Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 30, 2007, 8:18 PM 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
- Aug 30, 2007, 8:18 PM CDT (01:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2007, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
- Flood severity
- None
County Ector County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:18 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 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 42 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
- 176 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1827 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 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 310126
FFWMAF
TXC135-310415-
/X.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0004.070831T0118Z-070831T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
818 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WESTERN ECTOR COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
* AT 812 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS
DETECTED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL ACROSS WESTERN ECTOR COUNTY. AT 818 PM CDT...
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES
ALONG FARM TO MARKET ROAD 866 AND ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 302
WEST OF NOTREES. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE TO THE
SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL THROUGH 10 PM CDT.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEST
ODESSA...NOTREES...GOLDSMITH...STATE HIGHWAY 302 AND FARM TO
MARKET ROAD 866.
FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW
WATER CROSSINGS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE
ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.
MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE...AND MANY OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS
DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. 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.
LAT...LON 3208 10279 3207 10252 3174 10244 3166 10247
3166 10279
TIME...MOT...LOC 0118Z 180DEG 0KT 3184 10250
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS74 KMAF 310233
FFSMAF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
920 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2007
TXC135-310415-
/X.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070831T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ECTOR-
920 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR
WESTERN ECTOR COUNTY...
AT 916 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT SHOWERS ACROSS WESTERN ECTOR COUNTY. ALTHOUGH PRECIPITATION
INTENSITY CONTINUES TO DECREASE...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO POSE A FLASH FLOOD THREAT ACROSS PORTIONS
OF WESTERN ECTOR COUNTY...INCLUDING FARM TO MARKET ROADS 866...2020
AND 1601.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEST
ODESSA...NOTREES...AND GOLDSMITH
MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE... AND MANY OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS
DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. IT IS NEVER SAFE TO DRIVE ON FLOODED
ROADS. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER TO QUICKLY
CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN.
FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW
WATER CROSSINGS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE
ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.
LAT...LON 3208 10279 3207 10252 3174 10244 3166 10247
3166 10279
TIME...MOT...LOC 0220Z 180DEG 0KT 3178 10259
$$000
WGUS74 KMAF 310304
FFSMAF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
957 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2007
TXC135-310415-
/X.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070831T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ECTOR-
957 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR
WESTERN ECTOR COUNTY...
AT 930 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED ONE FOOT OF WATER
OVER THE ROADWAY AT THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTH KNOX AVENUE AND WEST
EDNA STREET IN WEST ODESSA.
AT 956 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE
HEAVY RAINFALL HAD COME TO AN END ACROSS WESTERN ECTOR COUNTY...WITH
ONLY LIGHT SHOWERS EXPECTED THROUGH 1115 PM CDT. HOWEVER...RUNOFF
FROM EARLIER VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO POSE A FLASH FLOOD
THREAT ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN ECTOR COUNTY.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEST
ODESSA...NOTREES...GOLDSMITH...FARM TO MARKET ROADS 866 AND 2020.
MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE... AND MANY OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS
DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. IT IS NEVER SAFE TO DRIVE ON FLOODED
ROADS. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER TO QUICKLY
CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN.
FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW
WATER CROSSINGS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE
ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.
LAT...LON 3208 10279 3207 10252 3174 10244 3166 10247
3166 10279
TIME...MOT...LOC 0257Z 180DEG 0KT 3178 10259
$$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.