Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 84, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 25, 2004, 9:01 AM 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
- Jul 25, 2004, 9:01 AM MDT (15:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2004, 3:00 PM 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 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
- 159 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 567 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 233 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 251501 FFWMAF NMC015-252100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 901 AM MDT SUN JUL 25 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO * UNTIL 300 PM MDT * AT 855 AM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN DARK CANYON. REPORTS INDICATED THAT MOTORISTS WERE STRANDED ON THE HOODS OF THEIR VEHICLES. DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE AND AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN EDDY COUNTY. THIS ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON AND WILL AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING SITUATION. MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE...AND MANY OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. IT IS NEVER SAFE TO DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. 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 3203 10481 3203 10377 3260 10381 3258 10481 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KMAF 251546 FFSMAF NMC015-252100- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 945 AM MDT SUN JUL 25 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 300 PM MDT FOR SOUTHERN EDDY COUNTY... AT 930 AM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED 6 FEET OF WATER ON DARK CANYON ROAD. HIGHWAY 137 WAS REPORTED IMPASSABLE BETWEEN CARLSBAD AND QUEEN. LOCAL OFFICIALS WERE CLOSING SOME ROADS IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD IN ANTICIPATION OF HIGH WATER FLOWING IN FROM DARK CANYON. HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES TO OCCUR OVER FLASH FLOOD PRONE TERRAIN SOUTH AND WEST OF CARLSBAD. AREA RESIDENTS SHOULD PREPARE TO SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING THREATENS. MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID ROADWAYS COVERED BY HIGH WATER. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN LAT...LON 3203 10481 3203 10377 3260 10381 3258 10481 $$
000 WGUS74 KMAF 251729 FFSMAF NMC015-252100- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1129 AM MDT SUN JUL 25 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 300 PM MDT FOR SOUTHERN EDDY COUNTY... A VERY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION IS OCCURRING OVER RURAL PARTS OF SOUTHWEST EDDY COUNTY. AT 1120 AM MDT...LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING CONTINUED ON DARK CANYON ROAD...AND ALONG HIGHWAY 137 BETWEEN CARLSBAD AND QUEEN. THE EDDY COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED A MOTORIST INVOLVED IN A HIGH WATER RESCUE IN REMOTE AREAS BETWEEN HIGHWAY 285 AND QUEEN...SOUTHWEST OF CARLSBAD...HAS SUSTAINED INJURIES. A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES OVER THE STEEP TERRAIN SOUTHWEST OF CARLSBAD. THIS ACTIVITY MAY PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AND RUN OFF WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHERN EDDY COUNTY. LAT...LON 3203 10481 3203 10377 3260 10381 3258 10481 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 3:50 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Lea | 6 hr |
| Jul 25, 3:00 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Eddy | 5 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.