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Flash Flood Warning 38, NWS El Paso, TX

July 10, 2024Otero County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 10, 2024, 1:35 PM MDT for Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 6 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 10, 2024, 1:35 PM MDT (19:35 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2024, 8:00 PM MDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Emergency
Flash flood emergency
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 19:38 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 10, 1:12 PM MDT, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 1:12 PM MDT, 23 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 10, 12:35 PM MDT, 1 hour before
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Special weather statement, Jul 10, 12:39 PM MDT, 56 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 10, 12:57 PM MDT, 38 minutes before
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      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
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Special weather statement, Jul 10, 1:23 PM MDT, 12 minutes before
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      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
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      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 6:02 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana118 min
Jul 9, 6:11 PM MDTDust Storm WarningEPZHidalgo64 min
Jul 9, 6:18 PM MDTDust Storm WarningEPZDoña Ana45 min
Jul 9, 6:27 PM MDTDust Storm WarningEPZDoña Ana93 min
Jul 9, 6:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZDoña Ana96 min
Jul 9, 6:42 PM MDTDust Storm WarningEPZDoña Ana93 min
Jul 9, 7:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana, Otero52 min
Jul 9, 8:01 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero59 min
Jul 10, 12:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero25 min
Jul 10, 12:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZ36 min
Jul 10, 12:43 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatEPZOtero7 hr
Jul 10, 12:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero52 min
Jul 10, 12:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero33 min
Jul 10, 1:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero41 min
Jul 10, 1:07 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero3 hr
Jul 10, 1:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero22 min
Jul 10, 1:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero44 min
Jul 10, 1:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZ38 min
Jul 10, 2:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero34 min
Jul 10, 4:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZDoña Ana26 min
Jul 10, 4:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZSierra19 min
Jul 10, 5:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZSierra32 min
Jul 10, 5:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZ45 min
Jul 10, 5:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana, Sierra33 min
Jul 9, 8:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZEl Paso54 min
Jul 10, 5:37 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZHudspeth113 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.