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Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 28, 2012, 5:53 AM CDT for Howard 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
- Sep 28, 2012, 5:53 AM CDT (10:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 28, 2012, 8:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Howard County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:56 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, 7:30 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Big Spring, TX | STRANDED VEHICLES ALL ACROSS BIG SPRING. |
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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 81 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.
975 WGUS54 KMAF 281053 FFWMAF TXC227-281345- /O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0029.120928T1053Z-120928T1345Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 553 AM CDT FRI SEP 28 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... HOWARD COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 845 AM CDT * AT 545 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED SHOWERS AND STORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN POTENTIALLY RESULTING FLASH FLOODING. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BIG SPRING...VINCENT... VEALMOOR...LUTHER...KNOTT...FAIRVIEW AND COAHOMA. 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. THIS AN UNUSUALLY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION...RAIN SIMILAR TO THIS IN THE PAST HAS RESULTED IN CARS BEING SWEPT AWAY AND IS SERIOUS THREAT TO LIFE. 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 3252 10168 3252 10118 3211 10120 3209 10168 $$
2 follow-up statements
788 WGUS74 KMAF 281201 FFSMAF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 701 AM CDT FRI SEP 28 2012 TXC227-281345- /O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0029.000000T0000Z-120928T1345Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ HOWARD- 701 AM CDT FRI SEP 28 2012 ...A LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOOD SITUATION IS ONGOING... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM CDT FOR HOWARD COUNTY... AT 652 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR INDICATES THAT WIDESPREAD 2 TO 3 INCHES HAS ALREADY FALLEN. REPORTS OF FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BUT IT IS SUSPECTED THAT FLOODING MAY BE WORSE. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING EVENT UNFOLDING. IN THE PAST...THIS TYPE OF RAINFALL HAS CAUSED MAJOR FLOODING ON AREA ROADWAYS INCLUDING CARS BEING SWEPT AWAY. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BIG SPRING VINCENT...VEALMOOR...LUTHER...KNOTT AND FAIRVIEW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW WATER CROSSINGS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3252 10168 3252 10118 3211 10120 3209 10168 $$
950 WGUS74 KMAF 281243 FFSMAF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 743 AM CDT FRI SEP 28 2012 TXC227-281345- /O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0029.000000T0000Z-120928T1345Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ HOWARD- 743 AM CDT FRI SEP 28 2012 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM CDT FOR HOWARD COUNTY... AT 738 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WIDESPREAD FLOODING ACROSS BIG SPRING WITH CARS STRANDED. FLOODING WAS REPORTED ON MANY ROADS IN HOWARD COUNTY WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL OCCURRING ACROSS SOUTHERN HOWARD COUNTY. ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED. THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BIG SPRING...FAIRVIEW...SOUTH HAVEN...MIDWAY...SAND SPRINGS...COAHOMA...LUTHER AND VINCENT. 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 3252 10168 3252 10118 3211 10120 3209 10168 $$
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, 4:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ector, Midland | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 5:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Borden, Dawson, Howard, Martin | 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.