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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS El Paso, TX
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.
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
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.
- 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
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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Special weather statement, Jul 1, 12:54 PM MDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
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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
ZASpecial 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
ZAThe office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 6:13 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Luna | 2 hr |
| Jun 30, 6:34 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant | 41 min |
| Jun 30, 6:59 PM MDT | Dust Storm Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana, Luna | 31 min |
| Jun 30, 7:09 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Grant, Luna | 2 hr |
| Jun 30, 7:15 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Grant | 105 min |
| Jun 30, 7:20 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant | 115 min |
| Jun 30, 8:23 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Grant, Luna | 112 min |
| Jul 1, 1:03 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | EPZ | Otero | 23 hr |
| Jul 1, 12:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Hidalgo | 36 min |
| Jul 1, 1:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Grant | 27 min |
| Jul 1, 1:41 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 2 hr |
| Jul 1, 2:11 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant | 26 min |
| Jul 1, 2:20 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Hidalgo | 115 min |
| Jul 1, 2:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Hidalgo | 37 min |
| Jul 1, 3:17 PM MDT | Dust Storm Advisory | EPZ | Hidalgo | 43 min |
| Jul 1, 3:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Hidalgo | 34 min |
| Jul 1, 4:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Hidalgo | 26 min |
| Jul 1, 4:55 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Hidalgo | 2 hr |
| Jul 1, 5:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 27 min | |
| Jul 1, 5:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Grant | 38 min |
| Jul 1, 5:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana, Otero | 33 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.