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Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 28, 2012, 4:45 AM CDT for Ector County, Midland County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. 3 reports 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
- Sep 28, 2012, 4:45 AM CDT (09:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 28, 2012, 7:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 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), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 6:07 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.51 | Midland International A, TX | RAINFALL SINCE 1AM THIS MORNING |
| Sep 28, 6:10 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Midland, TX | NUMEROUS WATER RESCUES IN PROGRESS ACROSS MIDLAND AND ODESSA. |
| Sep 28, 7:27 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.95 | 4 Nw Midland, TX |
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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 18 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
- 245 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 896 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
339 WGUS54 KMAF 280945 FFWMAF TXC135-329-281245- /O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0028.120928T0945Z-120928T1245Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 445 AM CDT FRI SEP 28 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... ECTOR COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... MIDLAND COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 745 AM CDT * AT 437 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED SHOWERS AND STORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO THE MIDLAND AND ODESSA AREAS AGAIN. RADAR SHOWS THAT THE SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE QUICKLY INCREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY WITH RAINFALL RATES OF AT LEAST ONE INCH AN HOUR. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEST ODESSA...WARFIELD...VALLEY VIEW...SPRABERRY...ODESSA...NOTREES... NORTH COWDEN...MISSION DORADO...MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT... MIDLAND...GREENWOOD...GOLDSMITH...GARDENDALE AND COTTON FLAT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW WATER CROSSINGS... AND LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. 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 10279 3208 10178 3166 10179 3166 10279 $$
2 follow-up statements
956 WGUS74 KMAF 281030 FFSMAF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 530 AM CDT FRI SEP 28 2012 TXC135-329-281245- /O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-120928T1245Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ECTOR-MIDLAND- 530 AM CDT FRI SEP 28 2012 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM CDT FOR MIDLAND AND ECTOR COUNTIES... AT 525 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING OCCURRING AT ANDREWS HIGHWAY AND LOOP 250 IN MIDLAND. RAINFALL RATES OF 1.5 INCHES WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING EVENT UNFOLDING. IN THE PAST...THIS TYPE OF RAINFALL HAS CAUSED MAJOR FLOODING ON AREA ROADWAYS INCLUDING CARS BEING SWEPT AWAY. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WARFIELD... VALLEY VIEW...SPRABERRY...NOTREES...NORTH COWDEN...MISSION DORADO... MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...MIDLAND...GREENWOOD...GOLDSMITH... GARDENDALE AND COTTON FLAT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW WATER CROSSINGS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN. && LAT...LON 3208 10279 3208 10178 3166 10179 3166 10279 $$ HLUCHAN
571 WGUS74 KMAF 281105 FFSMAF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 605 AM CDT FRI SEP 28 2012 TXC135-329-281245- /O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-120928T1245Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ECTOR-MIDLAND- 605 AM CDT FRI SEP 28 2012 ...A LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOOD SITUATION IS ONGOING... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM CDT FOR MIDLAND AND ECTOR COUNTIES... AT 601 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN RESULTING IN FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING OCCURRING AT ANDREWS HIGHWAY AND LOOP 250...ON A STREET...1788 AND I-20...AND ON BIG SPRING AND OHIO STREETS IN MIDLAND. RAINFALL RATES OF 1.5 INCHES WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING EVENT UNFOLDING. IN THE PAST...THIS TYPE OF RAINFALL HAS CAUSED MAJOR FLOODING ON AREA ROADWAYS INCLUDING CARS BEING SWEPT AWAY. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ODESSA WARFIELD...VALLEY VIEW...SPRABERRY...NOTREES...NORTH COWDEN...MISSION DORADO...MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT... MIDLAND...GREENWOOD...GOLDSMITH...GARDENDALE AND COTTON FLAT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 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 10279 3208 10178 3166 10179 3166 10279 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27, 7:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Midland | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 3:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Midland | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 4:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 13 more | 33 hr |
| Sep 28, 5:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Borden, Dawson, Howard, Martin | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 5:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Howard | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 7:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Martin | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 7:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 7:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ector, Midland | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 8:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Borden, Scurry | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 8:04 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Glasscock | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 9:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Howard | 4 hr |
| Sep 28, 9:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 4 hr |
| Sep 28, 10:07 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Martin | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 10:21 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Crane, Upton | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 10:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ector, Midland | 4 hr |
| Sep 28, 10:28 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 11:07 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Scurry | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 12:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Ward | 114 min |
| Sep 28, 1:37 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 7 hr |
| Sep 28, 2:03 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Pecos, Reeves, Ward | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 2:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Brewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos, Reeves | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 5:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Ector, Midland | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 6:50 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MAF | Presidio | 16 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.