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Flash Flood Warning 82, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 14, 2005, 3:41 PM CDT for Midland County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 14, 2005, 3:41 PM CDT (20:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2005, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Midland County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:44 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 4:05 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Midland, TX | WATER RUNNING OVER EAST HIGHWAY 80 AT THE CITY LIMITS |
| Aug 14, 5:14 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Midland, TX | WATER BEGINNING TO RECEDE, BUT BARRICADES REMAIN UP IN MANY LOCATIONS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 2 storm reports to this flash flood warning; the first came 24 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 298 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
- 1102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 815 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KMAF 142044 FFWMAF TXC329-142345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 341 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MIDLAND COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS * UNTIL 645 PM CDT * AT 335 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO INDICATE THAT VERY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS PERSIST ACROSS THE CITY OF MIDLAND. ADDITIONAL WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF MIDLAND COUNTY. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL...AND RUNOFF FROM PREVIOUS TORRENTIAL RAINS...WILL CONTINUE TO POSE A FLASH FLOOD THREAT THROUGH 6 PM CDT. KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM CULVERTS... DITCHES... STORM DRAINS...AND SWOLLEN CREEKS. 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. 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. LAT...LON 3166 10229 3166 10179 3208 10178 3208 10228 $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KMAF 142226 FFSMAF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 519 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005 TXC329-142345- MIDLAND- 519 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR MIDLAND COUNTY... AT 515 PM CDT...LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT SEVERAL STREETS AROUND MIDLAND REMAIN BARRICADED. THIS INCLUDED A 200 YARD STRETCH OF COUNTY ROAD 1150 THAT IS UNDER WATER BETWEEN STATE HIGHWAYS 158 AND 307. FLOODING IN SOME CITY STREETS WAS REPORTED TO BE RECEDING. DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE WIDESPREAD MODERATE RAINFALL OVER MIDLAND COUNTY. RUNOFF AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY AGGRAVATE THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN. LAT...LON 3166 10229 3166 10179 3208 10178 3208 10228 $$
000 WGUS74 KMAF 142241 CCA FFSMAF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 519 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005 TXC329-142345- MIDLAND- 519 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR MIDLAND COUNTY... AT 515 PM CDT...LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT SEVERAL STREETS AND ROADWAYS AROUND MIDLAND REMAIN BARRICADED. THIS INCLUDED PORTIONS OF COUNTY ROAD 1150 THAT IS UNDER WATER BETWEEN STATE HIGHWAYS 158 AND 307. FLOODING IN SOME CITY STREETS IN MIDLAND WAS REPORTED TO BE RECEDING. DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE WIDESPREAD MODERATE RAINFALL OVER MIDLAND COUNTY. RUNOFF AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY AGGRAVATE THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN. LAT...LON 3166 10229 3166 10179 3208 10178 3208 10228 $$
000 WGUS74 KMAF 142338 FFSMAF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 636 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005 TXC329-142346- MIDLAND- 636 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MIDLAND COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 645 PM CDT... AT 636 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAIN THAT CAUSED SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING IN MIDLAND EARLIER TODAY HAS HAD MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LOCAL OFFICIALS INDICATE THAT FLOODING HAS LARGELY RECEDED. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. RESIDENTS ACROSS THE REGION SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3166 10229 3166 10179 3208 10178 3208 10228 $$
000 WGUS74 KMAF 142340 CCA FFSMAF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 636 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005 TXC329-142346- MIDLAND- 636 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MIDLAND COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 645 PM CDT... AT 636 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAIN THAT CAUSED SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING IN MIDLAND EARLIER TODAY HAS HAD MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LOCAL OFFICIALS INDICATE THAT FLOODING HAS LARGELY RECEDED. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. RESIDENTS ACROSS THE REGION SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3166 10229 3166 10179 3208 10178 3208 10228 $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Aug 14, 2:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 2:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
207 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005
.SHORT TERM...
WIDESPREAD STORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT TIME HOURS WITH THIS
DANGEROUS FLOOD SITUATION AS STORMS TRAIN ALONG A FRONTAL BOUNDARY.
RAINFALL IS TROPICAL IN NATURE AND VERY HEAVY WITH RADAR UNDER
ESTIMATING TOTALS. WILL CONTINUE WITH LIKELY TO CATEGORICAL POPS
TONIGHT WITH FF WATCH RUNNING THROUGH SHORT TERM. HAVE TO KEEP
DISCUSSION SHORT.
.LONG TERM...
GFS CONSISTENT IN EJECTING MORE SHORTWAVE ENERGY FROM THE OLD MEXICO
UPPER LOW MONDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS WEST...NUMEROUS EAST
SHOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM DEVELOPING IN A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS.
WILL EXTEND THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MUCH OF THE AREA MONDAY DUE
TO SATURATED GROUNDS AND ADDITIONAL STORM DEVELOPMENT ANTICIPATED.
ANOTHER SHEAR AXIS/SHORTWAVE TO IMPACT THE AREA AGAIN ON TUESDAY...
WILL KEEP THE CHANCE POPS GOING IN MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS.
A DRYING TREND WILL COMMENCE WEDNESDAY THROUGH NEXT FRIDAY AS THE
UPPER HIGH ACROSS THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES STRENGTHENS AND
BUILDS WESTWARD. WAS RELUCTANT TO DROP 10-20 POPS AS A SURFACE TO
700 MILLIBAR TROUGH WILL BE IN PLACE WITH AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS. IN
ADDITION ANOTHER NORTHERN STREAM COLD FRONT MAY APPROACH THE
REGION FRIDAY AND OR SATURDAY. MODELS HAVE BEEN INCONSISTENT WITH
THIS FEATURE.
LOWERED HIGH TEMPERATURES MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH WET GROUNDS ABUNDANT
CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION EXPECTED.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BIG SPRING TX 68 78 67 88 / 90 60 40 30
CARLSBAD NM 67 78 63 91 / 60 50 30 30
DRYDEN TX 70 80 69 91 / 80 50 40 30
FORT STOCKTON TX 68 78 68 89 / 90 50 40 30
GUADALUPE PASS TX 63 73 62 82 / 60 50 30 30
HOBBS NM 66 76 64 89 / 50 50 30 30
MARFA TX 61 72 58 81 / 70 50 30 40
MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 68 77 67 88 / 90 50 40 30
ODESSA TX 69 80 68 89 / 90 50 40 30
WINK TX 70 82 69 95 / 90 50 30 40
&&
.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 AM MDT MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
CENTRAL LEA COUNTY...EDDY COUNTY PLAINS...GUADALUPE
MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY...NORTHERN LEA COUNTY...AND
SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY.
TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 4 PM CDT MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
ANDREWS...BIG BEND AREA...BORDEN...CRANE...DAVIS/APACHE
MOUNTAINS AREA...DAWSON...ECTOR...GAINES...GLASSCOCK...HOWARD...
LOVING...MARFA PLATEAU...MARTIN...MIDLAND...MITCHELL...PECOS...
PRESIDIO VALLEY...REAGAN...REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS
PECOS...SCURRY...TERRELL...UPTON...WARD...AND WINKLER.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM CDT MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...AND VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR.
&&
72/12Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 14, 2:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 234 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-142145- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES- DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS- LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU- BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- 234 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005 /134 PM MDT SUN AUG 14 2005/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO TONIGHT WITH A DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION. ALL UNNECESSARY TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA IS DISCOURAGED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ON MONDAY FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA. NO OTHER SIGNIFICANT HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ACROSS THE AREA ARE ENCOURAGED TO SEND IN ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES... AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN MIDLAND CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT /LOWER CASE/ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 7:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Brewster | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 8:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Scurry | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 11:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Scurry | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 12:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Winkler | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 12:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Midland | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 1:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ector | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 2:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Borden | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 2:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Pecos | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 2:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Scurry | 6 hr |
| Aug 14, 2:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 2:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Crane | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 3:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 4 hr |
| Aug 14, 4:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Terrell | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 4:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Reagan | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 6:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Loving | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 6:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Reeves | 3 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.