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Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 27, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT for Brewster County, Jeff Davis County, Presidio 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
- Jul 27, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT (17:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2012, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Brewster County, TX, Jeff Davis County, TX, Presidio County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 223 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:04 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 1:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Alpine, TX | WIDE SPREAD FLOODING THROUGH THE CITY OF ALPINE. 4.5 FEET OF RUNNING WATER ACROSS LOW-LYING CROSSINGS. |
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, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 223 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
- 244 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1144 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
808 WGUS54 KMAF 271700 FFWMAF TXC043-243-377-272000- /O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0025.120727T1700Z-120727T2000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1200 PM CDT FRI JUL 27 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN BREWSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS... SOUTHEASTERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS... NORTHEASTERN PRESIDIO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 300 PM CDT * AT 1153 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS NEAR ALPINE...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... CAMP MITRE PEAK... PAISANO PASS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STREAMS AND DRAINAGES AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...GOAT CREEK...MOSS CREEK...BARRILLA DRAW...HORSE THIEF CANYON...PAISANO CREEK...ANTELOPE DRAW...DUTCHMAN CREEK...MUSQUIZ CREEK...DUGOUT CREEK...PE A COLORADO CREEK...CIENEGA CREEK...BLACK CREEK...HORSE THIEF CREEK...BARILLOS CREEK...BURNT HOUSE CREEK...MARAVILLAS CANYON...ALAMITO CREEK...NORTH FORK CIENEGA CREEK AND SOUTH FORK CIENEGA CREEK. FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW WATER CROSSINGS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER TO QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 3045 10399 3076 10359 3038 10307 2993 10374 $$
1 follow-up statement
378 WGUS74 KMAF 271830 FFSMAF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 130 PM CDT FRI JUL 27 2012 TXC043-243-377-272000- /O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0025.000000T0000Z-120727T2000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BREWSTER-JEFF DAVIS-PRESIDIO- 130 PM CDT FRI JUL 27 2012 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN PRESIDIO...SOUTHEASTERN JEFF DAVIS AND NORTHWESTERN BREWSTER COUNTIES... AT 119 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA. ALTHOUGH RADAR INDICATES STORMS ARE DIMINISHING IN STRENGTH...ARROYOS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS...AND LOW LYING AREAS WILL REMAIN IN FLOOD FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STREAMS AND DRAINAGES AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...GOAT CREEK...MOSS CREEK...BARRILLA DRAW...HORSE THIEF CANYON...PAISANO CREEK...ANTELOPE DRAW...DUTCHMAN CREEK...MUSQUIZ CREEK...DUGOUT CREEK...PE A COLORADO CREEK...CIENEGA CREEK...BLACK CREEK...HORSE THIEF CREEK...BARILLOS CREEK...BURNT HOUSE CREEK...MARAVILLAS CANYON...ALAMITO CREEK...NORTH FORK CIENEGA CREEK AND SOUTH FORK CIENEGA CREEK. FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW WATER CROSSINGS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER TO QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 3045 10399 3076 10359 3038 10307 2993 10374 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 11:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Terrell | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 8:32 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Brewster, Jeff Davis, Presidio | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 8:49 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MAF | Presidio | 16 hr |
| Jul 27, 9:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Brewster | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2012Every flash flood warning in 2012
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.