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Flash Flood Warning 40, NWS El Paso, TX

July 7, 2022Otero County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 7, 2022, 2:27 PM MDT for Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 93 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
Jul 7, 2022, 2:27 PM MDT (20:27 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2022, 4:00 PM MDT
In force
93 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
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 20:29 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

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 2022-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 203 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, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 2022-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 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
203 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-134 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2213 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
1 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
101 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 Jul 7, 12:12 PM MDT, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 12:12 PM MDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 7, 10:08 AM MDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service El Paso TX/Santa Teresa NM
1008 AM MDT Thu Jul 7 2022

NMZ401>417-TXZ418>424-081615-
Upper Gila River Valley-Southern Gila Highlands/Black Range-
Southern Gila Foothills/Mimbres Valley-
Southwest Desert/Lower Gila River Valley-Lowlands of the Bootheel-
Uplands of the Bootheel-Southwest Desert/Mimbres Basin-
Eastern Black Range Foothills-Sierra County Lakes-
Northern Dona Ana County-Southern Dona Ana County/Mesilla Valley-
Central Tularosa Basin-Southern Tularosa Basin-
West Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet-
Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet-
East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet-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-
1008 AM MDT Thu Jul 7 2022

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight
Another round of monsoonal thunderstorms this afternoon with the
best coverage being near the Sacramento Mtns and west Texas.
Isolated flooding cannot be ruled out with these slow moving
storms. Outflows may create gusty conditions.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday
Monsoonal thunderstorms expected each day. Friday appears to be
similar in nature to today, but the weekend and into early next
week will feature standard afternoon monsoonal thunderstorms
initiating over the high terrain and outflows triggering new
thunderstorms. Moisture will continue to be above average, which
may make storms efficient rain makers. An uptick in activity
appears to begin Tuesday with an increase in moisture.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

KS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 1:20 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero115 min
Jul 7, 1:56 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero31 min
Jul 7, 3:19 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero116 min
Jul 7, 3:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero33 min
Jul 7, 3:31 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana90 min
Jul 7, 3:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZDoña Ana27 min
Jul 7, 4:16 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana43 min
Jul 7, 4:55 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana2 hr
Jul 7, 5:18 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana, Otero3 hr
Jul 6, 6:12 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZEl Paso2 hr
Jul 6, 6:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZEl Paso, Hudspeth26 min
Jul 6, 6:36 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZEl Paso, Hudspeth114 min
Jul 7, 5:19 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZEl Paso17 min
Jul 7, 5:36 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZEl Paso101 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.