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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS El Paso, TX

June 22, 2024Otero County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 22, 2024, 3:11 PM MDT for Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 4 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: Jun 22, 2024, 3:11 PM MDT (21:11 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 2024, 7:00 PM MDT
In force: 4 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 21:10 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 Jun 21, 5:33 PM MDT, 21 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 5:33 PM MDT, 21 hours 38 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 22, 5:54 AM MDT	Flood Watch	EPZ	Otero	15 hr
Jun 22, 3:38 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	EPZ	Otero	2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 2024 Every flash flood warning in 2024

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.