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Flash Flood Warning 95, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 8, 2007Loving County, Reeves County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 8, 2007, 10:26 AM CDT for Loving County, Reeves County, Texas. It took effect at May 8, 2007, 10:31 AM CDT. 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
May 8, 2007, 10:26 AM CDT (15:26 UTC)
In effect from
May 8, 2007, 10:31 AM CDT
Expired
May 8, 2007, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Loving County, TX, Reeves County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:26 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 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 2007-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 453 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2007-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 138 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS54 KMAF 081531
FFWMAF
TXC301-389-081930-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1026 AM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 230 PM CDT

* AT 1022 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE 
  WATCHING A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY 
  HEAVY RAINFALL.  THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 17 MILES NORTH OF MENTONE TO 26 MILES NORTHWEST 
  OF FORT DAVIS AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...
  MENTONE...
  TOYAH...
  INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN KENT AND PECOS...

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

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 3200 10400 3151 10404 3111 10409 3078 10358
      3135 10305 3143 10349 3162 10353 3167 10367
      3167 10336 3198 10334

$$


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2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS74 KMAF 081636
FFSMAF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1134 AM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007

TXC301-389-081930-
LOVING-REEVES-
1134 AM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR
REEVES AND LOVING COUNTIES...

AT 1131 AM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN 
PECOS WITH WATER RUNNING IN THE BAR DITCHES.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 
11 MILES EAST OF MENTONE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING 
LOCATIONS...
PECOS...
BALMORHEA...
EASTERN LOVING COUNTY...
AND RURAL REEVES 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.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

LAT...LON 3200 10400 3151 10404 3111 10409 3078 10358
      3135 10305 3143 10349 3162 10353 3167 10367
      3167 10336 3198 10334

$$
000 
WGUS74 KMAF 081935
FFSMAF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
235 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007

TXC301-389-081945-
LOVING-REEVES-
235 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR REEVES AND LOVING
COUNTIES...

AT 235 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.

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.  ADDITIONAL SHOWER
AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE LATER TODAY...WHICH MAY CAUSE
ADDITIONAL FLOODING.

LAT...LON 3200 10400 3151 10404 3111 10409 3078 10358
      3135 10305 3143 10349 3162 10353 3167 10367
      3167 10336 3198 10334

$$


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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland32 min
May 7, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin43 min
May 8, 9:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson55 min
May 8, 9:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFJeff Davis65 min
May 8, 10:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines45 min
May 8, 10:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines63 min
May 8, 10:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFJeff Davis61 min
May 8, 10:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews64 min
May 8, 11:04 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFAndrews, Gaines6 hr
May 8, 11:26 AM CDTTornado WarningMAFGaines34 min
May 8, 11:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEctor, Midland6 hr
May 8, 11:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Dawson, Gaines, Martin55 min
May 8, 12:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves27 min
May 8, 12:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFWinkler4 hr
May 8, 12:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFWinkler4 hr
May 8, 12:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Martin43 min
May 8, 12:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFWard3 hr
May 8, 1:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFDawson3 hr
May 8, 1:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos25 min
May 8, 1:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane62 min
May 8, 1:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor, Martin, Midland42 min
May 8, 1:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Dawson, Howard, Martin53 min
May 8, 2:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton60 min
May 8, 2:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Howard, Martin, Midland, Mitchell58 min
May 8, 2:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFDawson3 hr
May 8, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Scurry60 min
May 8, 2:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFBorden, Howard, Martin5 hr
May 8, 2:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFUpton4 hr
May 8, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPresidio55 min
May 8, 2:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReagan67 min
May 8, 2:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFJeff Davis65 min
May 8, 3:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton44 min
May 8, 3:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster67 min
May 8, 3:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFReagan4 hr
May 8, 3:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFMitchell, Scurry55 min
May 8, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReagan46 min
May 8, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster62 min
May 8, 4:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFBrewster4 hr
May 8, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster67 min
May 8, 5:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFPecos, Terrell3 hr
May 8, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster62 min
May 8, 5:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFDawson4 hr
May 8, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFJeff Davis41 min
May 8, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPresidio26 min
May 8, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster20 min

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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.