Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 4, 2002, 9:05 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 4, 2002, 9:05 PM MDT (03:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2002, 12:00 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
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -157 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3288 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KMAF 050305
FFWMAF
NMC015-050600-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
858 PM MDT THU JUL 4 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
* AT 855 PM MDT...THE ARTESIA POLICE REPORTED WATER 3 FEET DEEP
OVER COUNTY ROAD 229...3 MILES EAST OF ARTESIA. AT 855 PM MDT
WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN 5 MILES EAST OF CARLSBAD. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE FLOODING IN EASTERN EDDY COUNTY.
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
ARTESIA...CARLSBAD...CARLSBAD NORTH...LOVING...WHITES CITY...
QUEEN...MALAGA...OTIS...AVALON...SEVEN RIVERS...LAKEWOOD...
DAYTON...ATOKA AND LOCO HILLS
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS DIFFICULT TO RECOGNIZE
FLOOD DANGERS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS.
LAT...LON 3216 10479 3206 10479 3204 10378 3293 10386
3291 104783 follow-up statements
000
WGUS74 KMAF 050459
FFSMAF
NMC015-050600-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1052 PM MDT THU JUL 4 2002
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR EDDY COUNTY UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT...
AT 1030 PM MDT...SPOTTERS CONTINUED TO REPORT FLOODING IN THE CITY
OF CARLSBAD AND ALONG THE TRUCK BYPASS ROUTE ADJACENT TO THE CITY.
IN ADDITION...POLICE HAD BARRICADE SEVERAL STREETS IN THE CITY.
FLOODING ALSO CONTINUED ACROSS NORTHERN EDDY COUNTY ON COUNTY ROAD 229...
3 MILES EAST OF ARTESIA. STATE OFFICALS REPORTED THAT SECTION OF THE
COUNTY ROAD BARRICADED.
IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE OVER A FLOODED ROAD. THE
ROAD MAY BE WASHED OUT.
LAT...LON 3203 10482 3210 10460 3205 10378 3293 10384
3292 10479000
WGUS74 KMAF 050517 CCA
FFSMAF
NMC015-050600-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1052 PM MDT THU JUL 4 2002
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR EDDY COUNTY UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT...
AT 1030 PM MDT...SPOTTERS CONTINUED TO REPORT FLOODING IN THE CITY
OF CARLSBAD AND ALONG THE TRUCK BYPASS ROUTE ADJACENT TO THE CITY.
IN ADDITION...POLICE HAD BARRICADE SEVERAL STREETS IN THE CITY.
FLOODING ALSO CONTINUED ACROSS NORTHERN EDDY COUNTY ON COUNTY ROAD 229...
3 MILES EAST OF ARTESIA. STATE OFFICALS REPORTED THAT SECTION OF THE
COUNTY ROAD BARRICADED.
IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE OVER A FLOODED ROAD. THE
ROAD MAY BE WASHED OUT.
LAT...LON 3203 10482 3210 10460 3205 10378 3293 10384
3292 10479000 WGUS74 KMAF 050602 FFSMAF NMC015-050730- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1202 AM MDT FRI JUL 5 2002 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EDDY COUNTY IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL WAS ENDING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND THE FLOOD THREAT WAS DIMINISHING. SOME MINOR FLOODING MAY CONTINUE...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 3210 10479 3210 10380 3288 10386 3291 10472
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 8:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 19 hr |
| Jul 5, 4:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 2 hr |
| Jul 5, 5:52 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Eddy | 3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.