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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

July 28, 2006Brewster County, Pecos County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 28, 2006, 4:47 PM CDT for Brewster County, Pecos 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
Jul 28, 2006, 4:47 PM CDT (21:47 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 2006, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Brewster County, TX, Pecos County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 190 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:47 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 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 190 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 12:00Z on 2006-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1146 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 12:00Z on 2006-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -35 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
1146 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1021 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS54 KMAF 282148
FFWMAF
TXC043-371-290045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
447 PM CDT FRI JUL 28 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
  NORTH CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 443 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... 
  BELDING...
  U.S. HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN FORT STOCKTON AND MARATHON...
  U.S. HIGHWAY 90 BETWEEN MARATHON AND LONGFELLOW...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WHICH COULD INCREASE THE POTENTIAL
FOR FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.

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.

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.

TO REPORT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.

LAT...LON 3011 10330 3012 10276 3084 10286 3089 10313

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS74 KMAF 282330
FFSMAF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
629 PM CDT FRI JUL 28 2006

TXC043-371-290045-
PECOS-BREWSTER-
629 PM CDT FRI JUL 28 2006

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL BREWSTER AND CENTRAL PECOS COUNTIES...

AT 629 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE 
WARNED AREA.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  BELDING...
  U.S. HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN FORT STOCKTON AND MARATHON...
  AND U.S. HIGHWAY 90 BETWEEN MARATHON AND LONGFELLOW...

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. MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE. TURN AROUND... DONT 
DROWN.

LAT...LON 3011 10330 3012 10276 3084 10286 3089 10313

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 6:38 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFBrewster3 hr
Jul 28, 9:42 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFTerrell3 hr
Jul 28, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster24 min
Jul 28, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster66 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.