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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 18, 2008, 8:17 PM CDT for Brewster County, Jeff Davis County, Texas. It was in force for 118 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 18, 2008, 8:17 PM CDT (01:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2008, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 118 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Brewster County, TX, Jeff Davis County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 223 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:17 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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 223 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
- 362 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1402 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KMAF 190117
FFWMAF
TXC043-243-190315-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0039.080819T0117Z-080819T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
817 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN BREWSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
SOUTHEASTERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
* AT 812 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED
AREA.
* THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE THE ALPINE AREA AND
MAINLY RURAL AREAS NORTHEAST OF ALPINE.
THIS AREA HAD HEAVY RAIN EARLIER TODAY AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED TO INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED
AREA.
FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW
WATER CROSSINGS IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.
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.
LAT...LON 3056 10379 3075 10359 3029 10294 2985 10344
2985 10377
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS74 KMAF 190157
FFSMAF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
857 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2008
TXC043-243-190315-
/O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-080819T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BREWSTER-JEFF DAVIS-
857 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2008
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN JEFF DAVIS AND NORTHWESTERN BREWSTER COUNTIES...
AT 849 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH INCREASED
POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE STORMS HAVE
MOVED EAST OF ALPINE...HOWEVER THE PUBLIC REPORTS SOME CREEKS AND
STREAMS ARE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. ALSO FLOODING ALONG AND NEAR HIGHWAY
67 NORTHEAST OF ALPINE IS POSSIBLE. THE STORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST
RAIN ARE BETWEEN HIGHWAY 67 AND 385 AND NEAR MARATHON.
ALSO OF CONCERN IS THE POTENTIAL FOR STORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN IN NORTH
JEFF DAVIS COUNTY TO MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO THE ALPINE AREA BY 1030 PM.
IF THIS OCCURS THE FLASH FLOODING WARNING WILL LIKELY BE EXTENDED.
MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE... AND MANY OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS
DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. IT IS NEVER SAFE TO DRIVE ON FLOODED
ROADS. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER TO QUICKLY
CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE MANY LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS
THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING
AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG
STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE
AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR
WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.
LAT...LON 3056 10379 3075 10359 3029 10294 2985 10344
2985 10377
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 8:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Brewster, Jeff Davis, Presidio | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 8:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 9:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Reeves | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Mitchell, Scurry | 46 min |
| Aug 18, 10:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Pecos | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 10:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Brewster, Jeff Davis | 110 min |
| Aug 19, 1:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 36 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.