Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 48, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 3, 2021, 4:38 PM MDT for Eddy 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
- Jul 3, 2021, 4:38 PM MDT (22:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2021, 9:00 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), 191 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:39 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
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 558 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 748 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
667
WGUS54 KMAF 032238
FFWMAF
NMC015-040300-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0048.210703T2238Z-210704T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
438 PM MDT Sat Jul 3 2021
The National Weather Service in Midland/Odessa has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southeastern Eddy County in southeastern New Mexico...
* Until 900 PM MDT.
* At 438 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. 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, Loving, Malaga, Carlsbad North, Whites City, Avalon,
Brantley Lake State Park, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Otis,
Cavern City Air Terminal, Living Desert State Park and Lake Avalon.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
&&
LAT...LON 3255 10443 3259 10397 3200 10392 3200 10398
3200 10402 3200 10425 3200 10433 3200 10444
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$1 follow-up statement
923
WGUS74 KMAF 040032
FFSMAF
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
632 PM MDT Sat Jul 3 2021
NMC015-040300-
/O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0048.000000T0000Z-210704T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Eddy NM-
632 PM MDT Sat Jul 3 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN EDDY COUNTY...
At 632 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain moved across the warned area. Between 0.5 and 1 inch of rain
has fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Carlsbad, Loving, Malaga, Carlsbad North, Whites City, Avalon,
Brantley Lake State Park, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Otis,
Cavern City Air Terminal, Living Desert State Park and Lake Avalon.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
&&
LAT...LON 3255 10443 3259 10397 3200 10392 3200 10398
3200 10402 3200 10425 3200 10433 3200 10444
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 6:48 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Lea | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 2:19 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Eddy | 5 hr |
| Jul 3, 3:03 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Eddy | 5 hr |
| Jul 3, 4:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Eddy | 57 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.