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Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

August 23, 2016Eddy County, New Mexico

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2016-08-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 742 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 12:00Z on 2016-08-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 145 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
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

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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

$$

70
1 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

$$

70

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 23, 12:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFEddy46 min
Aug 23, 1:37 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEddy3 hr
Aug 23, 1:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFEddy40 min
Aug 23, 5:24 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFLea111 min
Aug 23, 5:37 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEddy3 hr

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.