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Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS El Paso, TX

June 30, 2022Grant County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 30, 2022, 1:13 PM MDT for Grant County, New Mexico. It was in force for 2 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
Jun 30, 2022, 1:13 PM MDT (19:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2022, 3:30 PM MDT
In force
2 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), 185 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:12 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 245 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, Tuscon, AZ at 12:00Z on 2022-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 16 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, Tuscon, AZ at 12:00Z on 2022-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
16 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-172 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1985 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jun 30, 11:40 AM MDT, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 11:40 AM MDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 11:00 AM MDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service El Paso TX/Santa Teresa NM
1100 AM MDT Thu Jun 30 2022

NMZ402-403-408-414>416-011700-
Southern Gila Highlands/Black Range-
Southern Gila Foothills/Mimbres Valley-
Eastern Black Range Foothills-
West Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet-
Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet-
East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet-
1100 AM MDT Thu Jun 30 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of south central
New Mexico and southwest New Mexico.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Isolated showers and thunderstorms will be possible during the
afternoon and early evening hours. Some storms could produce
localized heavy rain and flash flooding. Gusty winds will also be
possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Friday will be very similar to today with a slight increase in
shower and thunderstorm coverage. Moisture will increase through
the weekend and into next week with scattered to numerous shower
and thunderstorm coverage. Heavy rain and flash flooding will be a
threat on Saturday through at least Tuesday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NMZ401-404>407-409>413-417-TXZ418>424-011700-
Upper Gila River Valley-Southwest Desert/Lower Gila River Valley-
Lowlands of the Bootheel-Uplands of the Bootheel-
Southwest Desert/Mimbres Basin-Sierra County Lakes-
Northern Dona Ana County-Southern Dona Ana County/Mesilla Valley-
Central Tularosa Basin-Southern Tularosa Basin-Otero Mesa-
Western El Paso County-Eastern/Central El Paso County-
Northern Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco Mountains-Salt Basin-
Southern Hudspeth Highlands-
Rio Grande Valley of Eastern El Paso/Western Hudspeth Counties-
Rio Grande Valley of Eastern Hudspeth County-
1100 AM MDT Thu Jun 30 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of south central
New Mexico, southwest New Mexico, and southwest Texas.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

An isolated thunderstorm or two will be possible this evening
across the lowlands. Otherwise, most areas will remain dry.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Friday will be very similar to today with a slight increase in
shower and thunderstorm coverage. Moisture will increase through
the weekend and into next week with scattered to numerous shower
and thunderstorm coverage. Heavy rain and flash flooding will be a
threat on Saturday through at least Tuesday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Rogers

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 2:21 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant114 min
Jun 29, 7:30 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZEl Paso2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 2022Every flash flood warning in 2022

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.