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Flash Flood Warning 56, NWS El Paso, TX

August 7, 2024Otero County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 7, 2024, 4:12 PM MDT for Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 2 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
Aug 7, 2024, 4:12 PM MDT (22:12 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2024, 6:30 PM MDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
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 22:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 Aug 7, 2:28 PM MDT, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 2:28 PM MDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 7, 12:56 PM MDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service El Paso TX
1256 PM MDT Wed Aug 7 2024

NMZ401-403-425-426-071930-
Southern Gila Foothills/Mimbres Valley NM-Upper Gila River Valley NM-
Southern Gila Region Highlands/Black Range NM-
Central Grant County/Silver City Area NM-
1256 PM MDT Wed Aug 7 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL GRANT COUNTY
THROUGH 130 PM MDT...

At 1256 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Fort Bayard, moving southwest at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size 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...
Tyrone, Silver City, Hurley, Pinos Altos, Cobre, Bayard, Hanover,
North Hurley, Santa Clara, Fort Bayard, Arenas Valley, Mangas Valley,
Tyrone Mine, Little Walnut Village, and Cherry Creek Campground.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3293 10823 3282 10806 3254 10822 3278 10850
TIME...MOT...LOC 1856Z 038DEG 11KT 3282 10821

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

BIRD
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 2:15 PM MDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service El Paso TX
215 PM MDT Wed Aug 7 2024

NMZ403-425-426-072100-
Southern Gila Foothills/Mimbres Valley NM-
Southern Gila Region Highlands/Black Range NM-
Central Grant County/Silver City Area NM-
215 PM MDT Wed Aug 7 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN GRANT AND WESTERN
SIERRA COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM MDT...

At 215 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
San Juan, near the communities of Sherman and San Lorenzo. This
thunderstorm was nearly stationary.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size 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...
San Lorenzo, Sherman, San Juan, and Mimbres.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3280 10772 3264 10782 3269 10809 3296 10795
TIME...MOT...LOC 2015Z 115DEG 3KT 3277 10790

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

BIRD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 7:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZHidalgo59 min
Aug 7, 12:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZGrant34 min
Aug 7, 1:22 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant113 min
Aug 7, 2:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZGrant45 min
Aug 7, 3:09 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant3 hr
Aug 7, 4:19 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant3 hr

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.