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Flash Flood Warning 177, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

September 29, 2004Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 29, 2004, 11:03 PM MDT for Eddy 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 29, 2004, 11:03 PM MDT (05:03 UTC)
Expired
Sep 30, 2004, 5:00 AM MDT
In force
6 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, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 220 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 2004-09-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 475 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 2004-09-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 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
475 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1263 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KMAF 300504
FFWMAF
NMC015-301100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1103 PM MDT WED SEP 29 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 500 AM MDT

* AT 1053 PM MDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
  ALONG COUNTY ROAD 408...OR DARK CANYON ROAD. AS MUCH AS 3 FEET OF
  WATER COVERED THE ROAD IN SOME LOCATIONS. AT 1057 PM MDT...NATIONAL 
  WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 
  PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF EDDY COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINS
  EXTENDED FROM JUST EAST OF CARLSBAD TO NEAR MALAGA. FLASH FLOODING 
  WILL BE LIKELY AS HEAVY RAINS PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN ONE HALF
  AND ONE INCH PER HOUR.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CARLSBAD...
  LOVING...
  MALAGA...   

FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW
WATER CROSSINGS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE
ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND.

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 3294 10480 3203 10482 3205 10385 3295 10381

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS74 KMAF 300615
FFSMAF
NMC015-301100-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1215 AM MDT THU SEP 30 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 AM MDT FOR EDDY
COUNTY...

AT 1210 AM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT HIDALGO AND 
DARK CANYON ROADS IN CARLSBAD WERE BEING BARRACADED DUE TO FLOODING. 
HIGBY AND OGDEN ROADS NEAR LOVING WERE ALSO BEING BARRACADED DUE TO 
FLOODING. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS ALSO 
REPORTED FLOODING OF MANY CITY STREETS IN CARLSBAD...LOVING...AND 
MALAGA...SOME RUNNING CURB TO CURB WITH HIGH WATER.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE TO 
HIGHER GROUND.

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. 
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 3294 10480 3203 10482 3205 10385 3295 10381

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 29, 11:48 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFLea6 hr
Sep 30, 5:00 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEddy6 hr
Sep 30, 10:58 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEddy6 hr
Sep 30, 2:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy62 min
Sep 30, 5:00 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEddy6 hr

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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.