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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 13, 2012, 8:21 PM MDT for Eddy 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 2012, 8:21 PM MDT (02:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 2012, 11:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Eddy County, NM
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 174 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 173 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.
761 WGUS54 KMAF 140221 FFWMAF NMC015-140515- /O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0014.120514T0221Z-120514T0515Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 821 PM MDT SUN MAY 13 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO... * UNTIL 1115 PM MDT * AT 814 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES EAST OF LOVING TO WHITES CITY...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 17 MILES EAST OF CARLSBAD TO 21 MILES SOUTH OF CARLSBAD... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. * THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... MALAGA... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STREAMS AND DRAINAGES AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...PECOS RIVER...SALT CREEK...BLACK RIVER...RED BLUFF DRAW...DOUBLE CANYON DRAW...HAY HOLLOW...DELAWARE RIVER AND OWL DRAW. 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 3251 10374 3201 10374 3202 10475 3247 10397 $$
1 follow-up statement
055 WGUS74 KMAF 140246 FFSMAF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 846 PM MDT SUN MAY 13 2012 NMC015-140515- /O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120514T0515Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EDDY- 846 PM MDT SUN MAY 13 2012 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM MDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN EDDY COUNTY... AT 837 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 17 MILES EAST OF MALAGA TO 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WHITES CITY...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 29 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CARLSBAD TO 23 MILES SOUTH OF CARLSBAD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MALAGA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STREAMS AND DRAINAGES AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...PECOS RIVER...SALT CREEK...BLACK RIVER...RED BLUFF DRAW...DOUBLE CANYON DRAW...HAY HOLLOW...DELAWARE RIVER AND OWL DRAW. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. && LAT...LON 3251 10374 3201 10374 3202 10475 3247 10397 $$
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, 8:07 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Eddy | 3 hr |
| May 13, 8:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 61 min |
| 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.