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Areal Flood Advisory 21, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 14, 20134 counties in Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this areal flood advisory at Jun 14, 2013, 7:57 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 2013, 7:57 PM CDT (00:57 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2013, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Borden County, TX, Howard County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Scurry County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 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

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 352 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2013-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1149 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2013-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1149 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
539 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 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
0.2

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood advisory went out at Jun 14, 6:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 6:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 9:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF60 min
Jun 15, 12:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGaines62 min
Jun 15, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson36 min
Jun 15, 6:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFCulberson63 min
Jun 14, 10:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFChaves51 min
Jun 14, 10:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLea54 min
Jun 14, 11:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLea56 min
Jun 15, 4:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFEddy47 min
Jun 15, 5:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFEddy41 min
Jun 15, 5:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFEddy48 min
Jun 15, 5:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEddy3 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Advisories in Texas, 2013Every areal flood advisory in 2013

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.