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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 10, 2012, 6:51 AM CDT for Reagan 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
- May 10, 2012, 6:51 AM CDT (11:51 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2012, 10:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Reagan County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:51 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
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2623 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
159
WGUS54 KMAF 101151
FFWMAF
TXC383-101545-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0005.120510T1151Z-120510T1545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
651 AM CDT THU MAY 10 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
REAGAN COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 1045 AM CDT
* AT 646 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE COUNTY.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TEXON...
STILES...NORTH REAGAN FIRE STATION...BIG LAKE AND BEST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WHICH COULD INCREASE THE POTENTIAL
FOR FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS... URBAN AREAS... HIGHWAYS... STREETS AND
UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
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 3147 10176 3163 10172 3164 10130 3116 10130
3114 10176
$$2 follow-up statements
991
WGUS74 KMAF 101412
FFSMAF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
912 AM CDT THU MAY 10 2012
TXC383-101545-
/O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120510T1545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
REAGAN-
912 AM CDT THU MAY 10 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM CDT FOR
REAGAN COUNTY...
AT 809 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN HAVE BEEN
REPORTED OVER THE WARNED AREA.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NORTH REAGAN
FIRE STATION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE. TURN AROUND... DONT
DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 3147 10176 3163 10172 3164 10130 3116 10130
3114 10176
$$169
WGUS74 KMAF 101545
FFSMAF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1045 AM CDT THU MAY 10 2012
TXC383-101553-
/O.EXP.KMAF.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120510T1545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
REAGAN-
1045 AM CDT THU MAY 10 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1045 AM CDT FOR REAGAN
COUNTY...
AT 1043 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAVE WEAKENED.
THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
HOWEVER...THERE STILL MAY BE SOME AREAS THAT HAVE WATER OVER THE
ROADWAYS ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE
DAY...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS MAY BE ISSUED AT A LATER TIME. A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ALTHOUGH THE THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT FLOODING HAS PASSED...PONDING OF
WATER WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ON SOME ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN
CAUTIOUS AND BE PREPARED TO SLOW DOWN IF WATER IS ENCOUNTERED TO
PREVENT HYDROPLANING AND LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL.
&&
LAT...LON 3147 10176 3163 10172 3164 10130 3116 10130
3114 10176
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 8:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Upton | 3 hr |
| May 10, 12:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Crane, Ector, Loving, Ward, Winkler | 3 hr |
| May 10, 1:47 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Ector | 3 hr |
| May 10, 4:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 13 more | 25 hr |
| May 10, 4:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Midland | 3 hr |
| May 10, 5:45 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Howard, Martin | 3 hr |
| May 10, 6:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Howard | 3 hr |
| May 10, 6:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 3 hr |
| May 10, 6:32 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Crane, Reagan, Upton | 3 hr |
| May 10, 7:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ector, Midland | 3 hr |
| May 10, 8:15 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Brewster, Pecos, Terrell | 3 hr |
| May 10, 9:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard, Martin | 3 hr |
| May 10, 9:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 3 hr |
| May 10, 10:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ector, Midland | 3 hr |
| May 10, 11:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 4 hr |
| May 10, 11:51 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Scurry | 3 hr |
| May 10, 12:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Glasscock, Howard | 3 hr |
| May 10, 1:12 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Ector, Midland | 3 hr |
| May 10, 2:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Scurry | 3 hr |
| May 10, 3:07 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Borden | 3 hr |
| May 10, 3:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Howard | 3 hr |
| May 10, 3:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Mitchell, Scurry | 3 hr |
| May 10, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Terrell | 54 min |
| May 10, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 63 min |
| May 10, 5:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Ector | 3 hr |
| May 10, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 52 min |
| May 10, 5:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Pecos, Reeves | 3 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.