Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 47, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 30, 2016, 8:10 AM MDT for Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 4 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 30, 2016, 8:10 AM MDT (14:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2016, 12:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Eddy County, NM, Lea County, NM
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 179 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:13 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 8:15 AM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | Maljamar, NM | HIGHWAY 82 CLOSED BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 115 AND 153 IN LEA COUNTY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 373 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 762 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
864
WGUS54 KMAF 301410
FFWMAF
NMC015-025-301815-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0047.160830T1410Z-160830T1815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
810 AM MDT TUE AUG 30 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WESTERN LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...
EASTERN EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 1215 PM MDT
* AT 810 AM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LOVING...MALAGA...BUCKEYE...MALJAMAR...HALFWAY...CAPROCK...
LOCO HILLS AND LEA COUNTY ZIP FRANKLIN MEMORIAL AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3348 10325 3203 10376 3204 10414 3296 10416
3297 10376 3340 10377 3340 10372 3348 10372
$$
121 follow-up statement
250
WGUS74 KMAF 301627
FFSMAF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1027 AM MDT TUE AUG 30 2016
NMC015-025-301815-
/O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0047.000000T0000Z-160830T1815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LEA NM-EDDY NM-
1027 AM MDT TUE AUG 30 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM MDT FOR
WESTERN LEA AND EASTERN EDDY COUNTIES...
AT 1020 AM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED HIGHWAY 82
CLOSED DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL FROM MILE MARKER 149 TO 153 IN WESTERN
LEA COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED AND WILL INCREASE THE
FLASH FLOOD THREAT IN THE WARNED AREA.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LOVING...MALAGA...BUCKEYE...MALJAMAR...HALFWAY...CAPROCK...LOCO
HILLS AND LEA COUNTY ZIP FRANKLIN MEMORIAL AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 3348 10325 3203 10376 3204 10414 3296 10416
3297 10376 3340 10377 3340 10372 3348 10372
$$
12The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 8:23 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Eddy | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 8:48 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Eddy | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 5:52 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 113 min |
| Aug 30, 7:46 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 4 hr |
| Aug 30, 12:18 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 4 hr |
| Aug 30, 2:10 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Eddy | 4 hr |
| Aug 30, 4:16 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.