Weather Alert in New Mexico
Flash Flood Warning issued August 2 at 4:26PM MDT until August 2 at 7:30PM MDT by NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
AREAS AFFECTED: Grant, NM
DESCRIPTION: FFWEPZ The National Weather Service in El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Central Grant County in southwestern New Mexico... * Until 730 PM MDT. * At 426 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated slow moving thunderstorms around Santa Clara and Fort Bayard. Between 1 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen over the Cameron Creek watershed just north of Santa Clara. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. Low water crossings along Cameron Creek, including those in Santa Clara, will likely become inundated and too dangerous to cross. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Shingle Canyon, Cobre, Bayard, Hanover, Fierro, Santa Clara and Fort Bayard.
INSTRUCTION: Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Remain alert for flooding even in locations not receiving rain. Arroyos, streams, and rivers can become raging killer currents in a matter of minutes, even from distant rainfall.
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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?
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Precipitation can refer to many different forms of water that
may fall from clouds. Precipitation occurs after a cloud has become saturated to
the point where its water particles are more dense than the air below the cloud.
In most cases, precipitation will reach the ground, but it is not uncommon for
precipitation to evaporate before it reaches the earth's surface.
When precipitation evaporates before it contacts the ground it is called Virga.
Graupel, hail, sleet, rain, drizzle, and snow are forms of precipitation, but fog
and mist are not considered precipitation because the water vapor which
constitutes them isn't dense enough to fall to the ground.
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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?
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A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front
of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.
A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing
storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen.
As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it,
because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud,
it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.
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