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Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 28, 2012, 7:28 AM CDT for Ector County, Midland 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, 7:28 AM CDT (12:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 28, 2012, 10:30 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), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:32 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, 8:05 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 W Midland, TX | BOTH ACCESS ROADS AT LOOP 250 WEST AND BI-20 FLOODED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 318 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
- 1643 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 464 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
035 WGUS54 KMAF 281228 FFWMAF TXC135-329-281530- /O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0032.120928T1228Z-120928T1530Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 728 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 1030 AM CDT * AT 725 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS MIDLAND AND ODESSA. IN THE PAST...THIS TYPE OF RAINFALL HAS CAUSED MAJOR FLOODING ON AREA ROADWAYS INCLUDING CARS BEING SWEPT AWAY. LOCAL AREA EMERGENCIES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR ECTOR AND MIDLAND COUNTIES. * THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... MIDLAND... ODESSA... GREENWOOD... 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 3206 10277 3207 10179 3167 10180 3166 10275 $$
2 follow-up statements
795 WGUS74 KMAF 281318 FFSMAF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 818 AM CDT FRI SEP 28 2012 TXC135-329-281530- /O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120928T1530Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ECTOR-MIDLAND- 818 AM CDT FRI SEP 28 2012 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM CDT FOR MIDLAND AND ECTOR COUNTIES... AT 814 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO MONITOR FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. NUMEROUS ROADS ARE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING AND SEVERAL CARS ARE STRANDED IN HIGH WATER IN BOTH MIDLAND AND ODESSA. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WARFIELD... VALLEY VIEW...SPRABERRY...NOTREES...NORTH COWDEN...MISSION DORADO... MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...MIDLAND...GREENWOOD...GOLDSMITH... GARDENDALE AND COTTON FLAT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN. && LAT...LON 3206 10277 3207 10179 3167 10180 3166 10275 $$
237 WGUS74 KMAF 281426 FFSMAF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 926 AM CDT FRI SEP 28 2012 TXC135-329-281530- /O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120928T1530Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ECTOR-MIDLAND- 926 AM CDT FRI SEP 28 2012 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM CDT FOR MIDLAND AND ECTOR COUNTIES... AT 918 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS ECTOR AND MIDLAND COUNTIES WITH THE LAST REPORT OF WATER RESCUES BEING AROUND NINE AM. 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... MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE... AND MANY OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. IT IS NEVER SAFE TO DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER TO QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN. 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. 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 3206 10277 3207 10179 3167 10180 3166 10275 $$
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, 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, 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.