Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Mar 23, 2007, 10:45 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 6 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 23, 2007, 10:45 PM MDT (04:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2007, 4:45 AM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Eddy County, NM
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 183 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 10:45 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | Loving, NM | WATER ACROSS LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN THE LOVING AND MALAGA AREAS. BLACK RIVER ROAD, OGDEN ROAD, AND HIGBY HOLE ROAD ARE BEING BARRICADED. |
| Mar 23, 11:25 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 S Carlsbad, NM | 6-8 INCHES OF WATER IS RUNNING ACROSS OLD CAVERN HIGHWAY IN LOW AREAS WITH 3-4 FEET OF RUNNING WATER IN THE BAR DITCHES. |
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, 4.8 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
- 2078 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1058 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.2
- Supercell composite
- 8.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KMAF 240448 FFWMAF NMC015-241045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1045 PM MDT FRI MAR 23 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO... * UNTIL 445 AM MDT * AT 1041 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS EDDY COUNTY FROM EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS. BLACK RIVER ROAD... OGDEN ROAD... AND HIGBY HOLE ROAD IS FLOODED AND BEING BARRICADED. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LOCO HILLS...LAKEWOOD...DAYTON...CARLSBAD AND ARTESIA EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS... URBAN AREAS... HIGHWAYS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. TO REPORT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3290 10475 3204 10478 3206 10384 3291 10384 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KMAF 240748 FFSMAF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 243 AM CDT SAT MAR 24 2007 NMC015-241045- EDDY- 143 AM MDT SAT MAR 24 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 AM MDT FOR EDDY COUNTY... AT 141 AM MDT...ROADS REMAIN BARRICADED ACROSS PORTIONS OF CARLSBAD FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAIN. THE DANGERS OF FLOODING ARE HARDER TO RECOGNIZE AT NIGHT...PERSONS SHOULD NEVER DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER CROSS THE ROAD. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LOCO HILLS...LAKEWOOD...MALAGA...DAYTON...CARLSBAD AND ARTESIA. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM MDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR WEST TEXAS. LAT...LON 3290 10475 3204 10478 3206 10384 3291 10384 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 6:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 65 min |
| Mar 23, 7:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 66 min |
| Mar 23, 7:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 62 min |
| Mar 23, 8:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 55 min |
| Mar 23, 8:09 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Eddy | 36 min |
| Mar 23, 8:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 65 min |
| Mar 23, 8:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 67 min |
| Mar 23, 9:24 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Lea | 6 hr |
| Mar 23, 9:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 62 min |
| Mar 23, 9:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 31 min |
| Mar 23, 10:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 65 min |
| Mar 23, 11:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 48 min |
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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.