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River Flood Warning 23, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

September 16, 2013Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this river flood warning at Sep 16, 2013, 4:50 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Sep 17, 2013, 9:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 33 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 16, 2013, 4:50 PM MDT (22:50 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 17, 2013, 9:00 PM MDT
Expired
Sep 19, 2013, 6:00 AM MDT
In force
33 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 22:52 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 river

Written for the forecast point Pecos River 6 miles E of Artesia (ATSN5).

Action stage
12 ft
Minor stage
12.5 ft
Moderate stage
15 ft
Major stage
18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08396500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 15, 10:58 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEddy8 hr
Sep 16, 6:58 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEddy6 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 2013Every 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.