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River Flood Warning 19, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

September 12, 2013Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this river flood warning at Sep 12, 2013, 12:23 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Sep 12, 2013, 4:04 PM MDT. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 12, 2013, 12:23 PM MDT (18:23 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 12, 2013, 4:04 PM MDT
Expired: Sep 13, 2013, 12:15 PM MDT
In force: 20 hr
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Eddy County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 183 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Dark Canyon at Carlsbad (DACN5). The gauge peaked at 17.63 ft at Sep 12, 2013, 4:00 PM MDT.

Action stage: 9 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 22 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08405150, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Sep 12, 11:30 AM MDT, 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 12, 11:30 AM MDT, 53 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 12, 4:41 AM MDT, 7 hours 42 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
541 AM CDT THU SEP 12 2013

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-131045-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-
NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-
DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL-
VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-
LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-
DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU-
BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
541 AM CDT THU SEP 12 2013 /441 AM MDT THU SEP 12 2013/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE IN EDDY AND NORTHERN
CULBERSON COUNTIES THIS MORNING. URBAN FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE
IN CARLSBAD AND ARTESIA...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS AT STREAMS AND
ARROYOS WILL BE FLOODED IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF EDDY COUNTY THIS
MORNING. CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE THIS AFTERNOON AS THE RAIN
DIMINISHES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED BUT LOCAL INTEREST SHOULD STAY
ABREAST TO THE LATEST FORECAST.

THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES...
AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
MIDLAND CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT /LOWER CASE/
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 12, 7:49 AM MDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
849 AM CDT THU SEP 12 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0833 AM     FLASH FLOOD      3 E QUEEN               32.19N 104.69W
09/12/2013                   EDDY               NM   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            CANYONS FLOODED. 1 TO 5 FEET OVER LOW WATER CROSSING AT
            LAST CHANCE/WAGON TRAIL.

&&

JACK.CICCONE

Local storm report, Sep 12, 7:53 AM MDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
853 AM CDT THU SEP 12 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0822 AM     FLASH FLOOD      11 NW CARLSBAD          32.52N 104.37W
09/12/2013                   EDDY               NM   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WATER 8 FEET OVER ROAD ON HIGHWAY 137

&&

JACK.CICCONE

Local storm report, Sep 12, 11:44 AM MDT, 39 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 12, 11:48 AM MDT, 35 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 12, 6:20 AM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Culberson	6 hr
Sep 12, 12:13 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Culberson	3 hr
Sep 12, 2:21 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Culberson	6 hr
Sep 12, 2:33 PM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	MAF	Culberson	6 hr
Sep 11, 8:19 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Eddy	3 hr
Sep 11, 11:15 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Eddy	3 hr
Sep 12, 2:23 AM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	MAF	Eddy	6 hr
Sep 12, 8:20 AM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Eddy	6 hr
Sep 12, 8:36 AM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Eddy	6 hr
Sep 12, 12:23 PM MDT	River Flood Warning	MAF	Eddy	21 hr
Sep 12, 4:08 PM MDT	River Flood Warning	MAF	Eddy	23 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 2013 Every river 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.