Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 10, 2012, 9:01 AM CDT for Glasscock County, Howard County, Martin 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
- May 10, 2012, 9:01 AM CDT (14:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Glasscock County, TX, Howard County, TX, Martin County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:04 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 12:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 66 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.
462 WGUS54 KMAF 101401 FFWMAF TXC173-227-317-101700- /O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0007.120510T1401Z-120510T1700Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 901 AM CDT THU MAY 10 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHERN GLASSCOCK COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... SOUTHERN HOWARD COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... SOUTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... * UNTIL NOON CDT * AT 809 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR ELBOW...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BIG SPRING...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... BIG SPRING... FAIRVIEW... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER TO QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 3238 10177 3238 10128 3200 10128 3199 10177 $$
1 follow-up statement
260 WGUS74 KMAF 101652 FFSMAF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1152 AM CDT THU MAY 10 2012 TXC173-227-317-101701- /O.EXP.KMAF.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120510T1700Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ GLASSCOCK-HOWARD-MARTIN- 1152 AM CDT THU MAY 10 2012 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN MARTIN...SOUTHERN HOWARD AND NORTHERN GLASSCOCK COUNTIES... AT 1151 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAVE WEAKENED. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...THERE STILL MAY BE SOME AREAS THAT HAVE WATER OVER THE ROADWAYS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS MAY BE ISSUED AT A LATER TIME. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ALTHOUGH THE THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT FLOODING HAS PASSED...PONDING OF WATER WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ON SOME ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN CAUTIOUS AND BE PREPARED TO SLOW DOWN IF WATER IS ENCOUNTERED TO PREVENT HYDROPLANING AND LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. && LAT...LON 3238 10177 3238 10128 3200 10128 3199 10177 $$
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, 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, 9:15 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.