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Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS El Paso, TX

July 5, 2024Otero County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 2024, 2:04 PM MDT for Otero 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 5, 2024, 2:04 PM MDT (20:04 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2024, 4:36 PM MDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS El Paso, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Flood severity: None

County Otero County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 5, 11:04 AM MDT, 3 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 11:04 AM MDT, 3 hours before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 1:36 PM MDT, 28 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service El Paso TX
136 PM MDT Fri Jul 5 2024

NMZ414-415-417-052015-
Otero Mesa NM-West Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet NM-
Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet NM-
136 PM MDT Fri Jul 5 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN OTERO COUNTY
THROUGH 215 PM MDT...

At 136 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Timberon, moving south at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch 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...
Timberon.

&&

LAT...LON 3252 10573 3265 10578 3267 10569 3255 10562
TIME...MOT...LOC 1936Z 341DEG 20KT 3258 10572

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

DH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 5, 12:46 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Otero	119 min
Jul 5, 1:00 PM MDT	Heat Advisory	EPZ	Doña Ana, Grant, Luna, Otero, Sierra	65 hr
Jul 5, 1:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Otero	39 min
Jul 5, 2:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ		37 min
Jul 5, 2:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Doña Ana	31 min
Jul 5, 2:51 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Doña Ana	114 min
Jul 5, 3:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ		29 min
Jul 5, 3:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ		28 min
Jul 5, 3:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana	48 min
Jul 5, 3:55 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana	95 min
Jul 5, 4:15 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Doña Ana, Otero	60 min
Jul 5, 4:24 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana	111 min
Jul 5, 5:49 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Otero	116 min
Jul 5, 3:34 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Hudspeth	116 min
Jul 5, 4:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	El Paso	45 min
Jul 5, 4:11 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	El Paso	2 hr
Jul 5, 4:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	El Paso, Hudspeth	50 min
Jul 5, 5:11 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	El Paso	15 min
Jul 5, 5:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	El Paso	44 min
Jul 5, 5:24 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	El Paso	2 hr
Jul 5, 5:26 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	El Paso	109 min
Jul 5, 5:32 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	El Paso	118 min
Jul 5, 5:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	El Paso	33 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.