Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 13, 2012, 8:07 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 reports 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
- May 13, 2012, 8:07 PM MDT (02:07 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 2012, 11:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Eddy County, NM
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 8:15 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | Carlsbad, NM | 6 INCHES OF RUNNING WATER OVER THE ROADWAYS. LOCATION WAS AT 6TH STREET IN CNM. |
| May 13, 8:19 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | Carlsbad, NM | CURB-TO-CURB FLOODING...4-5 INCHES DEEP. 6 INCHES DEEP AT INTERSECTIONS. |
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, 2.1 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -196 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2009 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
904 WGUS54 KMAF 140207 FFWMAF NMC015-140500- /O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0013.120514T0207Z-120514T0500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 807 PM MDT SUN MAY 13 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO... * UNTIL 1100 PM MDT * AT 759 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES EAST OF CARLSBAD NORTH TO 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CARLSBAD...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES EAST OF CARLSBAD TO 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CARLSBAD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY... SOUTHERN EDDY COUNTY... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STREAMS AND DRAINAGES AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...PECOS RIVER...ROCKY ARROYO...SHEEP DRAW...LAST CHANCE CANYON...CROOKED CREEK...DARK CANYON AND DUNNAWAY DRAW. VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS NOTED OVER DARK CANYON. 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. MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE... AND MANY OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. IT IS NEVER SAFE TO DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER TO QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN. && LAT...LON 3241 10409 3213 10458 3233 10470 3253 10419 $$
1 follow-up statement
178 WGUS74 KMAF 140238 FFSMAF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 838 PM MDT SUN MAY 13 2012 NMC015-140500- /O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120514T0500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EDDY- 838 PM MDT SUN MAY 13 2012 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY... AT 828 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CARLSBAD TO 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CARLSBAD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. RUNOFF UP TO 10 INCHES DEEP WAS REPORTED IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CARLSBAD AND CARLSBAD NORTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STREAMS AND DRAINAGES AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...PECOS RIVER...ROCKY ARROYO...SHEEP DRAW...LAST CHANCE CANYON...CROOKED CREEK...DARK CANYON AND DUNNAWAY DRAW. MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE... AND MANY OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. IT IS NEVER SAFE TO DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER TO QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. && LAT...LON 3241 10409 3213 10458 3233 10470 3253 10419 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 7:08 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Eddy | 3 hr |
| May 13, 7:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 55 min |
| May 13, 8:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 61 min |
| May 13, 8:21 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Eddy | 3 hr |
| May 13, 9:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 59 min |
| May 14, 8:49 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 3 hr |
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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.