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Flash Flood Warning 38, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

July 2, 2021Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 2, 2021, 11:14 AM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 3 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: Jul 2, 2021, 11:14 AM MDT (17:14 UTC)
Expired: Jul 2, 2021, 2:15 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), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:14 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 193 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 984 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1052 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -19 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

803 
WGUS54 KMAF 021714
FFWMAF
NMC015-022015-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0038.210702T1714Z-210702T2015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
1114 AM MDT Fri Jul 2 2021

The National Weather Service in Midland/Odessa has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southwestern Eddy County in southeastern New Mexico...

* Until 215 PM MDT.

* At 1114 AM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain 
  have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin 
  shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
           areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
           other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Carlsbad Caverns National Park and Lincoln National Forest.

This includes the following streams and drainages...
  Double Canyon Draw, Dark Canyon and Black River.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

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.

Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law 
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National 
Weather Service when you can do so safely.

&&

LAT...LON 3221 10465 3221 10462 3212 10458 3202 10469
      3201 10476 3206 10476

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

James DeBerry

1 follow-up statement

338 
WGUS74 KMAF 021750
FFSMAF

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
1150 AM MDT Fri Jul 2 2021

NMC015-022015-
/O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0038.000000T0000Z-210702T2015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Eddy NM-
1150 AM MDT Fri Jul 2 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM MDT THIS 
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY...

At 1150 AM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain 
have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

SOURCE...Radar.

IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
         highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
         drainage and low-lying areas.

Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Carlsbad Caverns National Park and Lincoln National Forest.

This includes the following streams and drainages...
  Double Canyon Draw, Dark Canyon and Black River.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

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.

Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law 
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National 
Weather Service when you can do so safely.

&&

LAT...LON 3221 10465 3221 10462 3212 10458 3202 10469
      3201 10476 3206 10476

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

James DeBerry

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 2, 4:57 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Eddy, Lea	4 hr
Jul 2, 5:45 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Eddy	6 hr
Jul 2, 5:49 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.