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Areal Flood Warning 2, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

September 18, 2014Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this areal flood warning at Sep 18, 2014, 10:01 AM 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 18, 2014, 10:01 AM MDT (16:01 UTC)
Expired
Sep 18, 2014, 1:00 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), 183 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:01 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, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 206 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2014-09-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1291 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2014-09-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -57 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1291 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
805 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-47 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.9

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal 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 areal flood warning went out at Sep 18, 9:40 AM MDT, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 18, 9:40 AM MDT, 21 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 18, 3:12 AM MDT, 6 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
412 AM CDT THU SEP 18 2014

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-190915-
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-
412 AM CDT THU SEP 18 2014 /312 AM MDT THU SEP 18 2014/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ARE
ANTICIPATED TODAY AND TONIGHT...MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
AND ADJACENT AREAS OF WEST TEXAS.  LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING IN MANY AREAS.  A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO...ANDREWS AND GAINES COUNTIES...VAN HORN AND THE HIGHWAY
54 CORRIDOR...AND REEVES COUNTY AND THE UPPER TRANS PECOS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT NOTED ABOVE MAY CONTINUE INTO THE
WEEKEND...AND SPREAD EAST AND SOUTH.

THE RIO GRANDE WILL BE ELEVATED OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS DUE TO
RELEASES FROM RESERVOIRS IN MEXICO AND HEAVY RAINFALL ON BOTH
SIDES OF THE RIVER.  IN ADDITION...NORMALLY DRY OR LOW FLOW ARROYOS
IN EDDY COUNTY...SUCH AS THE RIO PENASCO...MAY RUN HIGH DUE TO
HEAVY RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ALTHOUGH SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED...LOCAL EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT SHOULD STAY UP TO DATE ON THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN
FLASH FLOODING OR RIVER FLOODING OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

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

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 18, 4:53 AM MDT, 5 hours 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
553 AM CDT THU SEP 18 2014

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

0545 AM     FLASH FLOOD      GREENWOOD               32.03N 101.90W
09/18/2014                   MIDLAND            TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            FM307 BETWEEN CR1120 AND CR1110 WAS CLOSED DUE TO
            FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN OVERNIGHT.

&&

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Local storm report, Sep 18, 6:51 AM MDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
751 AM CDT THU SEP 18 2014

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

0645 AM     FLASH FLOOD      CARLSBAD                32.40N 104.24W
09/18/2014                   EDDY               NM   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CARLSBAD.

0700 AM     FLASH FLOOD      15 SE ANDREWS           32.17N 102.37W
09/18/2014                   ANDREWS            TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            PORTIONS OF FARM TO MARKET 1788 CLOSED DUE TO 2.5 FEET OF
            WATER OVER THE ROAD, ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTH OF STATE
            HIGHWAY 176. VEHICLE ACCIDENT REPORTED AT THIS LOCATION.

&&

AKL
Local storm report, Sep 18, 7:10 AM MDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
810 AM CDT THU SEP 18 2014

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

0800 AM     FLASH FLOOD      HOBBS                   32.73N 103.16W
09/18/2014                   LEA                NM   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            THE NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTAION REPORTED 4 TO
            6 INCHES OF WATER RUNNING OVER SEVERAL ROADS IN HOBBS. NO
            ROADS ARE CLOSED AT THIS TIME.

&&

AKL
Local storm report, Sep 18, 7:52 AM MDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
852 AM CDT THU SEP 18 2014

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

0318 AM     HEAVY RAIN       PINE SPRINGS            31.89N 104.81W
09/18/2014  E0.00 INCH       CULBERSON          TX   PUBLIC

            MUD AND ROACKS REPORTED OVER HIGHWAY 62/180 THROUGH
            GUADLUPE PASS

&&

AKL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 17, 6:01 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBorden, Scurry3 hr
Sep 17, 6:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry30 min
Sep 17, 7:26 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFBorden, Scurry4 hr
Sep 17, 8:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFScurry22 min
Sep 17, 9:25 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFAndrews3 hr
Sep 17, 10:53 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEctor, Midland3 hr
Sep 17, 11:37 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEctor, Midland3 hr
Sep 17, 11:41 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFMartin, Midland3 hr
Sep 18, 12:04 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFMartin, Midland3 hr
Sep 18, 1:42 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFCulberson3 hr
Sep 18, 2:30 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFCulberson3 hr
Sep 18, 6:21 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFAndrews, Gaines3 hr
Sep 18, 6:39 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFCulberson3 hr
Sep 18, 8:13 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFBorden, Dawson3 hr
Sep 18, 10:49 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFMitchell, Scurry3 hr
Sep 18, 11:08 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFBorden, Scurry3 hr
Sep 18, 1:38 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFJeff Davis, Pecos, Reeves3 hr
Sep 18, 1:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF49 min
Sep 18, 2:10 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBrewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos, Presidio3 hr
Sep 18, 2:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF32 min
Sep 18, 3:01 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEctor3 hr
Sep 18, 3:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFWinkler29 min
Sep 18, 3:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF34 min
Sep 18, 3:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFWinkler35 min
Sep 18, 3:51 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEctor, Winkler3 hr
Sep 18, 3:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBrewster34 min
Sep 18, 4:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos27 min
Sep 18, 4:09 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFPecos3 hr
Sep 18, 5:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLoving28 min
Sep 18, 5:25 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFPecos, Reeves4 hr
Sep 18, 5:59 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFCrane, Pecos, Reeves, Ward4 hr
Sep 18, 1:45 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEddy3 hr
Sep 18, 2:38 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEddy3 hr
Sep 18, 5:21 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEddy, Lea3 hr
Sep 18, 12:45 PM MDTAreal Flood WarningMAFEddy6 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 2014Every areal flood warning in 2014

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.