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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 27, 2005Upton County, Texas

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.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2005-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 916 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2005-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster64 min
May 27, 8:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFBrewster3 hr
May 27, 9:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFPecos3 hr
May 27, 10:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFTerrell3 hr
May 28, 3:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEctor, Midland118 min
May 28, 3:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton39 min
May 28, 3:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock51 min

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.