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Flash Flood Warning 166, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

September 27, 2004Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 27, 2004, 9:14 AM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 6 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
Sep 27, 2004, 9:14 AM MDT (15:14 UTC)
Expired
Sep 27, 2004, 3:15 PM MDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lea County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 187 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 12:00Z on 2004-09-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 91 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2004-09-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
91 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
642 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KMAF 271515
FFWMAF
NMC025-272115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
914 AM MDT MON SEP 27 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 315 PM MDT

* AT 900 AM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED HIGHWAY   
  82...3 MILES WEST OF LOVINGTON...IS STILL CLOSED. AT 911 AM        
  MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA     
  OF SHOWERS OVER NORTHERN LEA COUNTY...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20       
  MPH AND PRODUCING RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF ONE HALF INCH PER          
  HOUR. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL CONTINUE THE FLASH FLOOD           
  POTENTIAL ACROSS NORTHERN LEA COUNTY.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

TO REPORT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.

LAT...LON 3289 10372 3284 10307 3355 10306 3355 10368
      3339 10369 3335 10373

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS74 KMAF 271914
FFSMAF
NMC025-272115-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
104 PM MDT MON SEP 27 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 315 PM MDT FOR NORTHERN LEA
COUNTY...

AT 100 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUED TO REPORT 
U.S. HIGHWAY 82 APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES WEST OF LOVINGTON WAS CLOSED 
DUE TO WATER ON THE ROAD. TRAFFIC ALONG STATE ROUTE 18 FROM FROM 
HOBBS TO LOVINGTON HAS BEEN REDUCED TO ONE LANE DUE TO WATER ON THE 
ROADWAY. 

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE. TURN 
AROUND... DONT DROWN.

TO REPORT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.

LAT...LON 3289 10372 3284 10307 3355 10306 3355 10368
      3339 10369 3335 10373

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 26, 8:30 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEddy6 hr
Sep 26, 8:55 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFLea6 hr
Sep 27, 3:00 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFLea6 hr
Sep 27, 3:25 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFLea6 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004

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.