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Flash Flood Warning 66, NWS El Paso, TX

July 31, 2022Sierra County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 31, 2022, 4:30 PM MDT for Sierra County, New Mexico. It was in force for 90 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 31, 2022, 4:30 PM MDT (22:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 31, 2022, 6:00 PM MDT
In force
90 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Sierra County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:33 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

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 220 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 2022-07-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 18 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 2022-07-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 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
18 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-112 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1172 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 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 31, 2:22 PM MDT, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 2:22 PM MDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 31, 12:45 PM MDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service El Paso TX/Santa Teresa NM
1245 PM MDT Sun Jul 31 2022

NMZ401>417-TXZ418>424-011845-
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-
1245 PM MDT Sun Jul 31 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
Drier air and high pressure aloft will limit our thunderstorm
activity this afternoon and tonight. With lower rain chances we
will see higher temperatures, with afternoon high temperatures a
few degrees above average, which will put some lowland locations
close to the triple digit mark.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday
We will continue to see lower rain chances and warmer high
temperatures on Monday and Tuesday. Then moisture will begin to
creep back into the area to raise our rain chances for the end of
the week and help get high temperatures back a little below
average.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 30, 6:18 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana117 min
Jul 30, 7:18 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero117 min
Jul 30, 9:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZLuna27 min
Jul 30, 10:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZGrant28 min
Jul 31, 1:00 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZHidalgo30 min
Jul 31, 1:33 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZHidalgo27 min
Jul 31, 2:17 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZSierra118 min
Jul 31, 3:57 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZSierra2 hr
Jul 31, 5:01 PM MDTDust Storm AdvisoryEPZHidalgo99 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.