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Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 28, 2012, 9:42 PM CDT for Ector County, Midland County, Texas. It was in force for 3 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, 9:42 PM CDT (02:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 29, 2012, 12:45 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), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:43 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 19 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
- 88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 496 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
925 WGUS54 KMAF 290242 FFWMAF TXC135-329-290545- /O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0037.120929T0242Z-120929T0545Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 942 PM 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 1245 AM CDT * AT 937 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH INTO ECTOR AND MIDLAND COUNTIES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH PER HOUR WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING OF ROADWAYS... PARTICULARLY IN THE URBAN AREAS OF ODESSA AND MIDLAND. * 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 FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. && LAT...LON 3206 10278 3205 10181 3168 10181 3168 10278 $$
1 follow-up statement
907 WGUS74 KMAF 290405 FFSMAF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1105 PM CDT FRI SEP 28 2012 TXC135-329-290545- /O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0037.000000T0000Z-120929T0545Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ECTOR-MIDLAND- 1105 PM CDT FRI SEP 28 2012 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR MIDLAND AND ECTOR COUNTIES... AT 1056 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING TO DEVELOP INTO THE CENTRAL PERMIAN BASIN...INCLUDING MIDLAND AND ODESSA. MANY FLOOD PRONE ROADS IN AND AROUND MIDLAND AND ODESSA ARE EXPECTED TO SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING. PEOPLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA SHOULD AVOID TRAVEL. IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY... AVOID AREAS THAT ARE PRONE TO FLOOD IN HEAVY RAIN. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WARFIELD... VALLEY VIEW...SPRABERRY...NOTREES...NORTH COWDEN...MISSION DORADO... MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...MIDLAND...GREENWOOD...GOLDSMITH... GARDENDALE AND COTTON FLAT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. FOR ROAD CONDITIONS IN TEXAS...PLEASE CALL THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AT 1 800 452 9292...OR VISIT HTTP://WWW.DOT.STATE.TX.US. && LAT...LON 3206 10278 3205 10181 3168 10181 3168 10278 $$ 05
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 7:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Pecos, Reeves, Ward | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 8:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Ector, Midland | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 9:26 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MAF | Presidio | 13 hr |
| Sep 28, 9:26 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MAF | Brewster, Presidio | 13 hr |
| Sep 28, 9:26 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MAF | Brewster | 13 hr |
| Sep 28, 10:22 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MAF | Presidio | 12 hr |
| Sep 28, 10:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Crane, Pecos, Reeves, Ward, Winkler | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 11:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Pecos | 3 hr |
| Sep 29, 12:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Crane, Ector, Midland, Reeves, Ward, Winkler | 4 hr |
| Sep 29, 1:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 4 hr |
| Sep 29, 2:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Pecos | 3 hr |
| Sep 29, 4:24 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Crane, Ector, Glasscock, Midland | 4 hr |
| Sep 29, 5:35 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Howard, Mitchell | 4 hr |
| Sep 29, 5:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Pecos | 4 hr |
Nearby
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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.