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Flash Flood Warning 89, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 7, 2007Pecos County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 7, 2007, 12:25 AM CDT for 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 7, 2007, 12:25 AM CDT (05:25 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 2007, 3:30 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Pecos County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:28 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, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 00:00Z on 2007-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2007-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3064 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
133 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 070527
FFWMAF
TXC371-070830-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1225 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 330 AM CDT

* AT 1223 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 19
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF BAKERSFIELD TO 49 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  BAKERSFIELD...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  BAKERSFIELD TO 26 MILES EAST OF MARATHON...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10
  MPH. RAINFALL RATES WERE MORE THAN AN INCH AN HOUR.

* THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING
  LOCATIONS...
  CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY...
  US HIGHWAY 285 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 442 AND 456...

MORE THAN 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS LIKELY FALLEN OVER PARTS OF THE WARNED
IN THE LAST 5 HOURS.

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.

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 3044 10238 3031 10279 3081 10278 3100 10214
      3099 10199 3094 10191 3085 10185 3071 10180
      3067 10177 3067 10214 3061 10214 3060 10237

$$

05
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS74 KMAF 070825
FFSMAF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
324 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2007

TXC371-070834-
PECOS-
324 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2007

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 330 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL
   PECOS COUNTY...

AT 324 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE HEAVY RAIN THAT PROMPTED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA AND THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING HAD SUBSIDED.

LAT...LON 3044 10238 3031 10279 3081 10278 3100 10214
      3099 10199 3094 10191 3085 10185 3071 10180
      3067 10177 3067 10214 3061 10214 3060 10237

$$

05

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 May 6, 7:57 PM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 6, 7:57 PM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
757 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007

.UPDATE...
WILL SEND AN UPDATED SET OF ZONES TO INCLUDE TORNADO WATCH NUMBER
249 WHICH WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT.  NO OTHER CHANGES ATTM.

&&

.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM MDT TUESDAY FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES...CENTRAL LEA COUNTY...EDDY COUNTY PLAINS...
     GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY...NORTHERN LEA COUNTY...
     SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY.

TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES...ANDREWS...BIG BEND AREA...BORDEN...
     CRANE...DAWSON...ECTOR...GAINES...GLASSCOCK...HOWARD...
     LOVING...MARTIN...MIDLAND...MITCHELL...PECOS...REAGAN...
     REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS...SCURRY...TERRELL...
     UPTON...WARD...WINKLER.

&&

21/67
Hazardous weather outlook, May 6, 2:28 PM CDT, 9 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
228 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-071930-
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-
228 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007 /128 PM MDT SUN MAY 6 2007/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS
THE AREA.  THE BEST CHANCE OF STORMS TONIGHT WILL BE SOUTH OF A FORT
DAVIS TO GARDEN CITY LINE.  SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE
WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND.  LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY
ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY FOR MUCH OF
THE AREA.  SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WIND.  IN ADDITION HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING WILL
ALSO BE A CONCERN AS STORMS MOVE OVER AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED HEAVY
RAIN DURING THE PAST WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN
AND LOWER TRANS PECOS.  EMERGENCY MANAGERS... AND OTHER EMERGENCY
RESPONSE PERSONNEL NEED TO MONITOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS
FOR POTENTIAL FLOOD EVENT MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReagan60 min
May 6, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos60 min
May 6, 8:30 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFReagan45 min
May 6, 9:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFPecos3 hr
May 6, 9:24 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFPecos51 min
May 6, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell64 min
May 6, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos62 min
May 6, 10:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFReagan3 hr
May 6, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos46 min
May 6, 11:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell66 min
May 6, 11:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReagan49 min
May 7, 1:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell54 min
May 7, 2:52 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFTerrell3 hr
May 7, 2:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell66 min
May 7, 3:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell61 min
May 7, 1:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell48 min
May 7, 2:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell58 min
May 7, 5:39 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.