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Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 23, 2016, 4:25 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 3 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
- Aug 23, 2016, 4:25 PM MDT (22:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 2016, 7:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 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), 179 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:28 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 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 213 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
- 742 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1007 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted.
081
WGUS54 KMAF 232225
FFWMAF
NMC015-240130-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0031.160823T2225Z-160824T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
425 PM MDT TUE AUG 23 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 730 PM MDT
* AT 423 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE DARK CANYON DRAW WATERSHED. FLASH FLOODING
IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY ALONG DARK CANYON ROAD DOWN INTO
CARLSBAD.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CARLSBAD...LIVING DESERT STATE PARK...CARLSBAD NORTH...CAVERN CITY
AIR TERMINAL AND OTIS.
LAT...LON 3246 10433 3247 10420 3234 10416 3221 10437
3211 10469 3233 10467 3234 10454 3242 10445
$$
701 follow-up statement
620
WGUS74 KMAF 240019
FFSMAF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
619 PM MDT TUE AUG 23 2016
NMC015-240130-
/O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0031.000000T0000Z-160824T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EDDY NM-
619 PM MDT TUE AUG 23 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY...
AT 611 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS DARK CANYON DRAW ABOVE CARLSBAD. DARK CANYON ROAD IS CLOSED
TO TRAFFIC AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING EXISTS IN THE CITY OF
CARLSBAD.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CARLSBAD...LIVING DESERT STATE PARK...CARLSBAD NORTH...CARLSBAD CAVERNS
NATIONAL PARK...CAVERN CITY AIR TERMINAL AND OTIS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
REMAIN ALERT FOR FLOODING EVEN IN LOCATIONS NOT RECEIVING RAIN.
ARROYOS...STREAMS...AND RIVERS CAN BECOME RAGING KILLER CURRENTS IN A
MATTER OF MINUTES...EVEN FROM DISTANT RAINFALL.
&&
LAT...LON 3246 10433 3247 10420 3234 10416 3221 10437
3211 10469 3233 10467 3234 10454 3242 10445
$$
70The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 12:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Eddy | 46 min |
| Aug 23, 1:37 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Eddy | 3 hr |
| Aug 23, 1:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Eddy | 40 min |
| Aug 23, 5:24 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Lea | 111 min |
| Aug 23, 5:37 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | 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.