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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 22, 2006Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 22, 2006, 9:29 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
Jun 22, 2006, 9:29 PM MDT (03:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2006, 12:30 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 radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 183 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:29 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
Jun 22, 9:50 PM MDTFLOODCarlsbad, NMUP TO 1 FOOT OF WATER COVERING SOME CITY STREETS IN CARLSBAD.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 213 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, Santa Teresa, NM at 00:00Z on 2006-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 151 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, Santa Teresa, NM at 00:00Z on 2006-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 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
151 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3572 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KMAF 230332
FFWMAF
NMC015-230630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
929 PM MDT THU JUN 22 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1230 AM MDT

* AT 925 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
  STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM 8 MILES NORTH
  OF CARLSBAD TO NEAR WHITES CITY...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

* THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE 
  FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  CARLSBAD...
  CARLSBAD CAVERNS NATIONAL PARK...
  U.S. 62/180 FROM CARLSBAD SOUTHWEST TO THE NEW MEXICO/TEXAS
  STATE LINE...
  RURAL AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY...

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.

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF ARROYOS AND DRAWS...ROADS
AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS MAY TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES
IN STEEP TERRAIN. 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 3203 10478 3202 10405 3260 10420 3232 10454

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS74 KMAF 230357
FFSMAF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1057 PM CDT THU JUN 22 2006

NMC015-230630-
EDDY NM-
957 PM MDT THU JUN 22 2006

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM MDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY...

AT 950 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLOODING IN CARLSBAD WITH UP TO
1 FOOT OF WATER COVERING SOME LOCAL ROADS. AT 950 PM MDT...NATIONAL 
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO DETECT A LINE OF SHOWERS 
AND THUNDESTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS ACROSS EDDY 
COUNTY...GENERALLY FROM CARLSBAD SOUTHWARD TO WHITES CITY. THESE 
STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING 
LOCATIONS...CARLSBAD...CARLSBAD CAVERNS NATIONAL PARK...U.S. 
62 180 FROM CARLSBAD SOUTHWEST TO THE NEW MEXICO TEXAS STATE LINE...
AND RURAL AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY.

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.

LAT...LON 3203 10478 3202 10405 3260 10420 3232 10454

$$

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.