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Flash Flood Warning 103, NWS El Paso, TX

August 22, 2022Grant County, Luna County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 22, 2022, 1:44 PM MDT for Grant County, Luna 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 22, 2022, 1:44 PM MDT (19:44 UTC)
Expired: Aug 22, 2022, 4:45 PM MDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS El Paso, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Grant County, NM, Luna County, NM

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS El Paso, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Aug 22, 11:08 AM MDT, 2 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 22, 11:08 AM MDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 22, 11:04 AM MDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 22, 1:27 PM MDT, 17 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 21, 6:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Hidalgo	28 min
Aug 21, 6:54 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Grant, Hidalgo	3 hr
Aug 21, 7:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Hidalgo	28 min
Aug 21, 7:16 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Hidalgo	3 hr
Aug 22, 12:08 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Grant, Sierra	3 hr
Aug 22, 12:14 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Grant	3 hr
Aug 22, 12:39 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Grant, Sierra	3 hr
Aug 22, 1:06 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Grant	4 hr
Aug 22, 2:21 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Grant	3 hr
Aug 22, 2:37 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Grant, Luna, Sierra	3 hr
Aug 22, 2:46 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Otero	3 hr
Aug 22, 3:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Luna	33 min
Aug 22, 3:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Grant	25 min
Aug 22, 3:53 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Grant	19 min
Aug 22, 4:12 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Grant	3 hr
Aug 22, 4:42 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Grant	3 hr
Aug 22, 4:48 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Grant, Luna	117 min
Aug 22, 4:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Hidalgo	24 min
Aug 21, 10:11 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Hudspeth	95 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.