Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

May 23, 2014, 6:59 PM MDT (00:59 UTC)

Expired

May 23, 2014, 11:00 PM MDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Eddy County, NM

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 184 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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580 
WGUS54 KMAF 240059
FFWMAF
NMC015-240500-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0003.140524T0059Z-140524T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
659 PM MDT FRI MAY 23 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...

* UNTIL 1100 PM MDT

* AT 652 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
  THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF FLASH FLOODING SCATTERED ACROSS THE COUNTY.
  THE MOST IMMINENT CONCERN IS IN THE CARLSBAD AREA WHERE A STORM WITH 
  VERY HEAVY RAIN AND LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE. 

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE
  AVALON...CARLSBAD NORTH...BRANTLEY LAKE STATE PARK...SEVEN
  RIVERS...LAKEWOOD...DAYTON...CARLSBAD...AVALON AND ATOKA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW
WATER CROSSINGS IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.

MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE... AND MANY OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS
DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. IT IS NEVER SAFE TO DRIVE ON FLOODED
ROADS. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER TO QUICKLY
CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN.

&&

LAT...LON 3290 10432 3270 10383 3218 10402 3208 10406
      3214 10442 3241 10472 3271 10450

$$

427 
WGUS74 KMAF 240339
FFSMAF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
939 PM MDT FRI MAY 23 2014

NMC015-240500-
/O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140524T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EDDY-
939 PM MDT FRI MAY 23 2014

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT FOR
CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY...

AT 931 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED NO
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WARNED AREA.  HOWEVER UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN
FELL FROM EARLIER STORMS.  RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE
SO WILL LEAVE THE WARNING IN PLACE.  ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE POSSIBLE 
OVERNIGHT.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE
AVALON...CARLSBAD NORTH...BRANTLEY LAKE STATE PARK...SEVEN RIVERS...
LAKEWOOD...DAYTON...AVALON AND ATOKA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE... AND MANY OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS
DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. IT IS NEVER SAFE TO DRIVE ON FLOODED
ROADS. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER TO QUICKLY
CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT 
SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3290 10432 3270 10383 3218 10402 3208 10406
      3214 10442 3241 10472 3271 10450

$$

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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.