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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

July 25, 1991Chaves County, De Baca County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 25, 1991, 1:17 AM MDT for Chaves County, De Baca County, New Mexico. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 25, 1991, 1:17 AM MDT (07:17 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 1991, 4:00 AM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Chaves County, NM, De Baca County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 239 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 00:00Z on 1991-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1069 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 00:00Z on 1991-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 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
1069 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1756 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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.