Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 57, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 25, 2021, 7:21 PM 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 25, 2021, 7:21 PM MDT (01:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2021, 10:30 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), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:23 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 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 325 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2172 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
048
WGUS54 KMAF 260121
FFWMAF
NMC015-260430-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0057.210726T0121Z-210726T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
721 PM MDT Sun Jul 25 2021
The National Weather Service in Midland/Odessa has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Western Eddy County in southeastern New Mexico...
* Until 1030 PM MDT.
* At 721 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 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...
Lincoln National Forest and Queen.
This includes the following streams and drainages...
Last Chance Canyon.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
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 3217 10476 3223 10476 3224 10473 3222 10470
3217 10470
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
James DeBerry1 follow-up statement
107
WGUS74 KMAF 260137
FFSMAF
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
737 PM MDT Sun Jul 25 2021
NMC015-260430-
/O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0057.000000T0000Z-210726T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Eddy NM-
737 PM MDT Sun Jul 25 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR WESTERN EDDY COUNTY...
At 737 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain have
fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Lincoln National Forest and Queen.
This includes the following streams and drainages...
Last Chance Canyon.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National
Weather Service when you can do so safely.
&&
LAT...LON 3217 10476 3223 10476 3224 10473 3222 10470
3217 10470
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
James DeBerryThe office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 1:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Lea | 46 min |
| Jul 26, 2:50 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Lea | 115 min |
| Jul 26, 3:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Eddy | 48 min |
| Jul 26, 3:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Lea | 41 min |
| Jul 26, 3:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Eddy | 46 min |
| Jul 26, 4:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Lea | 43 min |
| Jul 26, 4:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Eddy | 40 min |
| Jul 26, 5:44 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Eddy | 2 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.