Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 67, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 4, 2021, 5:01 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
- Sep 4, 2021, 5:01 PM MDT (23:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 4, 2021, 8:00 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), 189 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
- 84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -191 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1500 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
083
WGUS54 KMAF 042301
FFWMAF
NMC015-050200-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0067.210904T2301Z-210905T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
501 PM MDT Sat Sep 4 2021
The National Weather Service in Midland/Odessa has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southwestern Eddy County in southeastern New Mexico...
* Until 800 PM MDT.
* At 501 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain in Walnut Canyon. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have
fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 2 to 4 inches in 1 hour.
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...
Whites City and Carlsbad Caverns National Park.
This includes the following streams and drainages...
Dark Canyon, Black River and Crooked Creek.
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 3216 10439 3216 10451 3219 10454 3221 10449
3221 10439 3215 10432 3213 10433 3212 10435
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...2-4 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
$$
James DeBerry1 follow-up statement
954
WGUS74 KMAF 042310
FFSMAF
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
510 PM MDT Sat Sep 4 2021
NMC015-050200-
/O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0067.000000T0000Z-210905T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Eddy NM-
510 PM MDT Sat Sep 4 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY...
At 510 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain in Walnut Canyon. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen.
The expected rainfall rate is 2 to 4 inches in 1 hour. Flash
flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Whites City and Carlsbad Caverns National Park.
This includes the following streams and drainages...
Dark Canyon, Black River and Crooked Creek.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National
Weather Service when you can do so safely.
&&
LAT...LON 3216 10439 3216 10451 3219 10454 3221 10449
3221 10439 3215 10432 3213 10433 3212 10435
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...2-4 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
$$
James DeBerryThe office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 6:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Eddy | 30 min |
| Sep 4, 3:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Eddy | 26 min |
| Sep 4, 3:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Eddy | 30 min |
| Sep 4, 4:50 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Eddy | 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.