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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS El Paso, TX

July 1, 2024Grant County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 1, 2024, 2:37 PM MDT for Grant 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
Jul 1, 2024, 2:37 PM MDT (20:37 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2024, 5:45 PM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Grant County, NM

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 185 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:40 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

Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 245 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, Tuscon, AZ at 12:00Z on 2024-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 676 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 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, Tuscon, AZ at 12:00Z on 2024-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
676 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-206 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2247 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 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 1, 2:05 PM MDT, 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 2:05 PM MDT, 32 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 12:54 PM MDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 1, 1:33 PM MDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service El Paso TX
133 PM MDT Mon Jul 1 2024

NMZ401-425-426-012000-
Upper Gila River Valley NM-
Southern Gila Region Highlands/Black Range NM-
Central Grant County/Silver City Area NM-
133 PM MDT Mon Jul 1 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL GRANT COUNTY
THROUGH 200 PM MDT...

At 133 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 5
miles northwest of Silver City, moving northeast at 5 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Silver City, Pinos Altos, Fort Bayard, Arenas Valley, Little Walnut
Village, and Cherry Creek Campground.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 3276 10835 3285 10841 3299 10829 3279 10812
TIME...MOT...LOC 1933Z 233DEG 6KT 3283 10833

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

ZA
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 2:23 PM MDT, 14 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service El Paso TX
223 PM MDT Mon Jul 1 2024

NMZ404-405-012100-
Lowlands of the Bootheel NM-
Southwest Desert/Lower Gila River Valley NM-
223 PM MDT Mon Jul 1 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN GRANT AND CENTRAL
HIDALGO COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM MDT...

At 223 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Windmill, moving north at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Playas, Windmill, and Pyramid Mountains.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3188 10856 3190 10867 3212 10871 3206 10841
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 184DEG 15KT 3196 10861

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

ZA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 6:13 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZLuna2 hr
Jun 30, 6:34 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant41 min
Jun 30, 6:59 PM MDTDust Storm WarningEPZDoña Ana, Luna31 min
Jun 30, 7:09 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZGrant, Luna2 hr
Jun 30, 7:15 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZGrant105 min
Jun 30, 7:20 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant115 min
Jun 30, 8:23 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZGrant, Luna112 min
Jul 1, 1:03 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchEPZOtero23 hr
Jul 1, 12:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZHidalgo36 min
Jul 1, 1:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZGrant27 min
Jul 1, 1:41 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero2 hr
Jul 1, 2:11 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant26 min
Jul 1, 2:20 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZHidalgo115 min
Jul 1, 2:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZHidalgo37 min
Jul 1, 3:17 PM MDTDust Storm AdvisoryEPZHidalgo43 min
Jul 1, 3:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZHidalgo34 min
Jul 1, 4:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZHidalgo26 min
Jul 1, 4:55 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZHidalgo2 hr
Jul 1, 5:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZ27 min
Jul 1, 5:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZGrant38 min
Jul 1, 5:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana, Otero33 min

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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.