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Flash Flood Warning 53, NWS El Paso, TX

July 29, 2024Otero County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 29, 2024, 12:28 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 29, 2024, 12:28 PM MDT (18:28 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 2024, 3:30 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 18:29 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 28, 5:40 PM MDT, 18 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 5:40 PM MDT, 18 hours 48 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 6:01 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant119 min
Jul 28, 6:21 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZGrant114 min
Jul 29, 12:49 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZOtero2 hr
Jul 29, 2:50 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero115 min
Jul 29, 3:52 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant, Hidalgo113 min
Jul 29, 4:50 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant115 min
Jul 29, 4:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZHidalgo23 min
Jul 29, 5:02 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZGrant118 min
Jul 29, 5:31 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant119 min
Jul 29, 5:53 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZHidalgo112 min
Jul 29, 5:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZGrant31 min
Jul 28, 7:13 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZEl Paso2 hr
Jul 28, 7:25 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZEl Paso2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 2024Every 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.