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Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 28, 2012, 9:49 AM CDT for Mitchell County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 28, 2012, 9:49 AM CDT (14:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 28, 2012, 1:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Mitchell County, TX
The radar
The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:51 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 327 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
- 31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 767 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
556 WGUS54 KMAF 281449 FFWMAF TXC335-281845- /O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0034.120928T1449Z-120928T1845Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 949 AM CDT FRI SEP 28 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MITCHELL COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 145 PM CDT * AT 942 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST INDICATED A A THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTH OF WESTBROOK...OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF COLORADO CITY...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED STALLED VEHICLES NEAR WESTBROOK FROM EARLIER RAIN. * THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... COLORADO CITY LORAINE... 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 3251 10117 3251 10066 3211 10069 3213 10114 $$
1 follow-up statement
818 WGUS74 KMAF 281622 FFSMAF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1122 AM CDT FRI SEP 28 2012 TXC335-281845- /O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0034.000000T0000Z-120928T1845Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MITCHELL- 1122 AM CDT FRI SEP 28 2012 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM CDT FOR MITCHELL COUNTY... AT 1117 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COLORADO CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE NOT REPORTED ANY NEW HIGH WATER RESCUES. THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLORADO CITY AND LORAINE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE... AND MANY OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. IT IS NEVER SAFE TO DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER TO QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN. && LAT...LON 3251 10117 3251 10066 3211 10069 3213 10114 $$
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, 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.