Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 3, 2002, 9:23 PM MDT for Eddy 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 2002, 9:23 PM MDT (03:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2002, 12:15 AM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Eddy County, NM
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 208 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 994 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1279 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KMAF 040323
FFWMAF
NMC015-040615-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
920 PM MDT WED JUL 3 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
* UNTIL 1215 AM MDT
* AT 915 PM MDT...THE ARTESIA POLICE REPORTED WATER OVER THE ROADWAYS
IN HOPE TO 10 MILES EAST OF HOPE AND IN RIVERSIDE.
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
ARTESIA...HOPE...RIVERSIDE...CARLSBAD...LOVING...WHITES CITY...
QUEEN...MALAGA...OTIS...AVALON...SEVEN RIVERS...LAKEWOOD...
DAYTON...ATOKA...LOCO HILLS AND ESPUELA
DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES.
LAT...LON 3292 10481 3202 10483 3204 10433 3204 10372
3268 10383 3293 103833 follow-up statements
000
WGUS74 KMAF 040458
FFSMAF
NMC015-040545-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1057 PM MDT WED JUL 3 2002
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR EDDY COUNTY UNTIL 1215 PM
MDT...
AT 1055 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AFFECTING MUCH OF EDDY
COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINS EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF WHITES
CITY...TO CARLSBAD...AND TO WEST OF HALFWAY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING
TO THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH.
EDDY COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT...AND WEATHER SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED
MANY STREETS IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD WERE COVERED WITH WATER.
FLOODING WILL ALSO BE LIKELY IN DARK CANYON...AND ROCKY ARROYO.
MOTORISTS WILL ENCOUNTER RAPIDLY RISING WATER IN UNDERPASSES...
INTERSECTIONS AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS DIFFICULT TO RECOGNIZE
FLOOD DANGERS. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.
DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS
LAT...LON 3296 10481 3202 10484 3202 10374 3252 10373
3252 10382 3296 10381000
WGUS74 KMAF 040522 CCA
FFSMAF
NMC015-040545-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED EXPIRATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1057 PM MDT WED JUL 3 2002
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR EDDY COUNTY UNTIL 1215 AM
MDT...
AT 1055 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AFFECTING MUCH OF EDDY
COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINS EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF WHITES
CITY...TO CARLSBAD...AND TO WEST OF HALFWAY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING
TO THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH.
EDDY COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT...AND WEATHER SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED
MANY STREETS IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD WERE COVERED WITH WATER.
FLOODING WILL ALSO BE LIKELY IN DARK CANYON...AND ROCKY ARROYO.
MOTORISTS WILL ENCOUNTER RAPIDLY RISING WATER IN UNDERPASSES...
INTERSECTIONS AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS DIFFICULT TO RECOGNIZE
FLOOD DANGERS. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.
DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS
LAT...LON 3296 10481 3202 10484 3202 10374 3252 10373
3252 10382 3296 10381000 WGUS74 KMAF 040610 FFSMAF NMC015-040630- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1206 AM MDT THU JUL 4 2002 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EDDY COUNTY IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1215 AM MDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL WAS DIMINISHING SIGNIFICANTLY IN INTENSITY ACROSS EDDY COUNTY...AND THE FLOOD THREAT WAS DIMINISHING. SOME MINOR FLOODING MAY CONTINUE...ESPECIALLY IN THE CARLSBAD VICINITY...BUT THE THREAT OF SERIOUS FLOODING IS ENDING. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS DIFFICULT TO RECOGNIZE FLOOD DANGERS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS. LAT...LON 3208 10478 3207 10378 3290 10385 3295 10478
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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.