Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 64, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 21, 2021, 4:09 PM MDT for Lea 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
- Aug 21, 2021, 4:09 PM MDT (22:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 21, 2021, 7:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Lea County, NM
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:09 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 200 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -198 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1271 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
940
WGUS54 KMAF 212209
FFWMAF
NMC025-220115-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0064.210821T2209Z-210822T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
409 PM MDT Sat Aug 21 2021
The National Weather Service in Midland/Odessa has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
East Central Lea County in southeastern New Mexico...
* Until 715 PM MDT.
* At 409 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Up to 2 inches of rain have
fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible
in 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...
Hobbs, Humble City, Monument, Industrial Airpark, Lea County
Regional Airport and Knowles.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3297 10307 3267 10307 3250 10337 3262 10345
3286 10333
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
David Hennig1 follow-up statement
721
WGUS74 KMAF 212243
FFSMAF
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
443 PM MDT Sat Aug 21 2021
NMC025-220115-
/O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0064.000000T0000Z-210822T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Lea NM-
443 PM MDT Sat Aug 21 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL LEA COUNTY...
At 443 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 3 inches of rain have
fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in
the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Hobbs, Humble City, Monument, Industrial Airpark, Lea County
Regional Airport and Knowles.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
&&
LAT...LON 3297 10307 3267 10307 3250 10337 3262 10345
3286 10333
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
David HennigThe office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 1:21 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Lea | 114 min |
| Aug 21, 1:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Lea | 49 min |
| Aug 21, 2:54 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Lea | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 3:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Lea | 52 min |
| Aug 21, 4:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 53 min |
| Aug 21, 5:17 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Eddy | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 5:32 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Eddy | 2 hr |
| Aug 21, 5:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Eddy | 23 min |
| Aug 21, 5:47 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Lea | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 2021Every flash flood warning in 2021
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.