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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 15, 2005, 5:39 AM CDT for Ector 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 15, 2005, 5:39 AM CDT (10:39 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2005, 8:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Ector County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 35 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
- 1214 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1626 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 4.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KMAF 151042 FFWMAF TXC135-151345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 539 AM CDT SUN MAY 15 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... ECTOR COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS * UNTIL 845 AM CDT * AT 538 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A THUNDERSTORM OVER ODESSA CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. IN ADDITION...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN ECTOR COUNTY...AND WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ODESSA... GARDENDALE... MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE...AND MANY OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. IT IS NEVER SAFE TO DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. 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 3205 10274 3169 10273 3168 10232 3206 10231 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KMAF 151130 FFSMAF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 629 AM CDT SUN MAY 15 2005 TXC135-151345- ECTOR- 629 AM CDT SUN MAY 15 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 845 AM CDT FOR ECTOR COUNTY... AT 621 AM CDT...THE ODESSA FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ALONG MUSKINGUM FROM 8TH TO UNIVERSITY...ALONG UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD FROM DIXIE TO ANDREWS...AND AT THE INTERSECTION OF KERMIT AND WEST COUNTY ROAD. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE EAST AT 20 MPH ACROSS MUCH OF ECTOR COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF ODESSA. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...ODESSA AND GARDENDALE. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN. TO REPORT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3205 10274 3169 10273 3168 10232 3206 10231 $$
000 WGUS74 KMAF 151212 FFSMAF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 711 AM CDT SUN MAY 15 2005 TXC135-151345- ECTOR- 711 AM CDT SUN MAY 15 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 845 AM CDT FOR ECTOR COUNTY... AT 652 AM CDT...THE EMERGENCY MANAGER IN ECTOR COUNTY REPORTED FLOODING ALONG ANDREWS HIGHWAY IN ODESSA. AT 700 AM CDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED DIXIE AVENUE IMPASSABLE FROM 31ST TO 35TH STREET DUE TO TWO AND A HALF FEET OF RUNNING WATER. AT 710 AM CDT...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH OVER THE CITY OF ODESSA...SO ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...ODESSA 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 3205 10274 3169 10273 3168 10232 3206 10231 $$
000 WGUS74 KMAF 151252 FFSMAF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 752 AM CDT SUN MAY 15 2005 TXC135-151345- ECTOR- 752 AM CDT SUN MAY 15 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 845 AM CDT FOR ECTOR COUNTY... AT 742 AM CDT...THE CITY OF ODESSA REPORTED SEVERAL STREETS CLOSED. THESE INCLUDE...42ND AND DIXIE TO UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD...MUSKINGUM FROM UNIVERSITY TO 3RD STREET...2ND STREET FROM ELIOT TO KELLY... THE INTERSECTION OF TANGLEWOOD AND TENBROOK...THE INTERSECTION OF TANGLEWOOD AND EVERGLADE...AND 12TH STREET FROM NEAR 14TH STREET IS UNDER TWO AND A HALF FEET OF WATER. THE CITY OF ODESSA HAS REQUESTED RESIDENTS DO NOT TRAVEL UNLESS IT IS NECESSARY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN. TO REPORT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3205 10274 3169 10273 3168 10232 3206 10231 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Presidio | 60 min |
| May 14, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 60 min |
| May 14, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 28 min |
| May 14, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 53 min |
| May 14, 9:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Terrell | 3 hr |
| May 14, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 44 min |
| May 14, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Upton | 29 min |
| May 15, 12:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson | 62 min |
| May 15, 12:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Pecos, Terrell | 66 min |
| May 15, 1:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson | 57 min |
| May 15, 3:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving | 52 min |
| May 15, 5:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 34 min |
| May 15, 6:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin | 50 min |
| May 15, 7:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Midland | 3 hr |
| May 15, 7:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Howard | 4 hr |
| May 15, 8:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ector | 3 hr |
| May 15, 9:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 3 hr |
| May 15, 10:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Midland | 3 hr |
| May 15, 11:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ector | 4 hr |
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.