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Flash Flood Warning 93, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 5, 2021, 1:36 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 5, 2021, 1:36 PM MDT (19:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 2021, 4:45 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), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 614 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -101 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1691 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
290
WGUS54 KEPZ 051936
FFWEPZ
NMC035-052245-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.FF.W.0093.210905T1936Z-210905T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
136 PM MDT Sun Sep 5 2021
The National Weather Service in El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northern Otero County in south central New Mexico...
* Until 445 PM MDT.
* At 136 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 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, low-lying areas, and hikers
campers.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Cox Canyon, Bluff Springs National Recreation Area, and Upper Rio
Penasco Rd.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
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 3288 10574 3290 10568 3285 10560 3276 10573
3279 10579
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
JDThe office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 6:13 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana | 2 hr |
| Sep 5, 7:18 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | EPZ | Otero | 14 hr |
| Sep 5, 11:52 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 12:27 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 12:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Sierra | 29 min |
| Sep 5, 12:59 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 2 hr |
| Sep 5, 1:13 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 1:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 34 min | |
| Sep 5, 1:40 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 1:51 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 1:57 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 1:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Grant | 31 min |
| Sep 5, 2:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Grant | 26 min |
| Sep 5, 2:14 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant, Sierra | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 2:25 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 2:38 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Sierra | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 2:48 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 2:59 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Grant | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 3:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Sierra | 14 min |
| Sep 5, 3:05 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant | 115 min |
| Sep 5, 3:20 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant, Sierra | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 3:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Sierra | 36 min |
| Sep 5, 4:03 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Sierra | 117 min |
| Sep 5, 4:19 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Sierra | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 4:36 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant, Luna | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 4:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Sierra | 33 min |
| Sep 5, 4:47 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Grant, Luna | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 5:02 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant | 118 min |
| Sep 5, 5:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 25 min | |
| Sep 5, 5:20 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Sierra | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 5:25 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant | 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.