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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 23, 2014Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 23, 2014, 11:31 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 23, 2014, 11:31 PM MDT (05:31 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2014, 5:30 AM MDT
In force
6 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 05:31 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 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 219 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 00:00Z on 2014-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1176 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2014-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 117 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
1176 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1419 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
264 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
3.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

188 
WGUS54 KMAF 240531
FFWMAF
NMC015-241130-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0004.140524T0531Z-140524T1130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1131 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 530 AM MDT SATURDAY

* AT 1125 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED 
  A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THIS STORM 
  WAS LOCATED 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF WHITES CITY...OR 15 MILES WEST 
  OF CARLSBAD...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.  HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER
  THE WARNING AREA EARLIER TODAY AND YESTERDAY.

* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...
  CARLSBAD...
  LAKE AVALON...
  BRANTLEY LAKE STATE PARK...
  SEVEN RIVERS...
  LAKEWOOD...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND.

&&

LAT...LON 3273 10467 3273 10396 3204 10423 3203 10470

$$
1 follow-up statement
433 
WGUS74 KMAF 240831
FFSMAF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
231 AM MDT SAT MAY 24 2014

NMC015-241130-
/O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140524T1130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EDDY-
231 AM MDT SAT MAY 24 2014

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM MDT FOR
CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY...

AT 223 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 
DETECT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN.  THESE STORMS WERE 
LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF CARLSBAD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AS MUCH THREE INCHES OR MORE OF RAINFALL HAS 
FALLEN IN SOME PARTS OF EDDY COUNTY OVER THE PAST 4 HOURS...MAINLY 
IN THE DARK CANYON WATERSHED.

THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...CARLSBAD...CAVERN CITY AIR TERMINAL...CARLSBAD NORTH...
LAKE AVALON...BRANTLEY LAKE STATE PARK...AVALON...SEVEN RIVERS AND
LAKEWOOD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE TO 
HIGHER GROUND.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
MIDLAND.

&&

LAT...LON 3273 10467 3273 10396 3204 10423 3203 10470

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 6:07 PM MDTTornado WarningMAFEddy23 min
May 23, 6:28 PM MDTTornado WarningMAFEddy17 min
May 23, 6:29 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEddy3 hr
May 23, 6:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy56 min
May 23, 6:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLea32 min
May 23, 6:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy61 min
May 23, 6:59 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEddy4 hr
May 23, 7:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea54 min
May 23, 7:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFEddy23 min
May 23, 7:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy, Lea62 min
May 23, 7:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy60 min
May 23, 8:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLea22 min
May 23, 8:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLea29 min
May 23, 8:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea54 min
May 23, 9:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLea32 min
May 23, 10:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy, Lea57 min
May 23, 11:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLea43 min
May 23, 11:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy61 min
May 24, 12:45 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy60 min
May 24, 1:00 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy60 min
May 24, 1:14 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy61 min
May 24, 1:45 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy60 min
May 24, 2:23 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy67 min
May 24, 2:45 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy, Lea60 min
May 24, 3:31 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy, Lea59 min
May 24, 3:43 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea62 min
May 24, 4:30 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy, Lea60 min
May 24, 4:49 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea56 min
May 24, 5:42 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFLea4 hr
May 24, 9:22 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEddy4 hr
May 24, 3:41 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEddy3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.