Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 86, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 25, 2004, 3:00 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 5 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, 3:00 PM MDT (21:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2004, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 5 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 211 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 252100 FFWMAF NMC015-260-260200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 300 PM MDT SUN JUL 25 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO * UNTIL 800 PM MDT * THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOOD SITUATION THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CARLSBAD. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVERNIGHT AND EARLIER TODAY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTHWEST EDDY COUNTY WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. LOCAL OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO REPORT FLOODING OF MANY AREA ROADWAYS. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS SUBSIDING OVER EDDY COUNTY...A VERY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING SITUATION IS EXPECTED TO UNFOLD THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. RUNOFF OF HEAVY RAIN WATERS MAY RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT FLOOD WAVE AFFECTING THE CITY OF CARLSBAD AND SURROUNDING RURAL AREAS THIS EVENING. AREA RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO REMAIN ALERT TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING. TRAVEL ACROSS EDDY COUNTY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. RESIDENTS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 3209 10475 3207 10382 3292 10381 3287 10474 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KMAF 252220 FFSMAF NMC015-260200- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 419 PM MDT SUN JUL 25 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR EDDY COUNTY... AT 401 PM MDT...FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES TO BE REPORTED ACROSS EDDY COUNTY. HEAVY RAIN HAS DECREASED ACROSS THE AREA... HOWEVER SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING. REPORTS ACROSS THE COUNTY INDICATE FLOODING 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CARLSBAD ON COUNTY ROAD 406 WHERE WATER IS 4 TO 5 FEET DEEP AND 100 YARDS WIDE. THERE ARE LIKELY MANY OTHER AREAS ACROSS THE COUNTY WHERE ROADS ARE UNDER WATER AND TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. WATER IS STILL COMING OUT OF DARK CANYON DRAW 8 MILES NORTH OF WHITE CITY TOWARD CARLSBAD AND SIGNIFICANT RISES ARE EXPECTED ON DARK CANYON AT CARLSBAD BEFORE 700 PM. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOOD SITUATION ACROSS EDDY COUNTY BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. TO REPORT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3209 10475 3207 10382 3292 10381 3287 10474 $$
000 WGUS74 KMAF 260200 FFSMAF NMC015-260-260200- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 755 PM MDT SUN JUL 25 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EDDY COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 800 PM MDT... AT 640 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER RECEDING ACROSS EDDY COUNTY. HOWEVER AREAS OF HIGH WATER IN LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD... WILL CONTINUE THE REST OF THE EVENING. AT 640 PM MDT LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WATER STILL THREE AND A HALF TO FOUR FEET IN DEPTH OVER COUNTY ROAD 408 AT ROCKY ARROYO. LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING CONTINUED IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD...BUT THE WATER WAS RECEDING. AT 755 PM MDT...NO RECENT ADDITIONAL REPORTS OF FLOODING HAD BEEN RECEIVED FROM EDDY COUNTY AND THE HEAVY RAIN HAD DECREASED...THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 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. LAT...LON 3209 10475 3207 10382 3292 10381 3287 10474 $$
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, 9:01 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Eddy | 6 hr |
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.