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Event Details
| Event | Flash Flood |
| -- Flood Cause | Heavy Rain |
| State | NEW MEXICO |
| County/Area | LEA |
| WFO | MAF |
| Begin Date | 03/23/2007 21:30:00 MST-7 |
| Begin Range | 0 |
| Begin Azimuth | N |
| Begin Location | LOVINGTON |
| Begin Lat/Lon | 32.93/-103.35 |
| End Date | 03/24/2007 06:00:00 MST-7 |
| End Range | 7 |
| End Azimuth | W |
| End Location | TATUM |
| End Lat/Lon | 33.25/-103.44 |
| Deaths Direct/Indirect | 0/0 (fatality details below, when available...) |
| Injuries Direct/Indirect | 0/0 |
| Property Damage | 0.00K |
| Crop Damage | 0.00K |
| Episode Narrative | An upper level storm system moved east across northern Mexico across west Texas and southeastern New Mexico. Ahead of this system, a moist and unstable airmass was in place. As temperatures warmed throughout the day, the atmosphere became more unstable. Storms initiated in the Big Bend and across the mountains of southeastern New Mexico and moved north and eastward. |The Midland county warning area saw five recorded tornadoes on the 23rd, four in New Mexico and one in Texas. The four in New Mexico were documented by both trained Skywarn spotters and by a National Weather Service damage survey team. The tornado in Texas was recorded by a television news/weather crew in the area. Baseball size hail was also associated with the Texas storm. |
| Event Narrative | Multiple thunderstorms trained across Lea County for much of the night and produced flash flooding that was evident to NWS Damage Survey team members the following day. Several miles west of Tatum, team members discovered a three to four foot deep lake that is normally open field. In and around Lovington, there were locations that had running water alongside the road 18 hours after the last storm had moved through. |
All events for this episode:
| Location | County/Zone | St. | Date | Time | T.Z. | Type | Mag | Dth | Inj | PrD | CrD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals: | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |||||||
| HOPE | EDDY CO. | NM | 03/23/2007 | 12:42 | MST-7 | Hail | 1.00 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| QUEEN | EDDY CO. | NM | 03/23/2007 | 12:44 | MST-7 | Hail | 1.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| WHITES CITY | EDDY CO. | NM | 03/23/2007 | 12:48 | MST-7 | Hail | 1.00 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| CARLSBAD | EDDY CO. | NM | 03/23/2007 | 12:54 | MST-7 | Hail | 1.25 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| CARLSBAD | EDDY CO. | NM | 03/23/2007 | 13:05 | MST-7 | Hail | 1.25 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| CARLSBAD | EDDY CO. | NM | 03/23/2007 | 13:23 | MST-7 | Hail | 1.25 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| LOVING | EDDY CO. | NM | 03/23/2007 | 13:39 | MST-7 | Hail | 0.88 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| WHITES CITY | EDDY CO. | NM | 03/23/2007 | 13:51 | MST-7 | Hail | 1.00 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| MALAGA | EDDY CO. | NM | 03/23/2007 | 13:53 | MST-7 | Hail | 1.00 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| CARLSBAD | EDDY CO. | NM | 03/23/2007 | 13:54 | MST-7 | Hail | 1.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| LAKEWOOD | EDDY CO. | NM | 03/23/2007 | 14:00 | MST-7 | Hail | 1.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| LOCO HILLS | EDDY CO. | NM | 03/23/2007 | 14:05 | MST-7 | Hail | 0.88 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| CARLSBAD | EDDY CO. | NM | 03/23/2007 | 14:13 | MST-7 | Hail | 0.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| ARTESIA | EDDY CO. | NM | 03/23/2007 | 14:20 | MST-7 | Hail | 1.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| ARTESIA | EDDY CO. | NM | 03/23/2007 | 14:22 | MST-7 | Hail | 1.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| LOCO HILLS | EDDY CO. | NM | 03/23/2007 | 14:29 | MST-7 | Hail | 2.00 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| ARTESIA | EDDY CO. | NM | 03/23/2007 | 14:51 | MST-7 | Hail | 0.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| TATUM | LEA CO. | NM | 03/23/2007 | 15:45 | MST-7 | Hail | 2.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| CARLSBAD | EDDY CO. | NM | 03/23/2007 | 16:20 | MST-7 | Hail | 1.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| TATUM | LEA CO. | NM | 03/23/2007 | 16:43 | MST-7 | Hail | 1.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| CARLSBAD | EDDY CO. | NM | 03/23/2007 | 17:20 | MST-7 | Flash Flood | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| CARLSBAD | EDDY CO. | NM | 03/23/2007 | 17:32 | MST-7 | Hail | 1.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| LAKEWOOD | EDDY CO. | NM | 03/23/2007 | 18:16 | MST-7 | Hail | 0.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| LAKEWOOD | EDDY CO. | NM | 03/23/2007 | 18:16 | MST-7 | Hail | 0.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| CARLSBAD | EDDY CO. | NM | 03/23/2007 | 18:19 | MST-7 | Hail | 1.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| LAKEWOOD | EDDY CO. | NM | 03/23/2007 | 19:00 | MST-7 | Tornado | EF0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| TATUM | LEA CO. | NM | 03/23/2007 | 19:15 | MST-7 | Hail | 0.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| TATUM | LEA CO. | NM | 03/23/2007 | 19:15 | MST-7 | Thunderstorm Wind | 70 kts. EG | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| CARLSBAD | EDDY CO. | NM | 03/23/2007 | 19:45 | MST-7 | Hail | 0.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| CARLSBAD | EDDY CO. | NM | 03/23/2007 | 19:45 | MST-7 | Hail | 0.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| TATUM | LEA CO. | NM | 03/23/2007 | 20:24 | MST-7 | Thunderstorm Wind | 71 kts. MG | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| LOVINGTON | LEA CO. | NM | 03/23/2007 | 21:30 | MST-7 | Flash Flood | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| TATUM | LEA CO. | NM | 03/23/2007 | 21:33 | MST-7 | Hail | 0.88 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| HOBBS | LEA CO. | NM | 03/23/2007 | 21:55 | MST-7 | Hail | 1.00 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| CARLSBAD | EDDY CO. | NM | 03/23/2007 | 22:25 | MST-7 | Flash Flood | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| Totals: | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
