Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 74, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 10, 2004, 9:14 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 10, 2004, 9:14 PM MDT (03:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2004, 12:15 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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 314 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2382 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KMAF 110314 FFWMAF NMC015-110615- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 914 PM MDT SAT JUL 10 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO * UNTIL 1215 AM MDT * AT 907 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER SOUTHERN EDDY COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ALONG HIGHWAY 62 AND 180 SOUTH OF CARLSBAD. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WHITES CITY... HIGHWAY 62 AND 180... DARK CANYON ROAD... OTIS... 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. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS... CREEKS... AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. LAT...LON 3227 10451 3212 10439 3225 10410 3245 10426 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KMAF 110357 FFSMAF NMC015-110615- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 957 PM MDT SAT JUL 10 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1215 AM MDT FOR SOUTHERN EDDY COUNTY... AT 915 PM MDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED FLOODING ALONG PORTIONS OF COUNTY ROAD 418...ABOUT 33 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CARLSBAD. FLOODING WAS ALSO REPORTED ALONG COUNTY ROAD 408...DARK CANYON ROAD...WITH 6 INCHES OF WATER COVERING THE ROAD...ABOUT 1 TO 3 MILES WEST OF HIGHWAY 62 AND 180. AT 954 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A FEW THUNDERSTORMS LINGERING ACROSS SOUTHERN EDDY COUNTY. THE OVERALL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAS BEEN DECREASING OVER THE PAST HOUR. HOWEVER...FLOODING ALONG AREA ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS AS RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. LAT...LON 3206 10403 3232 10410 3224 10461 3204 10447 $$
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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.