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Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

March 25, 2007Loving County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Mar 25, 2007, 4:50 PM CDT for Loving County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 25, 2007, 4:50 PM CDT (21:50 UTC)
Expired
Mar 25, 2007, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Loving County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 131 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 2007-03-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1526 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2007-03-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1526 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
531 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-34 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 252153
FFWMAF
TXC301-260145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
450 PM CDT SUN MAR 25 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LOVING COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 449 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   
  SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING          
  ACROSS LOVING COUNTY.  RAINFALL RATES OF TWO TO THREE INCHES
  PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE 
  ...MENTONE
  ...HIGHWAY 302 EAST OF MENTONE

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

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

LAT...LON 3166 10360 3168 10337 3199 10335 3199 10376

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS74 KMAF 260004
FFSMAF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
700 PM CDT SUN MAR 25 2007

TXC301-260145-
LOVING-
700 PM CDT SUN MAR 25 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR
LOVING COUNTY...

AT 657 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTHWEST TEXAS.
THIS LARGE AREA OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO LOVING
COUNTY AFTER 8 PM. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IN COMBINATION
WITH RAINFALL FROM EARLIER TODAY WILL INCREASE THE FLASH FLOODING
THREAT IN LOVING COUNTY.

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.

LAT...LON 3166 10360 3168 10337 3199 10335 3199 10376

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 25, 1:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson66 min
Mar 25, 2:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchMAFAndrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 13 more20 hr
Mar 25, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFJeff Davis, Presidio60 min
Mar 25, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves61 min
Mar 25, 3:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves66 min
Mar 25, 4:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFReeves5 hr
Mar 25, 4:50 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFReeves25 min
Mar 25, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFWard50 min
Mar 25, 5:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFWard3 hr
Mar 25, 5:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFWinkler5 hr
Mar 25, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFJeff Davis55 min
Mar 25, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPresidio59 min
Mar 25, 6:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFAndrews6 hr
Mar 25, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPresidio63 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.