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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 24, 2014, 8:27 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 5 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 24, 2014, 8:27 PM MDT (02:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2014, 1:30 AM MDT
- In force
- 5 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), 165 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:28 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, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 223 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
- 953 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 848 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 245 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
702 WGUS54 KMAF 250227 FFWMAF NMC015-250730- /O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0009.140525T0227Z-140525T0730Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 827 PM MDT SAT MAY 24 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO... * UNTIL 130 AM MDT * AT 818 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SEVEN RIVERS...OR 16 MILES WEST OF CARLSBAD NORTH CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. HEAVY RAIN FELL IN THIS AREA LAST NIGHT. * THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... CARLSBAD... SEVEN RIVERS... BRANTLEY LAKE STATE PARK... LAKEWOOD... LAKE AVALON... AVALON... LOCO HILLS... 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 3291 10479 3292 10395 3203 10396 3206 10481 $$
1 follow-up statement
515 WGUS74 KMAF 250559 FFSMAF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1159 PM MDT SAT MAY 24 2014 NMC015-250730- /O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140525T0730Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EDDY- 1159 PM MDT SAT MAY 24 2014 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM MDT FOR EDDY COUNTY... AT 1154 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED NO THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM EARLIER STORMS MAY CONTINUE TO PRODUCE RUNOFF INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. AREA RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM MDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM MDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3291 10479 3292 10395 3203 10396 3206 10481 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 7:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 58 min |
| May 24, 7:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 53 min |
| May 24, 7:47 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Eddy | 3 hr |
| May 24, 8:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 59 min |
| May 24, 8:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 57 min |
| May 24, 9:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 58 min |
| May 24, 10:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 60 min |
| May 24, 11:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 61 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 2014Every flash 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.