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Flash Flood Warning 55, NWS El Paso, TX

July 27, 2022Otero County, New Mexico

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 archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2022-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 95 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2022-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 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
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

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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 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, Jul 27, 11:09 AM MDT, 5 hours 40 minutes before
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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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 11:56 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant17 min
Jul 27, 12:13 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZGrant5 hr
Jul 27, 12:45 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant3 hr
Jul 27, 1:22 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero3 hr
Jul 27, 1:28 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero3 hr
Jul 27, 2:06 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero3 hr
Jul 27, 2:37 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZOtero3 hr
Jul 27, 3:09 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZSierra3 hr
Jul 27, 3:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZ35 min
Jul 27, 5:31 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero3 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.