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Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 28, 2012, 10:22 AM CDT for Ector County, Midland County, Texas. It was in force for 4 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, 10:22 AM CDT (15:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 28, 2012, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 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 15:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 11:20 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Midland, TX | MIDLAND FD REPORTS DUMP TRUCKS BEING USED TO BLOCK FLOODED INTERSECTIONS AT CUTHBERT AT A STREET...BIG SPRING AT MISSOURI...AND TX 307 AT I-20. |
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, 3.4 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.
599 WGUS54 KMAF 281522 FFWMAF TXC135-329-281915- /O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0035.120928T1522Z-120928T1915Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1022 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 215 PM CDT * AT 1015 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A THUNDERSTORM NEAR MISSION DORADO CAPABLE OF PRICING FLASH FLOODING. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. SIGNIFICANT ROAD FLOODING WAS REPORTED WITH EARLIER HEAVY RAIN WITH NUMEROUS ROADS IMPASSABLE AND HIGH WATER RESCUES. REDEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT. * THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... MISSION DORADO... GARDENDALE... ODESSA... MIDLAND... 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 10276 3207 10179 3167 10180 3167 10275 $$
2 follow-up statements
758 WGUS54 KMAF 281534 CCA FFWMAF TXC135-329-281915- /O.COR.KMAF.FF.W.0035.120928T1522Z-120928T1915Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1022 AM CDT FRI SEP 28 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... ECTOR COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... MIDLAND COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 215 PM CDT * AT 1015 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A THUNDERSTORM NEAR MISSION DORADO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. SIGNIFICANT ROAD FLOODING WAS REPORTED WITH EARLIER HEAVY RAIN WITH NUMEROUS ROADS IMPASSABLE AND HIGH WATER RESCUES. REDEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT. * THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... MISSION DORADO... GARDENDALE... ODESSA... MIDLAND... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3206 10276 3207 10179 3167 10180 3167 10275 $$
527 WGUS74 KMAF 281626 FFSMAF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1126 AM CDT FRI SEP 28 2012 TXC135-329-281915- /O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0035.000000T0000Z-120928T1915Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ECTOR-MIDLAND- 1126 AM CDT FRI SEP 28 2012 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR MIDLAND AND ECTOR COUNTIES... AT 1117 AM CDT...LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING CONTINUING IN MIDLAND WITH ROADS BLOCKED OR CLOSED AT A NUMBER OF LOCATIONS INCLUDING A STREET AT CUTHBERT... BIG SPRING AT MISSOURI... AND 307 AT I-20. ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE INTO ECTOR AND MIDLAND COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COTTON FLAT...MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...VALLEY VIEW...MIDLAND AND 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 10276 3207 10179 3167 10180 3167 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, 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, 10:28 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.