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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

August 4, 1988Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 4, 1988, 11:10 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 110 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 4, 1988, 11:10 PM MDT (05:10 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 1988, 1:00 AM MDT
In force
110 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Eddy County, NM

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 206 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1988-08-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1430 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1988-08-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -26 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1430 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1012 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KABQ 050513 COR
FFWABQ
NMC015-050700-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1110 PM MDT THU AUG 4 1988

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  100 AM MDT FRIDAY
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
          ...EDDY

AT 1100 PM MDT THE WEATHER OBSERVER AT THE CARLSBAD AIRPORT WAS RE-
PORTING VERY HEAVY RAIN. AROUND THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAIN
HAD FALLEN IN THE PREVIOUS 15 MINUTES...WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING.

CONSIDERABLE URBAN FLOODING AND RAPID WATER RISE IN NORMALLY DRY
ARROYOS OR CREEK BEDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS TYPE OF HEAVY RAIN.
THEREFORE A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM MDT FRIDAY
HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PERSONS IN EDDY COUNTY NEW MEXICO.

REMEMBER A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT@
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

MJF

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.