Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2009
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Apr 11, 2009, 7:05 PM CDT for Ector County, Midland County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 11, 2009, 7:05 PM CDT (00:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2009, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Ector County, TX, Midland County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:08 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 8:05 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Midland, TX | FLOODING ACROSS FAIRGROUNDS |
| Apr 11, 8:20 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Midland, TX | FLOODING AT 10TH ST AND FM 1936, DUNN ST |
| Apr 11, 8:56 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Midland, TX | 3 TO 6 INCHES OF WATER AT INTERSECTION OF I-20 AND TX 158 AND SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IN OTHER AREAS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 319 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
- 1592 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 231 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 571 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KMAF 120005 FFWMAF TXC135-329-120300- /O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0002.090412T0005Z-090412T0300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 705 PM CDT SAT APR 11 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... ECTOR COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... MIDLAND COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 1000 PM CDT * AT 700 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL OVER MUCH OF ECTOR AND MIDLAND COUNTIES. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 1 INCH IN 30 MINUTES CAN BE EXPECTED. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD AT 30 MPH OVER MUCH OF ECTOR AND MIDLAND COUNTIES. AN ADDITIONAL ONE INCH OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE...WHICH WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NORTH COWDEN...MIDLAND...GREENWOOD AND GARDENDALE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WHICH COULD INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA. 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. 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. && LAT...LON 3208 10278 3208 10178 3166 10179 3166 10279 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KMAF 120126 FFSMAF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 826 PM CDT SAT APR 11 2009 TXC135-329-120300- /O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090412T0300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ECTOR-MIDLAND- 826 PM CDT SAT APR 11 2009 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR MIDLAND AND ECTOR COUNTIES... AT 820 PM CDT...LOCAL ECTOR COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING IN THE WESTERN PORTION OF ODESSA AT THE INTERSECTION OF TENTH STREET AND FARM TO MARKET ROAD 1936. AT 820 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS EXTREME EASTERN ECTOR COUNTY FROM NEAR GARDENDALE SOUTH TO ODESSA AND PLEASANT FARMS. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL IMPACT MIDLAND...VALLEY VIEW...GREENWOOD. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EXPECTED WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WARFIELD... VALLEY VIEW...SPRABERRY...NOTREES...NORTH COWDEN...MISSION DORADO... MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...MIDLAND...GREENWOOD...GOLDSMITH... GARDENDALE AND COTTON FLAT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3208 10278 3208 10178 3166 10179 3166 10279 $$
000 WGUS74 KMAF 120252 FFSMAF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 952 PM CDT SAT APR 11 2009 TXC135-329-120303- /O.EXP.KMAF.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090412T0300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ECTOR-MIDLAND- 952 PM CDT SAT APR 11 2009 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1000 PM CDT FOR MIDLAND AND ECTOR COUNTIES... AT 953 PM CDT...THE FLOOD WATERS HAD RECEEDED. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3208 10278 3208 10178 3166 10179 3166 10279 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson | 62 min |
| Apr 11, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Ector, Ward, Winkler | 60 min |
| Apr 11, 7:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Dawson, Martin | 3 hr |
| Apr 11, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Midland | 32 min |
| Apr 11, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson, Glasscock, Howard, Martin, Midland and 2 more | 61 min |
| Apr 11, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Ector, Pecos, Upton, Ward | 36 min |
| Apr 11, 8:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard | 27 min |
| Apr 11, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector, Midland, Upton | 33 min |
| Apr 11, 8:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Howard, Mitchell | 46 min |
| Apr 11, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard, Martin, Midland, Mitchell, Scurry and 1 more | 61 min |
| Apr 11, 8:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 4 hr |
| Apr 11, 9:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 25 min |
| Apr 11, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reagan, Upton | 50 min |
| Apr 11, 11:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 35 min |
| Apr 12, 5:39 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | MAF | 14 hr | |
| Apr 12, 5:39 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MAF | Loving, Pecos, Ward, Winkler | 14 hr |
| Apr 12, 5:43 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | 14 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.