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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 13, 2008, 10:37 PM CDT for Midland County, Texas. It was in force for 82 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
- Jun 13, 2008, 10:37 PM CDT (03:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2008, 11:59 PM CDT
- In force
- 82 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Midland County, TX
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this flash flood warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 12 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3710 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KMAF 140337 FFWMAF TXC329-140630- /O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0009.080614T0337Z-080614T0630Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1037 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MIDLAND COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 130 AM CDT * AT 1025 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED SCATTERED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MIDLAND COUNTY INCLUDING THE CITY OF MIDLAND. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WARFIELD... VALLEY VIEW...SPRABERRY...MISSION DORADO...MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...MIDLAND...GREENWOOD AND COTTON FLAT DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. 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 3207 10228 3206 10179 3168 10180 3168 10228 TIME...MOT...LOC 0335Z 180DEG 0KT 3189 10206 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KMAF 140459 FFSMAF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1159 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008 TXC329-140509- /O.CAN.KMAF.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080614T0630Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MIDLAND- 1159 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR MIDLAND COUNTY... AT 1159 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAIN THAT PROMPTED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF CAUSING FLASH FLOODING. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ALTHOUGH THE THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT FLOODING HAS PASSED...PONDING OF WATER WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ON SOME ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN CAUTIOUS AND BE PREPARED TO SLOW DOWN IF WATER IS ENCOUNTERED TO PREVENT HYDROPLANING AND LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. LAT...LON 3207 10228 3206 10179 3168 10180 3168 10228 TIME...MOT...LOC 0459Z 180DEG 0KT 3189 10206 $$
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 Jun 13, 6:09 PM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 6:09 PM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 609 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008 .AVIATION... SCATTERED CONVECTION...SOME SEVERE...DEVELOPING ALONG A DECAYING COLD FRONT FROM KBPG SOUTHWEST THROUGH KMAF TO KFST. EXPECT MVFR VISIBILITIES IN TSRA WITH DOWNBURST WIND GUSTS OVER 50 KNOTS. CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE AFTER 14/03Z WITH CONVECTION DISSIPATING AND VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILING. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN LATE TONIGHT INTO THE 15 TO 25 KNOT RANGE ACROSS KMAF AND KFST TERMINALS...THEN DECREASE A BIT AFTER DAYBREAK SATURDAY. && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 70
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 1:49 PM CDT, 8 hours 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 149 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-141900- 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- 149 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008 /1249 PM MDT FRI JUN 13 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR AREAS GENERALLY EAST OF A PRESIDIO TEXAS TO HOBBS NEW MEXICO LINE. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED... A FEW STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 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, Jun 13, 5:35 PM CDT, 5 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 535 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008 TXZ062-132300- MIDLAND- 535 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MIDLAND COUNTY. A THUNDERSTORM WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MIDLAND COUNTY NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF FARM TO MARKET ROAD 1787 AND STATE HIGHWAY 349. THE STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. PEOPLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL MIDLAND COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 5:55 PM CDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 555 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008 TXZ047-048-052-053-132330- SCURRY-BORDEN-HOWARD-MITCHELL- 555 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR EASTERN HOWARD...SOUTHEASTERN BORDEN...SOUTHWESTERN SCURRY AND WESTERN MITCHELL COUNTIES. A THUNDERSTORM WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF BIG SPRING AT 555 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 13 MILES NORTH OF BIG SPRING...OR JUST EAST OF LUTHER...AND 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BIG SPRING. PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL AND WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. SEEK SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 6:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 648 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008 TXZ069-140015- UPTON- 648 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL UPTON COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTH CENTRAL UPTON COUNTY ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 349...15 MILES NORTH OF RANKIN AT 648 PM CDT... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 6 MPH. PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL AND WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN NORTH CENTRAL UPTON COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 7:10 PM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 710 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008 TXZ063-140045- GLASSCOCK- 710 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR NORTHERN GLASSCOCK COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES EAST OF GARDEN CITY NEAR STATE HIGHWAY 158. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY OVER OPEN COUNTRY AT 710 PM CDT. BOTH STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN GLASSCOCK COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF GARDEN CITY...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. GUSTY WINDS...HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE.
Local storm report, Jun 13, 8:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
833 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0637 PM HAIL WESTBROOK 32.36N 101.01W
06/13/2008 E0.88 INCH MITCHELL TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
0640 PM HAIL 10 N WESTBROOK 32.50N 101.01W
06/13/2008 E2.75 INCH MITCHELL TX PUBLIC
0713 PM HAIL 12 SW SNYDER 32.59N 101.06W
06/13/2008 E0.88 INCH SCURRY TX FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
0740 PM TSTM WND DMG GARDEN CITY 31.87N 101.48W
06/13/2008 GLASSCOCK TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN IN GARDEN CITY. WINDS ESTIMATED AT 70-80 MPH
BY SHERRIFS DEPARTMENT.
0742 PM HAIL 5 W SNYDER 32.71N 101.00W
06/13/2008 E0.88 INCH SCURRY TX FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
0745 PM TSTM WND DMG 7 W SNYDER 32.71N 101.04W
06/13/2008 SCURRY TX FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
TELEPHONE POLE DOWNED BY HIGH WINDS
0746 PM HAIL SNYDER 32.71N 100.92W
06/13/2008 E0.88 INCH SCURRY TX FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
&&
RBARNESLocal storm report, Jun 13, 10:36 PM CDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1036 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0934 PM HAIL 10 NNW MIDLAND 32.13N 102.15W
06/13/2008 E1.00 INCH MARTIN TX TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER SIZED HAIL 10 MI N OF MIDLAND ON SH349
&&
RBARNESThe office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Scurry | 65 min |
| Jun 13, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 61 min |
| Jun 13, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 45 min |
| Jun 13, 8:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Martin, Midland | 41 min |
| Jun 13, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Ector, Midland | 64 min |
| Jun 13, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard, Martin | 47 min |
| Jun 13, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin, Midland | 65 min |
| Jun 13, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard, Martin | 21 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.