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Flash Flood Warning 128, NWS El Paso, TX

October 16, 2022Hudspeth County, Texas

NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Oct 16, 2022, 5:14 PM MDT for Hudspeth County, Texas. It was in force for 84 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 16, 2022, 5:14 PM MDT (23:14 UTC)
Expired
Oct 16, 2022, 6:38 PM MDT
In force
84 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Hudspeth County, TX

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 306 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2022-10-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 74 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2022-10-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 187 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
74 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-168 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1290 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
187 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
143 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 16, 4:09 AM MDTFreeze WarningEPZOtero29 hr
Oct 16, 9:08 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZGrant52 min
Oct 16, 9:13 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZ32 min
Oct 16, 10:18 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZ27 min
Oct 16, 10:27 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZGrant33 min
Oct 16, 11:08 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZGrant37 min
Oct 16, 1:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero32 min
Oct 16, 1:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZDoña Ana29 min
Oct 16, 2:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero37 min
Oct 16, 2:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero27 min
Oct 16, 2:21 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana114 min
Oct 16, 2:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana, Sierra49 min
Oct 16, 2:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZLuna35 min
Oct 16, 2:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZGrant23 min
Oct 16, 2:59 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZLuna95 min
Oct 16, 3:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZDoña Ana28 min
Oct 16, 3:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero32 min
Oct 16, 3:27 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana2 hr
Oct 16, 3:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZ37 min
Oct 16, 4:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana, Otero41 min
Oct 16, 4:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZDoña Ana24 min
Oct 16, 4:29 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana, Otero2 hr
Oct 16, 4:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZDoña Ana31 min
Oct 16, 5:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZ24 min
Oct 16, 5:29 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZDoña Ana3 hr
Oct 16, 1:21 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZHudspeth12 min
Oct 16, 1:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZHudspeth34 min
Oct 16, 1:33 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZHudspeth92 min
Oct 16, 1:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZHudspeth27 min
Oct 16, 2:01 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZHudspeth65 min
Oct 16, 5:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZHudspeth37 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.