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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 12, 2012, 10:27 PM CDT for Ector 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
- Jun 12, 2012, 10:27 PM CDT (03:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2012, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Ector County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 11:53 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Odessa, TX | UP TO 20 VEHICLES SUBMERGED. HIGH-WATER RESCUES IN PROGRESS. |
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 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 27 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
- 1015 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2690 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 214 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
758 WGUS54 KMAF 130327 FFWMAF TXC135-130630- /O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0016.120613T0327Z-120613T0630Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1027 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL ECTOR COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 130 AM CDT * AT 1019 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR NORTH COWDEN...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF WEST ODESSA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... ODESSA... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STREAMS AND DRAINAGES AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO... MONAHANS DRAW. 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. 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. && LAT...LON 3205 10261 3204 10229 3180 10229 3181 10261 $$
1 follow-up statement
902 WGUS74 KMAF 130414 FFSMAF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1114 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012 TXC135-130630- /O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120613T0630Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ECTOR- 1114 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL ECTOR COUNTY... AT 1109 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ODESSA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN ODESSA ON DIXIE STREET. THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ODESSA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STREAMS AND DRAINAGES AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO... MONAHANS DRAW. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR WEST TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3205 10261 3204 10229 3180 10229 3181 10261 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 61 min |
| Jun 12, 8:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Andrews, Gaines | 2 hr |
| Jun 12, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews | 67 min |
| Jun 12, 8:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Andrews | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews | 61 min |
| Jun 12, 9:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Andrews, Ector, Winkler | 115 min |
| Jun 12, 9:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Andrews, Ector | 27 min |
| Jun 12, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Ector | 60 min |
| Jun 12, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector, Midland | 57 min |
| Jun 12, 11:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Midland | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Midland, Reagan, Upton | 59 min |
| Jun 13, 12:37 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Glasscock, Midland, Reagan, Upton | 113 min |
| Jun 13, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis, Reeves | 29 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.