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Flash Flood Warning 91, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

August 14, 2005Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 14, 2005, 6:48 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Aug 14, 2005, 6:48 PM MDT (00:48 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2005, 9:45 PM 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 radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 194 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 14, 7:30 PM MDTFLASH FLOODLoving, NMSEVERAL STREETS HAD WATER RUNNING OVER THEM

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 193 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 2005-08-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 104 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2005-08-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
104 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-128 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1115 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KMAF 150050
FFWMAF
NMC015-150345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
648 PM MDT SUN AUG 14 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 945 PM MDT

* AT 646 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED    
  THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL NEAR 2 INCHES 
  PER HOUR OVER EASTERN EDDY COUNTY...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. 
  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING THESE HEAVY RAINS    
  WERE DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN EDDY COUNTY AND WERE MOVING NORTH AT 
  10 MPH. 

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 OR SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.

LAT...LON 3202 10472 3203 10374 3249 10373 3250 10384
      3287 10382 3285 10420 3247 10462

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS74 KMAF 150210
FFSMAF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
907 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005

NMC015-150345-
EDDY-
807 PM MDT SUN AUG 14 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM MDT FOR EDDY
COUNTY...

AT 730 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER 
RUNNING OVER SEVERAL STREETS IN LOVING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS NEAR 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH 
AT 10 MPH ACROSS MAINLY EASTERN EDDY COUNTY.    

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING 
INCLUDE...LOVING...OTIS...AND LOCO HILLS.

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.

TO REPORT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.

LAT...LON 3202 10472 3203 10374 3249 10373 3250 10384
      3287 10382 3285 10420 3247 10462

$$

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.