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Flash Flood Warning 47, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

August 30, 2016Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico

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.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 30, 8:15 AM MDTFLASH FLOODMaljamar, NMHIGHWAY 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2016-08-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 373 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 2016-08-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -34 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

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1 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

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 29, 8:23 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEddy3 hr
Aug 29, 8:48 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEddy3 hr
Aug 30, 5:52 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEddy, Lea113 min
Aug 30, 7:46 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEddy, Lea4 hr
Aug 30, 12:18 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEddy, Lea4 hr
Aug 30, 2:10 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEddy4 hr
Aug 30, 4:16 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEddy, Lea3 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.