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Flash Flood Warning 72, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 31, 2006, 6:35 PM CDT for Midland County, Texas. It was in force for 4 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 31, 2006, 6:35 PM CDT (23:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 31, 2006, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 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 23:44 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 31, 7:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Midland, TX | 4 INCHES OF WATER AT THE INTERSECTION OF MIDLAND AND ILLINOIS. |
| Aug 31, 7:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Midland, TX | ROADS BARRICADED ALONG SCHARBAUER CHANNEL AND MIDLAND DRIVE AT ANETTA. |
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 55 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
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 17 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
- 503 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1035 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 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 312335 FFWMAF TXC329-010330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 635 PM CDT THU AUG 31 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MIDLAND COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 1030 PM CDT * AT 633 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER WESTERN MIDLAND COUNTY WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE COUNTY PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WARFIELD... VALLEY VIEW...SPRABERRY...MIDLAND...GREENWOOD AND COTTON FLAT EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS... URBAN AREAS... HIGHWAYS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. DO NOT ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY IN STORM RUNOFF. CULVERTS...DITCHES... STORM DRAINS... SWOLLEN CREEKS AND ALL OTHER AREAS WHERE RAPID WATER FLOW IS OBSERVED ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. CHILDREN CAN BE EASILY SWEPT AWAY AND DROWN IN MOMENTS. STORM RUNOFF CAN ALSO CONTAIN DANGEROUS CHEMICALS THAT MAY BE HARMFUL IF CONTACTED OR SWALLOWED. 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. TO REPORT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3167 10227 3168 10182 3206 10179 3207 10228 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KMAF 010044 FFSMAF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 744 PM CDT THU AUG 31 2006 TXC329-010330- MIDLAND- 744 PM CDT THU AUG 31 2006 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR MIDLAND COUNTY... LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WARFIELD...VALLEY VIEW...SPRABERRY...MIDLAND...GREENWOOD AND COTTON FLAT AT 740 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE OVER WESTERN MIDLAND COUNTY INCLUDING THE CITY OF MIDLAND AND MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE CITY OF MIDLAND WITH 3 TO 4 FEET OF WATER AT MIDLAND DRIVE AND ILLINOIS. FLOODING WAS ALSO REPORTED ON LOW WATER CROSSINGS ALONG SCHARBAUER CHANNEL AND ON MIDLAND DRIVE FROM COMANCHE STREET TO BUSINESS 20. DO NOT ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY IN STORM RUNOFF. CULVERTS...DITCHES... STORM DRAINS... SWOLLEN CREEKS AND ALL OTHER AREAS WHERE RAPID WATER FLOW IS OBSERVED ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. CHILDREN CAN BE EASILY SWEPT AWAY AND DROWN IN MOMENTS. STORM RUNOFF CAN ALSO CONTAIN DANGEROUS CHEMICALS THAT MAY BE HARMFUL IF CONTACTED OR SWALLOWED. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN. LAT...LON 3167 10227 3168 10182 3206 10179 3207 10228 $$
000 WGUS74 KMAF 010333 FFSMAF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1030 PM CDT THU AUG 31 2006 TXC329-010340- MIDLAND- 1030 PM CDT THU AUG 31 2006 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR MIDLAND COUNTY... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING IN MIDLAND HAVE DISSIPATED. SINCE THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED FOR THE NIGHT...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...PONDING OF WATER ON ROAD SURFACES ALONG WITH MINOR FLOODING OR POORLY DRAINED AREAS WILL PERSIST UNTIL EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN CAUTIOUS AND BE PREPARED TO SLOW DOWN IF WATER IS ENCOUNTERED TO PREVENT HYDROPLANING AND LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. LAT...LON 3167 10227 3168 10182 3206 10179 3207 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 31, 5:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 31, 5:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 525 PM CDT THU AUG 31 2006 .UPDATE... HAVE UPDATED THE GRIDS TO ACCOUNT FOR THE CONVECTION NOW MOVING ACROSS THE WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN. TEXT PRODUCTS GOOD TO GO...GRAPHICS AND TEXT TO FOLLOW. ALSO RECEIVED A REPORT OF A TROPICAL FUNNEL NEAR SEAGRAVES. WILL ISSUE A SPS DISCUSSING THESE PHENOMENA. && .PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 315 PM CDT THU AUG 31 2006) SHORT TERM... EARLY AFTERNOON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS PLENTIFUL SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE IN PLACE ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. A COUPLE OF SHORTWAVE IMPULSES ARE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS...AND THESE FEATURES HAVE COMBINED WITH AFTERNOON HEATING AND INSTABILITY AND THE AVAILABLE MOISTURE TO PRODUCE SCATTERED CONVECTION ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO PLAINS...THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS...AND THE ADJACENT UPPER TRANS PECOS REGION EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WILL MAINTAIN 20-30 PCT POPS TONIGHT ACROSS AREAS MAINLY WEST OF A SEMINOLE...MIDLAND...SANDERSON LINE...WITH HIGHEST CHANCES ACROSS THE ABOVE MENTIONED LOCATIONS. THINK MOST CONVECTION WILL BE ON THE WANE AFTER SUNSET...BUT KEPT OVERNIGHT POPS AS A 12 HOUR GRID FOR NOW. OTHERWISE...LOOKING FOR SIMILAR LOWS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN THE OVERALL PATTERN ANTICIPATED. MINOR EDITS WERE MADE TO OVERNIGHT DEWPOINT...WIND...AND QPF GRIDS. LONG TERM... THE MAIN CONCERN IN THE LONG TERM PORTION OF THE FORECAST WILL BE THE EXPECTED RAINFALL AND COOLER TEMPERATURES THIS WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. BEYOND EARLY NEXT WEEK...RAINFALL CHANCES APPEAR TO SLOWLY DECREASE WHILE SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST. MORNING UPPER MAPS ALONG WITH THE LATEST WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOW SHORTWAVE MID-LEVEL RIDGING IN PLACE ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. SATELLITE IMAGERY ALSO SHOWS TROPICAL MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE JOHN MOVING NORTH...AHEAD OF MODEL RH PROGS...INTO WESTERN MEXICO. A DEEP MID AND UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS ALSO NOTED OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES. THE ABOVE MENTIONED RIDGE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE FRIDAY AS THE TROUGH CURRENTLY OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES TRANSLATES EAST ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS. SURFACE ANTICYCLOGENESIS IN THE WAKE OF THE HIGH PLAINS TROUGH WILL DRIVE A COLD FRONT INTO WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF THE COLD FRONT ALONG WITH AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE FROM THE SOUTH WILL LEAD TO A GOOD CHANCE OF RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN FRIDAY NIGHT...THEN SPREADING SOUTH ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION ON SATURDAY. THE CURRENT SHORT RANGE MODELS AGREE ENOUGH TO WARRANT AN INCREASE IN POPS FOR SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AS MID AND HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE CONTINUES TO INCREASE AND LOW-LEVEL UPSLOPE FLOW ENSUES. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO BE A CONCERN GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF AVAILABLE MOISTURE AND WEAK WINDS ALOFT. WE WILL MENTION THIS IN THE UPCOMING HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. RAIN CHANCES WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE BY MONDAY. A WEST TO EAST ORIENTED MID-LEVEL THETA-E RIDGE ALONG WITH OROGRAPHIC LIFT ACROSS THE BIG BEND REGION ARGUES FOR ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IN THE MENTIONED REGION. WE HAVE OPTED TO INCREASE POPS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK ACROSS THIS AREA. AS FOR TEMPERATURES...THE ANTICIPATED CLOUD COVER AND EASTERLY SURFACE WINDS WILL ACT TO KEEP TEMPERATURES FROM RISING MUCH AND WE HAVE GENERALLY FOLLOWED THE MEX MOS GUIDANCE. && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 54/70
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 31, 5:41 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 541 PM CDT THU AUG 31 2006 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-011200- 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- 541 PM CDT THU AUG 31 2006 /441 PM MDT THU AUG 31 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING OVER THE PERMIAN BASIN AND WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS OF WEST TEXAS. OTHER MORE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS FORECAST THIS EVENING OVER THE BIG BEND AND LOWER TRANS PECOS REGIONS OF WEST TEXAS AND OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. RAINFALL RATES OVER AN INCH PER HOUR WILL RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ARROYOS...DRAWS...AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. URBAN AREAS RECEIVING HEAVY RAINFALL CAN EXPECT FLOODING OF UNDERPASSES AND OTHER POORLY DRAINED AREAS. IN ADDITION... WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND DEADLY LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED IN AND NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON FROM THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND BIG BEND REGION. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...SO FLOODING OF ARROYOS...DRAWS...AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE...AS WILL ELEVATED FLOWS ALONG THE RIO GRANDE. THE CHANCE OF RAIN WILL INCREASE ACROSS ALL AREAS FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT AFFECTS THE REGION. HEAVY RAINS WILL AGAIN BE A CONCERN...ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE LAST FEW DAYS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 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://WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 31, 5:35 PM CDT, 1 hour before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 535 PM CDT THU AUG 31 2006 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-010100- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...SNYDER...ANDREWS...STANTON... BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...VAN HORN...PECOS...MENTONE... RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...ODESSA...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY... MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN...BIG LAKE...ALPINE... FORT STOCKTON...PRESIDIO...MARFA...BIG BEND NP...MARATHON... SANDERSON...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS 535 PM CDT THU AUG 31 2006 /435 PM MDT THU AUG 31 2006/ ...TROPICAL FUNNEL CLOUDS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS RECEIVED REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS NEAR SEAGRAVES. THE AIRMASS OVER MUCH OF WEST TEXAS IS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE. AS A RESULT...TROPICAL FUNNEL CLOUDS MAY DEVELOP UNDERNEATH THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. TYPICALLY...TROPICAL FUNNELS ARE SHORT-LIVED AND RARELY LAST LONGER THAN TEN MINUTES. THEY ARE ALSO SMALL AND GROW TO PERHAPS TEN OR TWENTY YARDS IN DIAMETER. ON RARE OCCASIONS...THESE FUNNEL CLOUDS DO TOUCH THE GROUND AND BRIEFLY BECOME TORNADOES. WIND SPEEDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE GENERALLY UNDER 60 MPH...COMPARABLE TO A STRONG DUST DEVIL...AND CAN DAMAGE LIGHTWEIGHT STRUCTURES SUCH AS CARPORTS AND AWNINGS. SINCE THESE TROPICAL FUNNELS ARE BRIEF...SMALL...AND RELATIVELY WEAK...THEY ARE VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO DETECT WITH DOPPLER RADAR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR THE LATEST IN WEATHER INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 5:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Winkler | 3 hr |
| Aug 31, 5:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ector | 4 hr |
| Aug 31, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 57 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2006Every flash flood warning in 2006
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.