Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 6, 2012, 11:40 AM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 4 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
- Jul 6, 2012, 11:40 AM MDT (17:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2012, 3:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Eddy County, NM
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:39 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 444 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1163 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
546 WGUS54 KMAF 061740 FFWMAF NMC015-062130- /O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0021.120706T1740Z-120706T2130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1140 AM MDT FRI JUL 6 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO... * UNTIL 330 PM MDT * AT 1133 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED HEAVY RAIN FROM A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE REGION MOVING SLOWLY NORTH AT 10 MPH. * THE STORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT STATE HIGHWAY 137...QUEEN...HORSE CANYON BURN SCAR AREA...AND THE ROCKY ARROYO. OTHERWISE THE WARNING INCLUDES MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE EDDY COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 3244 10485 3245 10453 3201 10440 3201 10485 $$ JOHNSON
1 follow-up statement
398 WGUS74 KMAF 061943 FFSMAF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 143 PM MDT FRI JUL 6 2012 NMC015-062130- /O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-120706T2130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EDDY- 143 PM MDT FRI JUL 6 2012 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM MDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY... AT 133 PM MDT...MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROMPTED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAD LEFT THE WARNING AREA. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. ANY STORMS WILL SLOWLY MOVE NORTH AT 10 TO 15 MPH. IN ADDITION...ALREADY SATURATED GROUND FROM RECENT RAINS WILL MEAN THAT RUNOFF WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE. THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...QUEEN...STATE HIGHWAY 137 AND THE HORSE CANYON BURN SCAR AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. BURN SCARS FROM RECENT FIRES HAVE INCREASED THE PROBABILITY FOR LOCALIZED HEAVY RUNOFF AND ROCKSLIDES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3244 10485 3245 10453 3201 10440 3201 10485 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 6:22 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Eddy | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 11:01 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Eddy | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 2012Every flash flood warning in 2012
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.