Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 10, 2012, 7:10 AM CDT for Ector County, Midland County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. 3 reports 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
- May 10, 2012, 7:10 AM CDT (12:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2012, 10:15 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), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 8:17 AM CDT | FLOOD | E Odessa, TX | HWY 80 AND COUNTY CLUB. 2 FEET OF MOVING WATER. |
| May 10, 8:32 AM CDT | FLOOD | Midland, TX | PRINCETON AND GARFIELD. WOMAN TRAPPED IN CAR. |
| May 10, 8:37 AM CDT | FLOOD | Midland, TX | SCHARBAUER AND LAMESA. FLOODING IN STREETS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 14 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
- 121 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 579 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
150 WGUS54 KMAF 101210 FFWMAF TXC135-329-101515- /O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0006.120510T1210Z-120510T1515Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 710 AM CDT THU MAY 10 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EASTERN ECTOR COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... WESTERN MIDLAND COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 1015 AM CDT * AT 705 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN THE MIDLAND AND ODESSA AREA AND RADAR INDICATES MORE STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH TO ONE INCH OF RAINFALL ARE APPROACHING. * THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... WARFIELD... COTTON FLAT... MISSION DORADO... VALLEY VIEW... MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT... MIDLAND... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY IN STORM RUNOFF. CULVERTS... DITCHES... STORM DRAINS... SWOLLEN CREEKS AND ALL OTHER AREAS WHERE RAPID WATER FLOW IS OBSERVED ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. CHILDREN CAN BE EASILY SWEPT AWAY AND DROWN IN MOMENTS. STORM RUNOFF CAN ALSO CONTAIN DANGEROUS CHEMICALS THAT MAY BE HARMFUL IF CONTACTED OR SWALLOWED. 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 3208 10264 3208 10192 3171 10192 3171 10264 $$
1 follow-up statement
419 WGUS74 KMAF 101346 FFSMAF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 846 AM CDT THU MAY 10 2012 TXC135-329-101515- /O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120510T1515Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ECTOR-MIDLAND- 846 AM CDT THU MAY 10 2012 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 AM CDT FOR WESTERN MIDLAND AND EASTERN ECTOR COUNTIES... AT 844 AM CDT...THE MEDIA HAS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING THROUGHOUT THE CITIES OF MIDLAND AND ODESSA RANGING FROM A FOOT TO TWO FEET OF WATER. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION FROM A HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH OF RAINFALL EXPECTED. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WARFIELD... VALLEY VIEW...NORTH COWDEN...MISSION DORADO...MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...MIDLAND...GOLDSMITH...GARDENDALE AND COTTON FLAT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN. DO NOT ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY IN STORM RUNOFF. CULVERTS...DITCHES...STORM DRAINS... SWOLLEN CREEKS AND ALL OTHER AREAS WHERE RAPID WATER FLOW IS OBSERVED ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. CHILDREN CAN BE EASILY SWEPT AWAY AND DROWN IN MOMENTS. STORM RUNOFF CAN ALSO CONTAIN DANGEROUS CHEMICALS THAT MAY BE HARMFUL IF CONTACTED OR SWALLOWED. && LAT...LON 3208 10264 3208 10192 3171 10192 3171 10264 $$
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, 6:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Reagan | 4 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.