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Flash Flood Warning 55, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

July 23, 2003Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 23, 2003, 11:58 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 23, 2003, 11:58 PM MDT (05:58 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2003, 3:00 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

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 211 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 2003-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1527 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2003-07-24The 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
1527 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2322 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.3

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KMAF 240558
FFWMAF
NMC015-240900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1158 PM MDT WED JUL 23 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 300 AM MDT

* AT 1153 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS
  PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 4 MILES NORTH OF SEVEN RIVERS...OR   
  ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTH OF ARTESIA...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. THIS HEAVY 
  RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING ALONG HIGHWAY 285 BETWEEN ARTESIA 
  AND CARLSBAD.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
  ARTESIA...CARLSBAD...CARLSBAD NORTH...LAKEWOOD...LOCO HILLS...LOVING...
  HOPE...MALAGA...OTIS...QUEEN...AND SEVEN RIVERS

DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES.

LAT...LON 3291 10483 3210 10483 3204 10374 3252 10384 3294 10383

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 10:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy, Lea56 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003

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.