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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 16, 2012, 5:25 PM CDT for Ector County, Midland County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 16, 2012, 5:25 PM CDT (22:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2012, 7:40 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 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), 7 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 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
- 1172 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -197 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1403 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
207
WGUS54 KMAF 162225
FFWMAF
TXC135-329-170130-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0022.120716T2225Z-120717T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
525 PM CDT MON JUL 16 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL ECTOR COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
MIDLAND COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 520 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR COTTON FLAT...OR 7 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF MIDLAND...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. RAINFALL UP TO
AN INCH AND A HALF PER HOUR IS POSSIBLE.
* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...
MIDLAND...
MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...
WARFIELD...
MISSION DORADO...
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 3173 10235 3200 10239 3208 10207 3209 10185
3178 10182
$$2 follow-up statements
619
WGUS74 KMAF 162259
FFSMAF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
559 PM CDT MON JUL 16 2012
TXC135-329-170130-
/O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120717T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ECTOR-MIDLAND-
559 PM CDT MON JUL 16 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR
MIDLAND AND EAST CENTRAL ECTOR COUNTIES...
AT 550 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WALL STREET IN DOWNTOWN
MIDLAND IS BEING BARRICADED DUE TO FLOODING.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO VALLEY
VIEW...MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...MIDLAND...GREENWOOD AND SH
349 SOUTH OF MIDLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3173 10235 3200 10239 3208 10207 3209 10185
3178 10182
$$586
WGUS74 KMAF 170040
FFSMAF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
740 PM CDT MON JUL 16 2012
TXC135-329-170048-
/O.CAN.KMAF.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120717T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ECTOR-MIDLAND-
740 PM CDT MON JUL 16 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR MIDLAND AND EAST
CENTRAL ECTOR COUNTIES...
AT 738 PM CDT...THE CONDITIONS LEADING TO THE ISSUANCE OF A FLASH
FLOOD WARNING HAVE CEASED AS RAIN HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3173 10235 3200 10239 3208 10207 3209 10185
3178 10182
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 3:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Dawson, Gaines | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 4:44 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Midland | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.