Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2017
Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 20, 2017, 6:52 PM MDT for Eddy 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 20, 2017, 6:52 PM MDT (00:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 20, 2017, 10:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Eddy County, NM
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 186 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:54 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 20, 6:52 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | Carlsbad, NM | 2 TO 3 FEET OF WATER COVERING SOME ROADS IN CARLSBAD. |
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 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2478 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
722
WGUS54 KMAF 210052
FFWMAF
NMC015-210445-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0028.170821T0052Z-170821T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
652 PM MDT SUN AUG 20 2017
The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southern Eddy County in southeastern New Mexico...
* Until 1045 PM MDT
* At 651 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the warned
area. Flash flooding is already occurring.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Carlsbad, Loving, Avalon, Living Desert State Park, Carlsbad North,
Malaga, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Whites City, Brantley Lake
State Park, Lake Avalon, Otis and Cavern City Air Terminal.
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.
Flooding is occurring or is imminent. It is important to know where
you are relative to streams, rivers, or creeks which can become
killers in heavy rains. Campers and hikers should avoid streams or
creeks.
&&
LAT...LON 3254 10461 3261 10381 3253 10382 3252 10372
3200 10372 3200 10398 3201 10461
$$
29The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2:47 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 3:33 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Lea | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 4:35 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | 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.