Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Watches in 2021
Flash Flood Watch 13, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood watch at Sep 30, 2021, 2:56 AM MDT for Otero County, New Mexico. It took effect at Sep 30, 2021, 6:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 30, 2021, 2:56 AM MDT (08:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 30, 2021, 6:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Sep 30, 2021, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Flood severity
- None
County Otero County, NM
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 91 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2596 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
061 WGUS64 KEPZ 300856 FFAEPZ URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Flood Watch National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM 256 AM MDT Thu Sep 30 2021 NMZ414>416-010000- /O.NEW.KEPZ.FF.A.0013.210930T1200Z-211001T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ West Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet-Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet-East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet- Including the cities of Mayhill, Sacramento, Timberon, Pinon, Sunspot, Cloudcroft, Mescalero, Mountain Park, and Apache Summit 256 AM MDT Thu Sep 30 2021 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa has issued a * Flash Flood Watch for a portion of south central New Mexico, including the following areas, East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet, Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet and West Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet. * From 6 AM MDT this morning through this evening. * An upper level system will bring prolonged rainfall through the day/evening hours, with rainfall amounts of 1-2 inches falling across portions of the Sacramento Mountains today. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued. && $$ 33
2 follow-up statements
444 WGUS64 KEPZ 301943 FFAEPZ Flood Watch National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM 143 PM MDT Thu Sep 30 2021 NMZ414>416-010600- /O.CON.KEPZ.FF.A.0013.000000T0000Z-211001T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ West Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet-Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet-East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet- Including the cities of Mayhill, Sacramento, Timberon, Pinon, Sunspot, Cloudcroft, Mescalero, Mountain Park, and Apache Summit 143 PM MDT Thu Sep 30 2021 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... The Flash Flood Watch continues for * A portion of south central New Mexico, including the following areas, East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet, Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet and West Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet. * Until Midnight MDT tonight. * An upper level system will bring scattered showers and thunderstorms this evening, with rainfall amounts of 0.50 to 1 inch falling across portions of the Sacramento Mountains today. A few locally higher amounts of 1-2 inches will be possible near stronger storms and will pose a threat of flash flooding. * Areas of steep terrain, urban and low lying areas, and recent burn scars will be most susceptible to excessive rainfall and rapid runoff. Drainages and arroyos within hilly terrain may cause flooding downstream of heavy rainfall as well. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued. && $$ CD
908 WGUS64 KEPZ 010000 FFAEPZ Flood Watch National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM 600 PM MDT Thu Sep 30 2021 NMZ414>416-010100- /O.CAN.KEPZ.FF.A.0013.000000T0000Z-211001T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ West Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet-Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet-East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet- Including the cities of Mayhill, Sacramento, Timberon, Pinon, Sunspot, Cloudcroft, Mescalero, Mountain Park, and Apache Summit 600 PM MDT Thu Sep 30 2021 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... The Flash Flood Watch for portions of south central New Mexico, including the following areas, East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet, Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet and West Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet has been cancelled. The Flood Watch is cancelled. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures. $$ HC
The office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2:46 AM MDT | Flood Watch | EPZ | Otero | 5 min |
| Sep 30, 8:15 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant | 3 hr |
| Sep 30, 2:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 26 min | |
| Sep 30, 3:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Otero | 38 min |
| Sep 30, 3:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Otero | 29 min |
| Sep 30, 3:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Otero | 37 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.