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Flash Flood Watch 5, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood watch at May 6, 2007, 3:16 PM CDT for 19 counties in Texas; Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico. It took effect at May 7, 2007, 4:28 AM CDT. It was in force for 66 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 6, 2007, 3:16 PM CDT (20:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 7, 2007, 4:28 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 9, 2007, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Flood severity
- None
All 21 counties
Eddy County, NM, Lea County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Borden County, TX, Crane County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Ector County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Howard County, TX, Loving County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Terrell County, TX, Upton County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 10 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
- 2901 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 873 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 4.3
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 watch went out at May 6, 2:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 6, 2:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
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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
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 6, 11:18 AM CDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson | 36 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Watches in Texas, 2007Flash Flood Watches in New Mexico, 2007Every flash flood watch in 2007
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.