Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 94, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 5, 2021, 2:59 PM MDT for Grant County, New Mexico. 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 5, 2021, 2:59 PM MDT (20:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 2021, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Grant County, NM
The radar
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 207 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:00 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 5, 4:04 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 S Gila, NM | REPORT VIA TWITTER SHOWED FLASH FLOODING ON BILL EVANS RO SOUTH OF GILA, NM. |
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 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 207 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.
108
WGUS54 KEPZ 052059
FFWEPZ
NMC017-060000-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.FF.W.0094.210905T2059Z-210906T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
259 PM MDT Sun Sep 5 2021
The National Weather Service in El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
North Central Grant County in southwestern New Mexico...
* Until 600 PM MDT.
* At 259 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 1.5 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...
Riverside, Bill Evans Lake, low water crossings across Bill Evans
Road.
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 3293 10856 3292 10853 3288 10848 3287 10850
3284 10852 3282 10856 3284 10859 3286 10860
3291 10860 3293 10858
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
JD1 follow-up statement
525
WGUS74 KEPZ 052210
FFSEPZ
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
410 PM MDT Sun Sep 5 2021
NMC017-060000-
/O.CON.KEPZ.FF.W.0094.000000T0000Z-210906T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Grant NM-
410 PM MDT Sun Sep 5 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING
FOR NORTH CENTRAL GRANT COUNTY...
At 410 PM MDT, the public reported thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across the warned area with ongoing flash flooding on Bill
Evans Road. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Public reported.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Riverside, Bill Evans Lake.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
In hilly terrain there are numerous of low water crossings which are
potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded
roads. Find an alternate route.
&&
LAT...LON 3293 10856 3292 10853 3288 10848 3287 10850
3284 10852 3282 10856 3284 10859 3286 10860
3291 10860 3293 10858
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
$$
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, 1:36 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| 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, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.