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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 27, 2005, 8:49 PM CDT for Upton County, Texas. 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
- May 27, 2005, 8:49 PM CDT (01:49 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2005, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Upton County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:49 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 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 916 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 939 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KMAF 280151 FFWMAF TXC461-280445- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 849 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN UPTON COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS * UNTIL 1145 PM CDT * AT 844 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER RUNNING ACROSS HWY 349 ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF RANKIN. THIS STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SOUTHERN UPTON COUNTY... TO REPORT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3124 10207 3111 10207 3111 10181 3145 10180 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KMAF 280203 FFSMAF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 902 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2005 TXC461-280445- UPTON- 902 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN UPTON COUNTY... AT 857 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC HAS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN RANKIN WITH WATER STARTING TO COME INTO HOUSES. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RANKIN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. TO REPORT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3124 10207 3111 10207 3111 10181 3145 10180 $$
000 WGUS74 KMAF 280419 FFSMAF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1117 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2005 TXC461-280445- UPTON- 1117 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN UPTON COUNTY... AT 1113 PM CDT...THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED FLASH FLOODING IN UPTON COUNTY HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. HOWEVER... THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS REPORTED THAT SH 349 WAS BEING CLOSED JUST SOUTH OF THE MIDLAND COUNTY LINE. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN. TO REPORT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3124 10207 3111 10207 3111 10181 3145 10180 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 64 min |
| May 27, 8:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Brewster | 3 hr |
| May 27, 9:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Pecos | 3 hr |
| May 27, 10:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Terrell | 3 hr |
| May 28, 3:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ector, Midland | 118 min |
| May 28, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Upton | 39 min |
| May 28, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 51 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2005Every flash flood warning in 2005
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.