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Flash Flood Warning 40, NWS El Paso, TX

July 19, 2024Otero County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 19, 2024, 10:59 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 19, 2024, 10:59 PM MDT (04:59 UTC)
Expired
Jul 20, 2024, 2:00 AM MDT
In force
3 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 04:58 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 19, 5:15 PM MDT, 5 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 5:15 PM MDT, 5 hours 44 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 20, 12:34 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero3 hr
Jul 20, 12:46 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant, Sierra3 hr
Jul 20, 1:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZGrant51 min
Jul 20, 1:57 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyConsiderable damage threatEPZOtero2 hr
Jul 20, 2:10 PM MDTFlood WatchEPZGrant, Hidalgo, Luna, Otero, Sierra40 hr
Jul 20, 2:19 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyConsiderable damage threatEPZOtero2 hr
Jul 20, 2:23 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero3 hr
Jul 20, 2:42 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant, Luna3 hr
Jul 20, 3:05 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero3 hr
Jul 20, 3:16 PM MDTDust Storm AdvisoryEPZHidalgo119 min
Jul 20, 5:00 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZSierra3 hr
Jul 20, 5:11 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana3 hr
Jul 20, 5:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZDoña Ana27 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.