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Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 18, 2009, 6:09 PM CDT for Ector County, Midland County, Texas. It was in force for 63 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 18, 2009, 6:09 PM CDT (23:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2009, 7:12 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- 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), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:09 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.
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 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 8 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
- 1961 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 786 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 243 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KMAF 182309
FFWMAF
TXC135-329-190115-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0034.090618T2309Z-090619T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
609 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN ECTOR COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
NORTHWESTERN MIDLAND COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 815 PM CDT
* AT 606 PM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY
HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM GOLDSMITH TO WEST ODESSA TO PLEASANT
FARMS...MOVING EAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WARFIELD...
ODESSA...NORTH COWDEN...MISSION DORADO...MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT...MIDLAND...GARDENDALE AND COTTON FLAT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS... URBAN AREAS... HIGHWAYS... STREETS AND
UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
&&
LAT...LON 3207 10229 3207 10205 3190 10200 3176 10247
3201 10258
$$
701 follow-up statement
000
WGUS74 KMAF 190012
FFSMAF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
712 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009
TXC135-329-190022-
/O.CAN.KMAF.FF.W.0034.000000T0000Z-090619T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ECTOR-MIDLAND-
712 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHWESTERN
MIDLAND AND EASTERN ECTOR COUNTIES...
AT 712 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAVE WEAKENED.
THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3207 10229 3207 10205 3190 10200 3176 10247
3201 10258
$$
70What 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 18, 1:26 PM CDT, 4 hours 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 1:26 PM CDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
126 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009
.DISCUSSION...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING IN THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS VERY CLOSE TO
WHERE INTIAL DEVELOPMENT OCCURRED YESTERDAY. INSTABILITY IS HIGH
ENOUGH WHERE SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...BUT HAVE
DECIDED NOT TO MENTION BECAUSE THEY WILL LIKELY BE MARGINAL AND
THE GREATER THREAT IS THE FLASH FLOODING CONCERN. SPC HAS
SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO OUTLOOKED IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE
WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON...BUT LEFT OUT SEVERE MENTION AS WELL SINCE
AGAIN THE GREATER THREAT WILL BE FLASH FLOODING. WATER VAPOR
SHOWS A PRONOUNCED S/W TROUGH OVER NORTHERN MEXICO MOVING NORTH
WHICH SHOULD INCREASE THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE
OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY. MODELS DISAGREE ON WHERE EXACTLY PRECIP
WILL BE LOCATED FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...BUT IT IS A GOOD BET THAT
THE AREAL COVERAGE WILL BE GOOD AND SOAKING RAINS WILL CONTINUE.
THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE FINALLY BUILDS WEST SUNDAY INTO THE
REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD SHUTTING OF THE RAIN AND ALLOWING
TEMPS TO REBOUND INTO THE MID TO UPPER 90S. MEX APPEARS TO HAVE A
GOOD HANDLE ON THE EXTENDED PERIOD AND DID NOT STRAY FROM
GUIDANCE.
&&
.HYDROLOGY...
MODELS ARE CONSISTENT IN SHOWING INCREASING SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE BEGINNING THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING INTO
SATURDAY. FORECAST PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES OF 1.5-2 INCHES ARE
WELL ABOVE NORMAL AND COMBINED WITH SOUTHERLY MID AND UPPER FLOW
FAVORABLE FOR TRAINING CELLS HAVE DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND ISSUE
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING. THE FLASH FLOOD
THREAT WILL PROBABLY CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY BUT MODELS BEGIN TO
DIVERGE ON WHERE THE RAIN WILL FALL FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY
WITH THE GFS BEING FURTHER EAST...AND THE ECMWF AND NAM BEING
FURTHER WEST. UNCERTAINTY IN WHERE THE RAIN WILL FALL PROMPTED US
TO END THE WATCH EARLY AND WILL REEVALUATE IN THE UPCOMING SHIFTS
AS TO WHEN AND WHERE...IF AT ALL...THE WATCH MAY NEED TO BE
EXTENDED.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BIG SPRING TX 70 81 72 87 / 30 30 40 20
CARLSBAD NM 67 87 68 90 / 70 60 50 40
DRYDEN TX 72 90 74 88 / 40 50 60 30
FORT STOCKTON TX 71 88 70 89 / 60 60 60 30
GUADALUPE PASS TX 64 88 63 90 / 60 50 50 40
HOBBS NM 69 86 68 91 / 70 50 60 30
MARFA TX 61 81 61 83 / 80 70 60 50
MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 71 85 70 89 / 40 40 50 20
ODESSA TX 72 85 70 89 / 50 40 50 30
WINK TX 73 91 72 94 / 80 60 60 30
&&
.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES... CENTRAL LEA COUNTY...
EDDY COUNTY PLAINS...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY...
NORTHERN LEA COUNTY...SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY.
TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES... BIG BEND AREA...
DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...
LOVING...MARFA PLATEAU...PECOS...PRESIDIO VALLEY...REEVES
COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS...VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54
CORRIDOR...WARD...WINKLER.
&&
67/10Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 12:50 PM CDT, 5 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1250 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-191800- 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- 1250 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009 /1150 AM MDT THU JUN 18 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...MAINLY FROM THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...SOUTH THROUGH THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND PRESIDIO VALLEY. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THE MAIN THREATS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY FROM THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...SOUTH THROUGH THE BIG BEND REGION. DUE TO COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE...AND THE POSSIBILITY OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PERSISTENTLY MOVING NORTHWARD OVER THE SAME AREAS... HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING WILL BE A THREAT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF A HOBBS...KERMIT...FORT STOCKTON AND BIG BEND REGION WILL BE THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO THESE HEAVY RAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO... ESPECIALLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PLAINS. THE MAIN THREAT FROM ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL... THOUGH MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL OR WINDS CANNOT BE RULED OUT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 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 18, 12:57 PM CDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1257 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009 TXZ074-080-181830- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-MARFA PLATEAU- 1257 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS AND NORTH CENTRAL PRESIDIO COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 23 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT DAVIS AT 1257 PM CDT...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER EASTERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY AND NORTHERN PRESIDIO COUNTY. BOTH OF THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH...HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH ALL OF THESE STORMS.
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 4:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 415 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009 TXZ058-067-074-075-182200- WARD-PECOS-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS- 415 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR EAST CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS... NORTHWESTERN PECOS...SOUTHERN REEVES AND WEST CENTRAL WARD COUNTIES. SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ACROSS WESTERN PECOS...SOUTHERN REEVES...AND EASTERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTIES. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 15 MPH. AS THIS THUNDERSTORM INCREASES...SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. PEOPLE IN EAST CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS...NORTHWESTERN PECOS...SOUTHERN REEVES AND WEST CENTRAL WARD COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITY OF PECOS...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. GUSTY WINDS... SMALL HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. SEEK SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 4:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 419 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009 TXZ081-182200- BIG BEND AREA- 419 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY. AN INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES EAST OF PERSIMMON GAP AT 419 PM CDT...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. AS THIS THUNDERSTORM INCREASES...SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. GUSTY WINDS... SMALL HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. SEEK SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 4:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 451 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009 NMZ034-TXZ058>060-067-068-075-182230- SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-WINKLER-LOVING-WARD-CRANE-PECOS- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS- 451 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR EAST CENTRAL REEVES...EASTERN LOVING...NORTH CENTRAL PECOS...SOUTH CENTRAL LEA...WARD...WEST CENTRAL CRANE AND WESTERN WINKLER COUNTIES. AN INTENSIFYING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF WINK TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT STOCKTON AT 451 PM CDT/351 PM MDT/...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. AS THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS INCREASES...SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. PEOPLE IN EAST CENTRAL REEVES...EASTERN LOVING...NORTH CENTRAL PECOS...SOUTH CENTRAL LEA...WARD...WEST CENTRAL CRANE AND WESTERN WINKLER COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITY OF FORT STOCKTON...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. GUSTY WINDS... SMALL HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. SEEK SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 6:02 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 602 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009 NMZ033-034-TXZ045-050-051-060>062-068-069-075-190000- CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-ANDREWS-WINKLER-ECTOR- CRANE-PECOS-MARTIN-MIDLAND-UPTON- 602 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR ANDREWS...CRANE...ECTOR... NORTHEASTERN PECOS...NORTHEASTERN WINKLER...SOUTHEASTERN LEA... SOUTHWESTERN MARTIN...UPTON...WESTERN GAINES AND WESTERN MIDLAND COUNTIES. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF HOBBS NEW MEXICO...THROUGH NOTREES TEXAS... TO 15 MILES EAST OF FORT STOCKTON TEXAS. MOVEMENT OF THIS LINE IS TO THE EAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. WIND GUST TO 55 MPH...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF MARBLES...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. OUTFLOW FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL RAISE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST... REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis, Presidio | 59 min |
| Jun 17, 11:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson, Jeff Davis | 42 min |
| Jun 18, 12:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 13 more | 49 hr |
| Jun 18, 1:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson, Jeff Davis, Reeves | 25 min |
| Jun 18, 3:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Brewster, Culberson, Jeff Davis, Pecos, Reeves | 3 hr |
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.