Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 72, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 10, 2004, 12:20 AM MDT for Lea 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 10, 2004, 12:20 AM MDT (06:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2004, 3:20 AM MDT
- In force
- 3 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 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 1881 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -122 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2189 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KMAF 100621
FFWMAF
NMC025-100920-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1220 AM MDT SAT JUL 10 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
* UNTIL 320 AM MDT
* AT 1215 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN... ACROSS
THE NORTHERN THIRD OF LEA COUNTY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 380...
INCLUDING CAPROCK AND CROSSROADS. AT 1215 AM MDT DOPPLER
RADAR HAD ESTIMATED BETWEEN 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN
SINCE 1115 PM MDT ACROSS NORTHWEST LEA COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN LEA COUNTY
THROUGH 130 AM MDT.
FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW
WATER CROSSINGS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE
ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.
TO REPORT FLOODING... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.
LAT...LON 3317 10324 3355 10322 3355 10369 3331 10373
3319 10373
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS74 KMAF 100824
FFSMAF
NMC025-100920-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
220 AM MDT SAT JUL 10 2004
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 320 AM MDT FOR NORTHERN LEA COUNTY...
AT 215 AM MDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN HAD
CONTINUED TO FALL ACROSS NORTHERN LEA COUNTY. ALTHOUGH THE THUNDERSTORMS
THAT HAD PRODUCED THE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER TONIGHT HAD DIMINISHED
SIGNIFICANTLY IN INTENSITY...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO A QUARTER INCH
THROUGH 320 AM MDT WILL AGGRAVATE FLASH FLOODING ACROSS NORTHERN LEA
COUNTY. THIS WOULD INCLUDE HIGHWAY 380 BETWEEN CAPROCK AND TATUM.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE. TURN
AROUND... DONT DROWN.
TO REPORT FLOODING...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.
LAT...LON 3317 10324 3355 10322 3355 10369 3331 10373
3319 10373
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 8:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 56 min |
| Jul 9, 10:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 45 min |
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.