Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2013
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 17, 2013, 1:23 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
- Jul 17, 2013, 1:23 PM MDT (19:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2013, 4:15 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 Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 180 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:25 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
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
- 636 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 490 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
039 WGUS54 KMAF 171923 FFWMAF NMC015-172215- /O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0021.130717T1923Z-130717T2215Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 123 PM MDT WED JUL 17 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO... * UNTIL 415 PM MDT * AT 114 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT HEAVY SHOWERS OVER CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. THESE SHOWERS ARE MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS HAS REPORTED STREET FLOODING IN CARLSBAD WITH AT LEAST ONE ROAD CLOSED. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED. * THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... CARLSBAD... LAKE AVALON... BRANTLEY LAKE STATE PARK... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 3257 10451 3259 10412 3223 10411 3222 10452 $$
1 follow-up statement
416 WGUS74 KMAF 171959 FFSMAF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 159 PM MDT WED JUL 17 2013 NMC015-172215- /O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130717T2215Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EDDY- 159 PM MDT WED JUL 17 2013 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY... AT 153 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED HEAVY RAINFALL PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. DARK CANYON ROAD BETWEEN HIDALGO STREET AND NEW MEXICO HIGHWAY 137 WAS REPORTED TO BE IMPASSIBLE DUE TO FLASH FLOODING. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE AVALON...CARLSBAD NORTH...BRANTLEY LAKE STATE PARK AND AVALON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN. && LAT...LON 3257 10451 3259 10412 3223 10411 3222 10452 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 4:25 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Lea | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 6:39 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Eddy | 111 min |
| Jul 17, 7:31 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Lea | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 8:15 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Lea | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 8:44 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Eddy | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 10:23 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 10:35 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Eddy | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 12:18 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Eddy | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 2013Every flash flood warning in 2013
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.