Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 86, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 2, 2007, 6:29 PM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 2, 2007, 6:29 PM MDT (00:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2007, 9:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lea County, NM
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:31 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 525 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -159 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 953 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KMAF 030032 FFWMAF NMC025-030330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 629 PM MDT WED MAY 2 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL AND NORTHERN LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO... * UNTIL 930 PM MDT * AT 627 PM MDT...LOVINGTON FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING WAS BEGINNING TO OCCUR FROM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SOUTH OF LOVINGTON NORTHWARD TO NEAR CAPROCK. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... LOVINGTON... MCDONALD HOBBS... KNOWLES... 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 3261 10365 3267 10310 3354 10314 3353 10365 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KMAF 030048 FFSMAF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 746 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007 NMC025-030330- LEA- 646 PM MDT WED MAY 2 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM MDT FOR NORTHERN LEA COUNTY... AT 644 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING WITH 6 TO 8 INCHES OF WATER OVER STATE ROAD 18 AT COUNTY ROAD 78. ADDITIONAL FLOODING MAY BE ENCOUNTERED FROM LOVINGTON NORTHWESTWARD TO SH 457. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. LAT...LON 3261 10365 3267 10310 3354 10314 3353 10365 $$
000 WGUS74 KMAF 030214 FFSMAF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 913 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007 NMC025-030221- LEA- 813 PM MDT WED MAY 2 2007 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHERN LEA COUNTY... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE COMING TO AN END ACROSS LEA COUNTY. WITH THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL ENDING...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ALTHOUGH THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL HAS PASSED...PONDING OF WATER MAY CONTINUE ON SOME ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN CAUTIOUS AND BE PREPARED TO SLOW DOWN IF WATER IS ENCOUNTERED TO PREVENT HYDROPLANING AND LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. LAT...LON 3261 10365 3267 10310 3354 10314 3353 10365 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 1:28 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 14 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 2007Every flash flood warning in 2007
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.