Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 10, 2012, 3:26 PM CDT for Mitchell County, Scurry County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. 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
- May 10, 2012, 3:26 PM CDT (20:26 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2012, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Mitchell County, TX, Scurry County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 5:14 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Snyder, TX | 28TH STREET UNDER COLLEGE AVENUE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. 20TH STREET AND AVENUE E CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. 13TH STREET AND AVENUE O CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. |
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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 121 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 579 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
062 WGUS54 KMAF 102026 FFWMAF TXC335-415-102330- /O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0011.120510T2026Z-120510T2330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 326 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MITCHELL COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... SCURRY COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 320 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A THUNDERSTORM NEAR IRA...OR 6 MILES SOUTH OF SNYDER...PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL THAT MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. RADAR INDICATES UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS CENTRAL MITCHELL COUNTY AND SOUTHERN SCURRY COUNTY. * THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... COLORADO CITY... SNYDER... RANDALLS CORNER... DERMOTT... FLUVANNA... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 3296 10117 3293 10067 3210 10069 3212 10115 $$
1 follow-up statement
678 WGUS74 KMAF 102200 FFSMAF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 500 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2012 TXC335-415-102330- /O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120510T2330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MITCHELL-SCURRY- 500 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2012 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR SCURRY AND MITCHELL COUNTIES... AT 457 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHEAST SCURRY COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF MIDWAY...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF SNYDER...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE FOR A FEW HOURS AFTER THE RAIN STOPS. THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MIDWAY...SNYDER AND HUDD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3296 10117 3293 10067 3210 10069 3212 10115 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 8:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Upton | 3 hr |
| May 10, 12:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Crane, Ector, Loving, Ward, Winkler | 3 hr |
| May 10, 1:47 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Ector | 3 hr |
| May 10, 4:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 13 more | 25 hr |
| May 10, 4:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Midland | 3 hr |
| May 10, 5:45 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Howard, Martin | 3 hr |
| May 10, 6:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Howard | 3 hr |
| May 10, 6:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 3 hr |
| May 10, 6:32 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Crane, Reagan, Upton | 3 hr |
| May 10, 6:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Reagan | 4 hr |
| May 10, 7:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ector, Midland | 3 hr |
| May 10, 8:15 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Brewster, Pecos, Terrell | 3 hr |
| May 10, 9:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard, Martin | 3 hr |
| May 10, 9:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 3 hr |
| May 10, 10:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ector, Midland | 3 hr |
| May 10, 11:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 4 hr |
| May 10, 11:51 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Scurry | 3 hr |
| May 10, 12:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Glasscock, Howard | 3 hr |
| May 10, 1:12 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Ector, Midland | 3 hr |
| May 10, 2:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Scurry | 3 hr |
| May 10, 3:07 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Borden | 3 hr |
| May 10, 3:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Howard | 3 hr |
| May 10, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Terrell | 54 min |
| May 10, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 63 min |
| May 10, 5:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Ector | 3 hr |
| May 10, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 52 min |
| May 10, 5:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Pecos, Reeves | 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.