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River Flood Warning 3, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this river flood warning at Aug 21, 2022, 12:13 PM MDT for Hidalgo County, New Mexico. It took effect at Aug 21, 2022, 1:16 PM MDT. It was in force for 29 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 21, 2022, 12:13 PM MDT (18:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 21, 2022, 1:16 PM MDT
- Expired
- Aug 22, 2022, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 29 hr
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Moderate
County Hidalgo County, NM
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 181 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Gila River near Virden (GVRN5). The gauge peaked at 21.39 ft at Aug 21, 2022, 8:00 PM MDT.
- Action stage
- 9 ft
- Minor stage
- 15 ft
- Moderate stage
- 20 ft
- Major stage
- 28 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 09432000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this river 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 river flood warning went out at Aug 21, 11:28 AM MDT, 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 21, 11:28 AM MDT, 45 minutes before
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Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 7:07 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant | 83 min |
| Aug 20, 7:22 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana, Otero, Sierra | 113 min |
| Aug 20, 8:38 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Luna, Sierra | 112 min |
| Aug 20, 9:00 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | EPZ | Grant | 33 hr |
| Aug 20, 9:27 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana, Sierra | 2 hr |
| Aug 20, 10:08 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana, Luna, Sierra | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 12:52 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana, Otero | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 3:45 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana, Otero | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 12:13 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | EPZ | Grant | 10 hr |
| Aug 21, 12:44 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant | 59 min |
| Aug 21, 12:50 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant, Luna | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 1:42 PM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | EPZ | Grant | 10 hr |
| Aug 21, 2:04 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Luna | 4 hr |
| Aug 21, 2:13 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 3:12 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Luna | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 3:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Grant | 34 min |
| Aug 21, 4:12 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Grant | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 4:36 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant, Hidalgo | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 4:57 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 5:17 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Luna | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 5:37 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 5:49 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.