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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS El Paso, TX

August 10, 2023Sierra County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 10, 2023, 3:00 PM MDT for Sierra 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 10, 2023, 3:00 PM MDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2023, 6:00 PM MDT
In force
3 hr
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 21:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 1:39 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZSierra3 hr
Aug 10, 2:19 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZSierra42 min
Aug 10, 3:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZSierra31 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.