Flash Flood Warning
NWS Midland/Odessa TX ยท US
Details
Flash Flood Warning Remains In Effect Until 10 PM MDT This Evening For Southwestern Eddy County
- Event
- Flash Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
At 757 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 3 and 4 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 2 inches in 1 hour. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
Hazard
Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing flash flooding.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses. Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Lincoln National Forest and Queen. This includes the following streams and drainages... Dark Canyon and Last Chance Canyon.
Instructions
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.
Affected areas
- Eddy County, NM
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Midland/Odessa TX
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m15s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2VP5DQMQEKME893Y62ER9Q7
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.0eb352a6811c23659b871c8d61b50a29a0bc53f8.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Midland/Odessa TX
- AWIPS ID
- CAPMAF
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.2937
- WMO heading
- XOUS54
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 54
References
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FFS |
| NationalWeatherService | FFW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FFSMAF |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS74 KMAF 190157 |
| NWSheadline | FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY |
| flashFloodDetection | RADAR INDICATED |
| flashFloodDamageThreat | CONSIDERABLE |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0187.000000T0000Z-260919T0400Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-18T22:00:00-06:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Eddy County, NM
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 035015 |
| UGC | NMC015 |
- Polygons
- 32.24,-104.76 32.31,-104.68 32.31,-104.51 32.22,-104.51 32.14,-104.74 32.24,-104.76