Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2010
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 14, 2010, 6:25 PM CDT for Ector County, Midland County, Texas. It was in force for 107 min. 1 report 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
- Jun 14, 2010, 6:25 PM CDT (23:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2010, 8:12 PM CDT
- In force
- 107 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), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 6:36 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Odessa, TX | 1 STALLED VEHICLE AT GRANDVIEW AND I-20. ANOTHER STALLED VEHICLE AT PAGEWOOD AND TANGLEWOOD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 11 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
- 2913 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 733 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 8.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
724 WGUS54 KMAF 142325 FFWMAF TXC135-329-150215- /O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0021.100614T2325Z-100615T0215Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 625 PM CDT MON JUN 14 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EASTERN ECTOR COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... WESTERN MIDLAND COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 915 PM CDT * AT 617 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS EASTERN ECTOR AND WESTERN MIDLAND COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MIDLAND AND ODESSA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. THIS WILL LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING OF HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND DRAWS. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEST ODESSA...ODESSA...MIDLAND...MISSION DORADO...MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...GARDENDALE AND COTTON FLAT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WHICH COULD INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA. 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 3208 10249 3208 10189 3166 10203 3166 10264 $$
2 follow-up statements
753 WGUS74 KMAF 150017 FFSMAF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 717 PM CDT MON JUN 14 2010 TXC135-329-150215- /O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100615T0215Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ECTOR-MIDLAND- 717 PM CDT MON JUN 14 2010 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR WESTERN MIDLAND AND EASTERN ECTOR COUNTIES... AT 636 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A STALLED VEHICLE DUE TO HIGH WATER AT THE INTERSECTION OF GRANDVIEW AND INTERSTATE 20. ANOTHER STALLED VEHICLE WAS REPORTED AT THE INTERSECTION OF PAGEWOOD AND TANGLEWOOD. AT 707 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MIDLAND COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. THIS WILL LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING OF HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND DRAWS. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEST ODESSA...ODESSA...MIDLAND...MISSION DORADO...MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...GARDENDALE AND COTTON FLAT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE... AND MANY OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. IT IS NEVER SAFE TO DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER TO QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3208 10249 3208 10189 3166 10203 3166 10264 $$
866 WGUS74 KMAF 150112 FFSMAF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 812 PM CDT MON JUN 14 2010 TXC135-329-150121- /O.CAN.KMAF.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100615T0215Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ECTOR-MIDLAND- 812 PM CDT MON JUN 14 2010 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR WESTERN MIDLAND AND EASTERN ECTOR COUNTIES... AT 811 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAD EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED. 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 900 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3208 10249 3208 10189 3166 10203 3166 10264 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 60 min |
| Jun 13, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 38 min |
| Jun 13, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 59 min |
| Jun 13, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Reeves | 40 min |
| Jun 14, 11:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Dawson, Gaines, Howard, Martin and 2 more | 19 hr |
| Jun 14, 1:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 63 min |
| Jun 14, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 61 min |
| Jun 14, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson, Gaines | 60 min |
| Jun 14, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Pecos, Ward | 40 min |
| Jun 14, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 58 min |
| Jun 14, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson | 55 min |
| Jun 14, 5:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson | 49 min |
| Jun 14, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 42 min |
| Jun 14, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 46 min |
| Jun 14, 6:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Dawson | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector, Midland | 60 min |
| Jun 14, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Pecos | 56 min |
| Jun 14, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin | 50 min |
| Jun 14, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 56 min |
| Jun 14, 6:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Pecos | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 6:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Pecos | 3 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.