Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2018
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 23, 2018, 2:52 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 3 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
- May 23, 2018, 2:52 PM MDT (20:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2018, 5:45 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), 174 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 5:00 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Ene Queen, NM | TWO FEET OF WATER FLOWING OVER STATE HIGHWAY 137 AT ROCKY ARROYO. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3740 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
912
WGUS54 KMAF 232052
FFWMAF
NMC015-232345-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0004.180523T2052Z-180523T2345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
252 PM MDT WED MAY 23 2018
The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southwestern Eddy County in southeastern New Mexico...
* Until 545 PM MDT.
* At 252 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Radar estimates rainfall rates
of around two inches an hour. Flash flooding is expected to begin
shortly.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Whites City, Lincoln National
Forest and Queen.
LAT...LON 3232 10484 3238 10437 3219 10428 3201 10427
3200 10484
$$
491 follow-up statement
839
WGUS74 KMAF 232149
FFSMAF
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
349 PM MDT WED MAY 23 2018
NMC015-232345-
/O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-180523T2345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Eddy NM-
349 PM MDT WED MAY 23 2018
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY...
At 348 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across the warned area. One to three inches of rain have
already fallen. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly.
Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Whites City, Lincoln National Forest
and Queen.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Remain alert for flooding even in locations not receiving rain.
Arroyos, streams, and rivers can become raging killer currents in a
matter of minutes, even from distant rainfall.
&&
LAT...LON 3232 10484 3238 10437 3219 10428 3201 10427
3200 10484
$$
67The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 6:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 60 min |
| May 22, 6:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 61 min |
| May 22, 7:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 67 min |
| May 22, 7:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Eddy | 40 min |
| May 22, 8:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 58 min |
| May 22, 8:37 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Eddy | 3 hr |
| May 22, 8:55 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Eddy | 3 hr |
| May 22, 8:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 63 min |
| May 23, 1:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Eddy | 46 min |
| May 23, 2:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 56 min |
| May 23, 3:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 39 min |
| May 23, 3:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 62 min |
| May 23, 3:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 32 min |
| May 23, 3:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 60 min |
| May 23, 3:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Lea | 46 min |
| May 23, 4:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Eddy | 41 min |
| May 23, 4:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 54 min |
| May 23, 4:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 61 min |
| May 23, 4:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 66 min |
| May 23, 4:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Eddy | 27 min |
| May 23, 5:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 55 min |
| May 23, 5:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Lea | 49 min |
| May 23, 5:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 54 min |
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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.