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Flash Flood Warning 68, NWS El Paso, TX

August 3, 2022Grant County, Hidalgo County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 3, 2022, 7:54 PM MDT for Grant County, Hidalgo County, New Mexico. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 3, 2022, 7:54 PM MDT (01:54 UTC)
Expired: Aug 3, 2022, 10:30 PM MDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS El Paso, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Grant County, NM, Hidalgo County, NM

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 181 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:58 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

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 181 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -131 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3541 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 17 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 Aug 3, 5:56 PM MDT, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 5:56 PM MDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 11:30 AM MDT, 8 hours 24 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service El Paso TX/Santa Teresa NM
1130 AM MDT Wed Aug 3 2022

NMZ402-403-408-414>416-041730-
Southern Gila Highlands/Black Range-
Southern Gila Foothills/Mimbres Valley-
Eastern Black Range Foothills-
West Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet-
Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet-
East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet-
1130 AM MDT Wed Aug 3 2022

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Scattered thunderstorms developing which may produce small hail
and winds gusts over 40 mph into the overnight. Flash flooding
also possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday

Scattered thunderstorms developing daily which may produce small
hail and winds gusts over 40 mph. Flash flooding also possible.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

NMZ401-404>407-409>413-417-TXZ418>424-041730-
Upper Gila River Valley-Southwest Desert/Lower Gila River Valley-
Lowlands of the Bootheel-Uplands of the Bootheel-
Southwest Desert/Mimbres Basin-Sierra County Lakes-
Northern Dona Ana County-Southern Dona Ana County/Mesilla Valley-
Central Tularosa Basin-Southern Tularosa Basin-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-
1130 AM MDT Wed Aug 3 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

Isolated to scattered thunderstorms developing by the evening,
some producing small hail and gusty winds over 40 mph.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday

Isolated thunderstorms possible into the evening hours with
potential for small hail and gusty winds.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 3, 3:08 PM MDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 3, 4:27 PM MDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 3, 4:43 PM MDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 3, 6:05 PM MDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 3, 7:10 PM MDT, 44 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 3, 7:37 PM MDT, 17 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 3, 6:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Grant	25 min
Aug 3, 7:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Hidalgo	35 min
Aug 3, 7:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Grant, Hidalgo	43 min
Aug 3, 7:34 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Grant, Hidalgo	116 min
Aug 3, 7:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Hidalgo	23 min
Aug 3, 8:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Hidalgo	29 min
Aug 3, 8:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Hidalgo	37 min
Aug 3, 8:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ		27 min
Aug 3, 8:41 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Hidalgo	3 hr
Aug 3, 9:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Hidalgo	35 min
Aug 3, 9:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Hidalgo	31 min
Aug 3, 9:48 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Hidalgo	117 min
Aug 3, 11:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Hidalgo	35 min
Aug 4, 12:28 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Hidalgo	47 min
Aug 4, 12:46 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Grant	29 min
Aug 4, 12:54 AM MDT	Dust Storm Advisory	EPZ	Hidalgo	66 min
Aug 4, 1:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ		37 min
Aug 4, 2:00 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Otero	3 hr
Aug 4, 2:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ		27 min
Aug 4, 2:39 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Otero	3 hr
Aug 4, 2:55 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Otero	3 hr
Aug 4, 3:04 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Otero	3 hr
Aug 4, 3:36 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana, Otero	24 min
Aug 4, 3:47 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Otero	3 hr
Aug 4, 3:57 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Otero	3 hr
Aug 4, 3:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Doña Ana	31 min
Aug 4, 4:16 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Otero	3 hr
Aug 4, 4:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Otero	33 min
Aug 4, 3:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	El Paso	33 min
Aug 4, 4:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	El Paso	28 min
Aug 4, 4:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Hudspeth	33 min
Aug 4, 4:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Hudspeth	26 min
Aug 4, 5:03 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Hudspeth	3 hr
Aug 4, 5:55 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	El Paso, Hudspeth	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.