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Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 25, 2012, 7:06 PM CDT for Midland County, Texas. It was in force for 75 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 25, 2012, 7:06 PM CDT (00:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2012, 8:21 PM CDT
- In force
- 75 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Midland County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 12 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
- 471 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2489 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
420 WGUS54 KMAF 260006 FFWMAF TXC329-260300- /O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0027.120826T0006Z-120826T0300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 706 PM CDT SAT AUG 25 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL MIDLAND COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 1000 PM CDT * AT 658 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR MIDLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. RADAR ESTIMATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN MIDLAND AND ALONG HIGHWAY 349 SOUTH OF MIDLAND. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED PARTICULARLY IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS OF UNDERPASSES AND CITY STREETS. * THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... VALLEY VIEW... MIDLAND... GREENWOOD... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. 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 3208 10221 3208 10185 3176 10185 3175 10222 $$
1 follow-up statement
218 WGUS74 KMAF 260121 FFSMAF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 821 PM CDT SAT AUG 25 2012 TXC329-260130- /O.CAN.KMAF.FF.W.0027.000000T0000Z-120826T0300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MIDLAND- 821 PM CDT SAT AUG 25 2012 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL MIDLAND COUNTY... AT 820 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAD WEAKENED. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED. LAT...LON 3208 10221 3208 10185 3176 10185 3175 10222 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin, Midland | 37 min |
| Aug 26, 3:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Jeff Davis | 27 min |
| Aug 26, 4:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Borden | 37 min |
| Aug 26, 4:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Winkler | 34 min |
| Aug 26, 5:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reeves | 32 min |
| Aug 26, 6:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Andrews, Martin, Midland | 114 min |
| Aug 26, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 60 min |
| Aug 26, 6:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Loving | 32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.