 inches of rain have
fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 inches are possible in
the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
mainly rural areas of Central Otero County
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small
creeks and streams, country roads, farmland, and other low lying
spots.
In hilly terrain there are numerous of low water crossings which are
potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded
roads. Find an alternate route.
&&
LAT...LON 3276 10561 3276 10555 3272 10547 3264 10554
3265 10564 3271 10568
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
JD288
WGUS74 KEPZ 042110
FFSEPZ
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
310 PM MDT Sat Sep 4 2021
NMC035-042120-
/O.EXP.KEPZ.FF.W.0090.000000T0000Z-210904T2115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Otero NM-
310 PM MDT Sat Sep 4 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 315 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR
CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.
A Flash Flood Watch remains in effect until 1200 AM MDT Sunday for a
portion of south central New Mexico.
LAT...LON 3276 10561 3276 10555 3272 10547 3264 10554
3265 10564 3271 10568
$$
JDThe office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 6:02 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana, Sierra | 118 min |
| Sep 4, 6:14 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Sierra | 2 hr |
| Sep 4, 11:45 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 12:41 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 12:43 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 12:54 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 1:03 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 1:41 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant, Sierra | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 2:03 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Luna | 117 min |
| Sep 4, 2:19 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 2:23 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Grant, Sierra | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 3:04 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant, Sierra | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 3:13 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 4:00 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant | 2 hr |
| Sep 4, 4:16 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana | 119 min |
| Sep 4, 4:23 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Sierra | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 5:10 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Sierra | 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.