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Flash Flood Watch 6, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood watch at Aug 14, 2021, 2:03 AM CDT for 6 counties in Texas; Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 14, 2021, 2:03 AM CDT (07:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2021, 1:35 AM CDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Eddy County, NM, Lea County, NM, Brewster County, TX, Culberson County, TX, Jeff Davis County, TX, Loving County, TX, Presidio County, TX, Reeves County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 176 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2681 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
299 WGUS64 KMAF 140703 FFAMAF URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Flood Watch National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 103 AM MDT Sat Aug 14 2021 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ059-270>274-277-278-141515- /O.NEW.KMAF.FF.A.0006.210814T0703Z-210815T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County-Eddy County Plains-Northern Lea County-Central Lea County-Southern Lea County-Loving-Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet-Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains-Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor-Eastern Culberson County-Reeves County Plains-Davis Mountains-Davis Mountains Foothills- Including the cities of Van Horn, Eunice, Artesia, Pecos, Pine Springs, Guadalupe Mountains NP, Queen, Fort Davis, Carlsbad Caverns NP, Mentone, Lovington, Jal, Hobbs, Tatum, Carlsbad, and Alpine 103 AM MDT Sat Aug 14 2021 /203 AM CDT Sat Aug 14 2021/ ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... The National Weather Service in Midland/Odessa has issued a * Flash Flood Watch for portions of southeast New Mexico and Texas, including the following areas, in southeast New Mexico, Central Lea County, Eddy County Plains, Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County, Northern Lea County and Southern Lea County. In Texas, Davis Mountains, Davis Mountains Foothills, Eastern Culberson County, Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet, Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains, Loving, Reeves County Plains and Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor. * Through Sunday morning. * Thunderstorms producing heavy rainfall through Sunday morning could produce flash flooding. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued. && $$ James DeBerry
2 follow-up statements
353 WGUS64 KMAF 141943 FFAMAF Flood Watch National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 143 PM MDT Sat Aug 14 2021 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ059-270>274-277-278-151100- /O.CON.KMAF.FF.A.0006.000000T0000Z-210815T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County-Eddy County Plains-Northern Lea County-Central Lea County-Southern Lea County-Loving-Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet-Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains-Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor-Eastern Culberson County-Reeves County Plains-Davis Mountains-Davis Mountains Foothills- Including the cities of Van Horn, Eunice, Artesia, Pecos, Pine Springs, Guadalupe Mountains NP, Queen, Fort Davis, Carlsbad Caverns NP, Mentone, Lovington, Jal, Hobbs, Tatum, Carlsbad, and Alpine 143 PM MDT Sat Aug 14 2021 /243 PM CDT Sat Aug 14 2021/ ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... The Flash Flood Watch continues for * Portions of southeast New Mexico and Texas, including the following areas, in southeast New Mexico, Central Lea County, Eddy County Plains, Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County, Northern Lea County and Southern Lea County. In Texas, Davis Mountains, Davis Mountains Foothills, Eastern Culberson County, Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet, Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains, Loving, Reeves County Plains and Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor. * Through Sunday morning. * Thunderstorms with heavy rainfall remain likely this afternoon and tonight across the watch area. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued. && $$
636 WGUS64 KMAF 150635 FFAMAF Flood Watch National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 1235 AM MDT Sun Aug 15 2021 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ059-270>274-277-278-150745- /O.CAN.KMAF.FF.A.0006.000000T0000Z-210815T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County-Eddy County Plains-Northern Lea County-Central Lea County-Southern Lea County-Loving-Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet-Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains-Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor-Eastern Culberson County-Reeves County Plains-Davis Mountains-Davis Mountains Foothills- Including the cities of Van Horn, Eunice, Artesia, Pecos, Pine Springs, Guadalupe Mountains NP, Queen, Fort Davis, Carlsbad Caverns NP, Mentone, Lovington, Jal, Hobbs, Tatum, Carlsbad, and Alpine 1235 AM MDT Sun Aug 15 2021 /135 AM CDT Sun Aug 15 2021/ ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... The Flash Flood Watch for portions of southeast New Mexico and Texas, including the following areas, in southeast New Mexico, Central Lea County, Eddy County Plains, Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County, Northern Lea County and Southern Lea County. In Texas, Davis Mountains, Davis Mountains Foothills, Eastern Culberson County, Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet, Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains, Loving, Reeves County Plains and Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor has been cancelled. The Flood Watch is cancelled. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat as precipitation has either ceased or is too light to maintain a higher probability for flooding. Some localized flooding is still possible from previous convection the past 24 hours, so maintain awareness on certain roadways that are flood prone, or low water crossings. $$ Scott Kleebauer
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 7:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Jeff Davis, Reeves | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 7:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reeves | 50 min |
| Aug 13, 7:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Loving, Reeves | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 7:45 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Culberson, Reeves | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 9:16 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Loving, Reeves, Ward | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 11:15 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Culberson | 11 hr |
| Aug 14, 11:21 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Loving, Reeves, Ward, Winkler | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 4:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Howard, Mitchell | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 4:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Mitchell | 46 min |
| Aug 14, 5:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Howard | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 6:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Howard | 45 min |
| Aug 14, 8:35 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Eddy | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 11:48 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Eddy | 10 hr |
| Aug 14, 3:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Eddy | 11 hr |
| Aug 14, 5:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Eddy | 3 hr |
Nearby
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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.