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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 6:07 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Eddy | 23 min |
| May 23, 6:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Eddy | 17 min |
| May 23, 6:29 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Eddy | 3 hr |
| May 23, 6:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 56 min |
| May 23, 6:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Lea | 32 min |
| May 23, 6:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 61 min |
| May 23, 6:59 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Eddy | 4 hr |
| May 23, 7:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 54 min |
| May 23, 7:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Eddy | 23 min |
| May 23, 7:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 62 min |
| May 23, 7:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 60 min |
| May 23, 8:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Lea | 22 min |
| May 23, 8:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Lea | 29 min |
| May 23, 8:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 54 min |
| May 23, 9:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Lea | 32 min |
| May 23, 10:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 57 min |
| May 23, 11:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Lea | 43 min |
| May 23, 11:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 61 min |
| May 24, 12:45 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 60 min |
| May 24, 1:00 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 60 min |
| May 24, 1:14 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 61 min |
| May 24, 1:45 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 60 min |
| May 24, 2:23 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 67 min |
| May 24, 2:45 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 60 min |
| May 24, 3:31 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 59 min |
| May 24, 3:43 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 62 min |
| May 24, 4:30 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 60 min |
| May 24, 4:49 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 56 min |
| May 24, 5:42 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Lea | 4 hr |
| May 24, 9:22 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Eddy | 4 hr |
| May 24, 3:41 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Eddy | 3 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.