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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 24, 2014Eddy County, New Mexico

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2014-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 953 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 2014-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 245 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 7:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy58 min
May 24, 7:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy53 min
May 24, 7:47 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEddy3 hr
May 24, 8:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy59 min
May 24, 8:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy57 min
May 24, 9:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy, Lea58 min
May 24, 10:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea60 min
May 24, 11:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea61 min

Nearby

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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.