Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 113, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 21, 2014, 4:15 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 4 hr. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 21, 2014, 4:15 PM MDT (22:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 21, 2014, 8:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 4 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), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:15 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 4:15 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | Artesia, NM | REPORT OF SIX INCHES PLUS OF FLOWING WATER ALONG A STREET IN ARTESIA. |
| Sep 21, 4:18 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 N Artesia, NM | TWO FEET OF RUNNING WATER WAS AT THE JUCTION OF US HWY 285 AND STATE ROAD 2 NORTH OF ARTESIA. |
| Sep 21, 4:52 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | 10 Ne Queen, NM | NM HWY 137 AT DARK CANYON DRAW ROAD HAS 4 FEET OF WATER FLOWING OVER IT. TRAFFIC IS BEING BLOCKED BY THE FLOOD WATERS. |
| Sep 21, 4:52 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 N Atoka, NM | NM HWY 137 AT MILE MARKER 54 HAS 4 FEET OF WATER FLOWING OVER IT. TRAFFIC IS BEING BLOCKED BY THE FLOOD WATERS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 217 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
- 1057 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 491 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
555
WGUS54 KMAF 212215
FFWMAF
NMC015-220215-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0113.140921T2215Z-140922T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
415 PM MDT SUN SEP 21 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 815 PM MDT
* AT 412 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS
THE REGION. HARD HIT AREAS INCLUDE ARTESIA AND ROUTE 82.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WHICH COULD INCREASE THE POTENTIAL
FOR FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.
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 3295 10397 3282 10396 3267 10394 3268 10417
3269 10435 3264 10441 3256 10442 3214 10465
3211 10484 3260 10483 3294 10482
$$3 follow-up statements
860
WGUS74 KMAF 212228
FFSMAF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
428 PM MDT SUN SEP 21 2014
NMC015-220215-
/O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0113.000000T0000Z-140922T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EDDY-
428 PM MDT SUN SEP 21 2014
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM MDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY...
AT 421 PM MDT...HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA. PUBLIC
REPORTED SIX INCHES PLUS OF WATER IN ARTESIA. ANOTHER REPORT CAME
IN OF TWO FEET OF RUNNING WATER NORTH OF ARTESIA AT THE JUNCTION OF
US HWY 285 AND STATE ROAD 2.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ARTESIA
MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...LOCO HILLS...COTTONWOOD...DAYTON...ATOKA AND
ARTESIA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE. TURN AROUND... DONT
DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 3295 10397 3282 10396 3267 10394 3268 10417
3269 10435 3264 10441 3256 10442 3214 10465
3211 10484 3260 10483 3294 10482
$$752
WGUS74 KMAF 212326
FFSMAF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
526 PM MDT SUN SEP 21 2014
NMC015-220215-
/O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0113.000000T0000Z-140922T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EDDY-
526 PM MDT SUN SEP 21 2014
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM MDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY...
AT 521 PM MDT...HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES ACROSS NORTHERN EDDY COUNTY.
THERE WAS A REPORT OF FLOODING OVER THE ROAD ON JOY ROAD AT
COTTONWOOD CREEK. THERE WAS ANOTHER REPORT OF HWY 285 8 MILES NORTH
OF ARTESIA BEING IMPASSABLE AND FLOODED.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ARTESIA
MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...LOCO HILLS...COTTONWOOD...DAYTON...ATOKA AND
ARTESIA.
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 3295 10397 3282 10396 3267 10394 3268 10417
3269 10435 3264 10441 3256 10442 3214 10465
3211 10484 3260 10483 3294 10482
$$791
WGUS74 KMAF 220049
FFSMAF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
649 PM MDT SUN SEP 21 2014
NMC015-220215-
/O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0113.000000T0000Z-140922T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EDDY-
649 PM MDT SUN SEP 21 2014
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM MDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY...
AT 639 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THAT EAGLE DRAW
2 MILES EAST OF ARTESIA WAS FLOODED WITH WATER. AREA RESIDENTS SHOULD
NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH THIS DRAW.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ARTESIA
MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...LOCO HILLS...COTTONWOOD...DAYTON...ATOKA AND
ARTESIA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE. TURN AROUND... DONT
DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 3295 10397 3282 10396 3267 10394 3268 10417
3269 10435 3264 10441 3256 10442 3214 10465
3211 10484 3260 10483 3294 10482
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 10:40 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 3 hr |
| Sep 20, 11:46 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Eddy | 6 hr |
| Sep 21, 1:59 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 4 hr |
| Sep 21, 4:33 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 5:48 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Eddy | 5 hr |
| Sep 21, 7:21 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 6 hr |
| Sep 21, 9:10 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Lea | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 9:26 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | MAF | Eddy | 16 hr |
| Sep 21, 10:41 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Eddy | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 12:07 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Lea | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 12:51 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Lea | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 12:53 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Eddy | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 1:11 PM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 6 hr |
| Sep 21, 1:23 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Lea | 4 hr |
| Sep 21, 1:35 PM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | MAF | Eddy | 6 hr |
| Sep 21, 3:47 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Eddy | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 3:55 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Lea | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 4:07 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | MAF | Eddy | 4 days |
| Sep 21, 4:45 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Eddy | 6 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.