Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 28, 2012, 2:18 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
- Sep 28, 2012, 2:18 PM MDT (20:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 28, 2012, 5:15 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), 194 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 243 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
- 95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1162 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
402
WGUS54 KMAF 282018
FFWMAF
NMC015-282315-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0036.120928T2018Z-120928T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
218 PM MDT FRI SEP 28 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 515 PM MDT
* AT 214 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
AN AREA OF SHOWERS PRODUCING ONE HALF TO NEAR ONE INCH OF RAINFALL
PER HOUR...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH OVER SOUTHERN EDDY COUNTY.
THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLOODING OF ROADWAYS...PARTICULARLY
IN CARLSBAD...MALAGA AND WHITES CITY.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CARLSBAD...OTIS...MALAGA AND WHITES CITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND
UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
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 3243 10434 3250 10408 3248 10392 3218 10404
3216 10439
$$2 follow-up statements
877
WGUS74 KMAF 282032
FFSMAF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
232 PM MDT FRI SEP 28 2012
NMC015-282315-
/O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120928T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EDDY-
232 PM MDT FRI SEP 28 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MDT FOR
CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY...
AT 225 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED MOST
INTERSECTIONS IN CARLSBAD WERE FLOODED. AT 229 PM CDT...NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF MODERATE TO
HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH OVER SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL
EDDY COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO ONE
INCH PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CARLSBAD...OTIS...MALAGA AND WHITES CITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3243 10434 3250 10408 3248 10392 3218 10404
3216 10439
$$529
WGUS74 KMAF 282159
FFSMAF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
359 PM MDT FRI SEP 28 2012
NMC015-282315-
/O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120928T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EDDY-
359 PM MDT FRI SEP 28 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MDT FOR
CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY...
AT 350 PM MDT...WATER CONTINUED TO RUN CURB TO CURB IN THE CITY OF
CARLSBAD. WITH MODERATE RAINFALL CONTINUING IN AND AROUND
CARLSBAD...STREET FLOODING AND FLOODING OF ARROYO CROSSINGS CAN
BE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OTIS...
CARLSBAD NORTH AND CARLSBAD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STREAMS AND DRAINAGES AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...PECOS
RIVER...BLACK RIVER...SHEEP DRAW AND DARK CANYON.
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 3243 10434 3250 10408 3248 10392 3218 10404
3216 10439
$$
05The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 3:11 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 33 hr |
| Sep 28, 1:44 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 3:25 PM 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.