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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 9, 2008Scurry County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Apr 9, 2008, 11:26 PM CDT for Scurry County, Texas. It was in force for 2 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
Apr 9, 2008, 11:26 PM CDT (04:26 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 2008, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Scurry County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:29 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, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 148 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 2008-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 895 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 00:00Z on 2008-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 180 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
895 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-190 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2374 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
83 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
315 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KMAF 100426
FFWMAF
TXC415-100630-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0002.080410T0426Z-080410T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1126 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT

* AT 1124 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH
  FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER SNYDER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
  MPH.

* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...
  SNYDER...

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.

LAT...LON 3292 10113 3294 10068 3254 10071 3253 10113
TIME...MOT...LOC 0426Z 234DEG 20KT 3276 10085

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS74 KMAF 100542
FFSMAF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1242 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008

TXC415-100630-
/O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080410T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SCURRY-
1242 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR
SCURRY COUNTY...

AT 1238 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS INDICATED
THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAVE LEFT THE COUNTY...
HOWEVER RUNOFF MAY CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3292 10113 3294 10068 3254 10071 3253 10113
TIME...MOT...LOC 0542Z 234DEG 20KT 3301 10044

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Howard, Martin58 min
Apr 9, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Scurry50 min
Apr 9, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Ector, Midland, Upton62 min
Apr 9, 9:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin43 min
Apr 9, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton36 min
Apr 9, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin, Midland46 min
Apr 9, 10:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos53 min
Apr 9, 10:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Reagan56 min
Apr 9, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward47 min
Apr 9, 10:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton25 min
Apr 9, 10:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden25 min
Apr 9, 10:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFHoward2 hr
Apr 9, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos33 min
Apr 9, 11:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMitchell59 min
Apr 9, 11:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReagan28 min
Apr 9, 11:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFMitchell115 min
Apr 10, 4:32 AM CDTWind AdvisoryMAFCrane, Ector, Glasscock, Loving, Midland, Pecos and 4 more14 hr
Apr 10, 5:35 AM CDTRed Flag WarningMAFAndrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 13 more16 hr
Apr 10, 2:58 PM CDTFire Weather WatchMAF14 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2008Every flash flood warning in 2008

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.