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Flash Flood Warning 48, 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, 12:18 PM MDT for Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 4 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 30, 2016, 12:18 PM MDT (18:18 UTC)
Expired
Aug 30, 2016, 4:15 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 Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 174 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:18 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 173 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.

359 
WGUS54 KMAF 301818
FFWMAF
NMC015-025-302215-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0048.160830T1818Z-160830T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1218 PM 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 415 PM MDT

* AT 1211 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN FALLING ALONG
  HIGHWAY 82...HIGHWAY 62...AND STATE HIGHWAY 128 AND STATE HIGHWAY
  31 IN EASTERN EDDY AND WESTERN LEA COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
  WILL INCREASE THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT.
  
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  CARLSBAD...LOVING...MALAGA...AVALON...LIVING DESERT STATE PARK...
  MALJAMAR...HALFWAY...LOCO HILLS...CARLSBAD NORTH...
  CAVERN CITY AIR TERMINAL...LAKE AVALON...
  LEA COUNTY ZIP FRANKLIN MEMORIAL AIRPORT AND OTIS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3323 10342 3272 10362 3204 10371 3202 10386
      3202 10436 3296 10430 3297 10377 3327 10376

$$

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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, 8:10 AM 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.