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Flash Flood Warning 97, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 7, 2021, 4:40 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 7, 2021, 4:40 PM MDT (22:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 2021, 7:45 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), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 52 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
- 810 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -123 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1993 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
604
WGUS54 KEPZ 072240
FFWEPZ
TXC141-080145-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.FF.W.0097.210907T2240Z-210908T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
440 PM MDT Tue Sep 7 2021
The National Weather Service in El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Central El Paso County in western Texas...
* Until 745 PM MDT.
* At 440 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Up to 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 and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Mission Valley, Clint, Horizon City, San Elizario, Socorro and
Dairyland.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 10 in Texas between mile markers 39 and 44.
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, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses
to cross flooded roads. Find an alternate route.
Remain alert for flooding even in locations not receiving rain.
Arroyos, streams, and rivers can become raging killer currents in a
matter of minutes, even from distant rainfall.
&&
LAT...LON 3165 10627 3165 10616 3160 10617 3155 10622
3153 10623 3157 10628 3158 10629 3159 10629
3160 10630 3161 10630 3162 10630
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
ABThe office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 3:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | El Paso | 25 min |
| Sep 7, 4:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | El Paso | 30 min |
| Sep 7, 4:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | El Paso | 28 min |
| Sep 7, 4:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | El Paso | 36 min |
| Sep 7, 4:19 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | El Paso, Hudspeth | 3 hr |
| Sep 7, 4:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | El Paso | 27 min |
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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.