Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 101, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 8, 2007, 1:06 PM CDT for Dawson County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 8, 2007, 1:06 PM CDT (18:06 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2007, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dawson County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:09 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2:10 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Ackerly, TX | WIDE SPREAD FLASH FLOODING |
| May 8, 2:14 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 E Lamesa, TX | 1.5 FEET OF WATER FLOWING OVER THE INTERSECTON OF PRISON ROAD ADN CR19. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 453 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -194 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 843 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 221 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KMAF 081806 FFWMAF TXC115-082100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 106 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... DAWSON COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 400 PM CDT * AT 105 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR LAMESA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... LAMESA... ARVANA... HANCOCK... KEY... 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... AND MANY OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. IT IS NEVER SAFE TO DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER TO 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 3252 10221 3253 10170 3295 10168 3295 10219 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KMAF 082058 FFSMAF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 358 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007 TXC115-082108- DAWSON- 358 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 400 PM CDT FOR DAWSON COUNTY... AT 358 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAIN THAT PROMPTED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. ALTHOUGH THE THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT FLOODING HAS PASSED...PONDING OF WATER WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ON SOME ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN CAUTIOUS AND BE PREPARED TO SLOW DOWN IF WATER IS ENCOUNTERED TO PREVENT HYDROPLANING AND LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. LAT...LON 3252 10221 3253 10170 3295 10168 3295 10219 $$ 13
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 32 min |
| May 7, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin | 43 min |
| May 8, 9:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson | 55 min |
| May 8, 9:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis | 65 min |
| May 8, 10:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 45 min |
| May 8, 10:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Loving, Reeves | 4 hr |
| May 8, 10:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 63 min |
| May 8, 10:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis | 61 min |
| May 8, 10:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews | 64 min |
| May 8, 11:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Andrews, Gaines | 6 hr |
| May 8, 11:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Gaines | 34 min |
| May 8, 11:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ector, Midland | 6 hr |
| May 8, 11:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Dawson, Gaines, Martin | 55 min |
| May 8, 12:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 27 min |
| May 8, 12:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Winkler | 4 hr |
| May 8, 12:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Winkler | 4 hr |
| May 8, 12:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Martin | 43 min |
| May 8, 12:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ward | 3 hr |
| May 8, 1:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 25 min |
| May 8, 1:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane | 62 min |
| May 8, 1:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector, Martin, Midland | 42 min |
| May 8, 1:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson, Howard, Martin | 53 min |
| May 8, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Upton | 60 min |
| May 8, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard, Martin, Midland, Mitchell | 58 min |
| May 8, 2:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Dawson | 3 hr |
| May 8, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Scurry | 60 min |
| May 8, 2:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Borden, Howard, Martin | 5 hr |
| May 8, 2:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Upton | 4 hr |
| May 8, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Presidio | 55 min |
| May 8, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reagan | 67 min |
| May 8, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis | 65 min |
| May 8, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Upton | 44 min |
| May 8, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 67 min |
| May 8, 3:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Reagan | 4 hr |
| May 8, 3:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Mitchell, Scurry | 55 min |
| May 8, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reagan | 46 min |
| May 8, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 62 min |
| May 8, 4:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Brewster | 4 hr |
| May 8, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 67 min |
| May 8, 5:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 3 hr |
| May 8, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 62 min |
| May 8, 5:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Dawson | 4 hr |
| May 8, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis | 41 min |
| May 8, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Presidio | 26 min |
| May 8, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 20 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.