Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2008
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 26, 2008, 6:52 PM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico; Gaines County, Texas. 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 2008, 6:52 PM MDT (00:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2008, 9:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Lea County, NM, Gaines County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:54 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, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3231 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 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 270052 FFWMAF NMC025-TXC165-270345- /O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0013.080627T0052Z-080627T0345Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 752 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WESTERN GAINES COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... EAST CENTRAL LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO... * UNTIL 1045 PM CDT/945 PM MDT/ * AT 745 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED FLASH FLOODING FROM A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST CENTRAL LEA COUNTY AND WESTERN GAINES COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 62 180. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. THIS ACTIVITY WILL GENERALLY MOVE TO THE EAST AROUND 15 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... HOBBS... HIGGINBOTHAM... PAYNES CORNER... U.S. HIGHWAY 62 180. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WHICH COULD INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA. 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. LAT...LON 3294 10325 3295 10267 3256 10267 3257 10325 TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 249DEG 15KT 3277 10298 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KMAF 270221 FFSMAF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 921 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008 NMC025-TXC165-270345- /O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080627T0345Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ GAINES-LEA- 921 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT OR 945 PM MDT FOR EAST CENTRAL LEA AND WESTERN GAINES COUNTIES... AT 915 PM CDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED 8 TO 10 INCHES OF WATER ON U.S. HIGHWAY 385 JUST NORTH OF SEAGRAVES. AT 910 PM CDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED STATE HIGHWAY 83 JUST WEST OF SEAGRAVES HAS BEEN BLOCKED DUE TO HIGH WATER ON THE ROADWAY. AT 859 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS EAST CENTRAL LEA AND WESTERN GAINES COUNTIES. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM JUST EAST OF HOBBS INTO NORTH CENTRAL GAINES COUNTY NEAR SEAGRAVES. MOVEMENT OF THIS ACTIVITY IS TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH. MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE... AND MANY OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. IT IS NEVER SAFE TO DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER TO QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND. LAT...LON 3294 10325 3295 10267 3256 10267 3257 10325 TIME...MOT...LOC 0203Z 249DEG 15KT 3288 10264 $$
000 WGUS74 KMAF 270339 FFSMAF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1039 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008 NMC025-TXC165-270348- /O.EXP.KMAF.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080627T0345Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ GAINES-LEA- 1039 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1045 PM CDT OR 945 PM MDT FOR EAST CENTRAL LEA AND WESTERN GAINES COUNTIES... ALTHOUGH THE THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT FLOODING HAS PASSED...PONDING OF WATER WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ON SOME ROADWAYS...INCLUDING U.S. HIGHWAY 62 180. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN CAUTIOUS AND BE PREPARED TO SLOW DOWN IF WATER IS ENCOUNTERED TO PREVENT HYDROPLANING AND LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE... AND MANY OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. IT IS NEVER SAFE TO DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER TO QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN. LAT...LON 3294 10325 3295 10267 3256 10267 3257 10325 TIME...MOT...LOC 0338Z 249DEG 15KT 3302 10220 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 6:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 63 min |
| Jun 27, 5:27 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Pecos | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 2008Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2008Every flash flood warning in 2008
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.