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Flash Flood Warning 55, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 27, 2022, 4:49 PM MDT for Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 116 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 27, 2022, 4:49 PM MDT (22:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2022, 6:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 116 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 22:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 282 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
- 95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -423 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2466 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 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 27, 3:29 PM MDT, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 3:29 PM MDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service El Paso TX/Santa Teresa NM 1109 AM MDT Wed Jul 27 2022 NMZ401>417-TXZ418>424-281715- 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- 1109 AM MDT Wed Jul 27 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of south central New Mexico, southwest New Mexico, and southwest Texas. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Another round of afternoon monsoonal thunderstorms initiating in the mountains and spreading to the lowlands later in the afternoon. These storms may produce gusty winds, small hail, and heavy rainfall leading to localized flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday Monsoonal thunderstorms will continue through Tuesday where heavy rainfall leading to localized flooding, gusty winds, and small hail will continue to be the main threats. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not needed, however we encourage spotters to report any severe weather or significant flooding to the National Weather Service. KS
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 27, 3:24 PM MDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 11:56 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant | 17 min |
| Jul 27, 12:13 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Grant | 5 hr |
| Jul 27, 12:45 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 1:22 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 1:28 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 2:06 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 2:37 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 3:09 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Sierra | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 3:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 35 min | |
| Jul 27, 5:31 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
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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.