Flash Flooding in New Mexico, August 14, 2005

Name: Flash Flooding in New Mexico, August 14, 2005
Start: 2005-08-14T17:35
End: 2005-08-14T22:00
Location: New Mexico

August 14, 2005 · NWS MAF · 3 events in 2 counties and zones

3 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $20,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 3

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 14, 12:07 PM MST, 5 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 12:07 PM MST, 5 hours 28 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
207 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005

.SHORT TERM...
WIDESPREAD STORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT TIME HOURS WITH THIS
DANGEROUS FLOOD SITUATION AS STORMS TRAIN ALONG A FRONTAL BOUNDARY.
RAINFALL IS TROPICAL IN NATURE AND VERY HEAVY WITH RADAR UNDER
ESTIMATING TOTALS.  WILL CONTINUE WITH LIKELY TO CATEGORICAL POPS
TONIGHT WITH FF WATCH RUNNING THROUGH SHORT TERM.  HAVE TO KEEP
DISCUSSION SHORT.

.LONG TERM...
GFS CONSISTENT IN EJECTING MORE SHORTWAVE ENERGY FROM THE OLD MEXICO
UPPER LOW MONDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS WEST...NUMEROUS EAST
SHOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM DEVELOPING IN A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS.
WILL EXTEND THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MUCH OF THE AREA MONDAY DUE
TO SATURATED GROUNDS AND ADDITIONAL STORM DEVELOPMENT ANTICIPATED.
ANOTHER SHEAR AXIS/SHORTWAVE TO IMPACT THE AREA AGAIN ON TUESDAY...
WILL KEEP THE CHANCE POPS GOING IN MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS.

A  DRYING TREND WILL COMMENCE WEDNESDAY THROUGH NEXT FRIDAY AS THE
UPPER HIGH ACROSS THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES STRENGTHENS AND
BUILDS WESTWARD. WAS RELUCTANT TO DROP 10-20 POPS AS A SURFACE TO
700 MILLIBAR TROUGH WILL BE IN PLACE WITH AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS. IN
ADDITION ANOTHER NORTHERN STREAM COLD FRONT MAY APPROACH THE
REGION FRIDAY AND OR SATURDAY. MODELS HAVE BEEN INCONSISTENT WITH
THIS FEATURE.

LOWERED HIGH TEMPERATURES MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH WET GROUNDS ABUNDANT
CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION EXPECTED.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BIG SPRING TX              68  78  67  88 /  90  60  40  30
CARLSBAD NM                67  78  63  91 /  60  50  30  30
DRYDEN TX                  70  80  69  91 /  80  50  40  30
FORT STOCKTON TX           68  78  68  89 /  90  50  40  30
GUADALUPE PASS TX          63  73  62  82 /  60  50  30  30
HOBBS NM                   66  76  64  89 /  50  50  30  30
MARFA TX                   61  72  58  81 /  70  50  30  40
MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX    68  77  67  88 /  90  50  40  30
ODESSA TX                  69  80  68  89 /  90  50  40  30
WINK TX                    70  82  69  95 /  90  50  30  40

&&

.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 AM MDT MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     CENTRAL LEA COUNTY...EDDY COUNTY PLAINS...GUADALUPE
     MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY...NORTHERN LEA COUNTY...AND
     SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY.

TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 4 PM CDT MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     ANDREWS...BIG BEND AREA...BORDEN...CRANE...DAVIS/APACHE
     MOUNTAINS AREA...DAWSON...ECTOR...GAINES...GLASSCOCK...HOWARD...
     LOVING...MARFA PLATEAU...MARTIN...MIDLAND...MITCHELL...PECOS...
     PRESIDIO VALLEY...REAGAN...REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS
     PECOS...SCURRY...TERRELL...UPTON...WARD...AND WINKLER.

     FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM CDT MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...AND VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR.

&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 14, 12:34 PM MST, 5 hours 1 minute before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
234 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-142145-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-
NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-
DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL-
VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-
LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-
DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU-
BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
234 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005 /134 PM MDT SUN AUG 14 2005/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN
NEW MEXICO.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND
SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO TONIGHT WITH A DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD
SITUATION.  ALL UNNECESSARY TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA IS DISCOURAGED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

ON MONDAY FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS MOST OF
THE AREA.  NO OTHER SIGNIFICANT HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ACROSS THE AREA ARE ENCOURAGED TO SEND IN ANY REPORTS OF
FLOODING.

THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES...
AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
MIDLAND CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT /LOWER CASE/
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 14, 1:46 PM MST, 3 hours 49 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
346 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005

TXZ082-142115-
TERRELL-
346 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR NORTHERN TERRELL COUNTY.

AT 350 PM CDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER FARM TO MARKET
ROAD 2400...15 MILES NORTH OF SANDERSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING WIIL OCCUR. LOCALIZED FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 139 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:33 UTC.

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Event by event

3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Lea

When: August 14, 5:35 PM MST to 8:00 PM MST
Where: Lea County, 31 mi WSW of Jal
Property damage: $20,000
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 31.950, -103.667

The public reported that high water threatened homes in rural Lea county.

Flash Flood, Eddy

When: August 14, 6:10 PM MST to 9:00 PM MST
Where: Eddy County, Loving
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 32.283, -104.100

The Loving Police Department reported nearly half a foot of water running through several streets in Loving.

Flash Flood, Lea

When: August 14, 7:10 PM MST to 10:00 PM MST
Where: Lea County, Hobbs
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 32.700, -103.133

The Hobbs Police Department reported that running water covered the 1400 block of Turner.

What these are

Flash Flood: Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in New Mexico in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in New Mexico, August 2005

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5473814, 5473813, 5473812.