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Flash Flood Warning 40, NWS El Paso, TX
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.
- 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
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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</html>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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 1:20 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 115 min |
| Jul 7, 1:56 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 31 min |
| Jul 7, 3:19 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 116 min |
| Jul 7, 3:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Otero | 33 min |
| Jul 7, 3:31 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana | 90 min |
| Jul 7, 3:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Doña Ana | 27 min |
| Jul 7, 4:16 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana | 43 min |
| Jul 7, 4:55 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana | 2 hr |
| Jul 7, 5:18 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana, Otero | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 6:12 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | El Paso | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 6:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | El Paso, Hudspeth | 26 min |
| Jul 6, 6:36 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | El Paso, Hudspeth | 114 min |
| Jul 7, 5:19 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | El Paso | 17 min |
| Jul 7, 5:36 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | El Paso | 101 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.