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Flash Flood Watch 6, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

October 13, 201316 counties in Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood watch at Oct 13, 2013, 4:55 AM CDT for 16 counties in Texas. It took effect at Oct 13, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 27 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 13, 2013, 4:55 AM CDT (09:55 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 13, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
Oct 14, 2013, 10:12 AM CDT
In force
27 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Flood severity
None

Counties Andrews County, TX, Borden County, TX, Crane County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Ector County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Howard County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Terrell County, TX, Upton County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:55 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

Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 304 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 2013-10-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1902 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 2013-10-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1902 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1352 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
3.1

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Oct 13, 4:15 AM CDT, 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 13, 4:15 AM CDT, 40 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 13, 3:14 AM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
314 AM CDT SUN OCT 13 2013

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-132000-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-
NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-
DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL-
VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-
LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-
DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU-
BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
314 AM CDT SUN OCT 13 2013 /214 AM MDT SUN OCT 13 2013/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AREAS OF RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND
MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO TODAY WITH
AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON...CONTINUING THROUGH
TONIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT FOR THE
BIG BEND AREA...STOCKTON PLATEAU...LOWER TRANS PECOS AND THE
CENTRAL AND EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN...GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM
LAMESA TO LAJITAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL BEGIN TO MOVE OUT OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS
MONDAY MORNING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 1 PM CDT
MONDAY GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM LAMESA TO LAJITAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES...
AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
MIDLAND CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT /LOWER CASE/
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 13, 7:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLoving54 min
Oct 13, 10:14 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFAndrews, Gaines3 hr
Oct 13, 11:30 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFAndrews, Borden, Dawson, Gaines, Martin60 min
Oct 13, 12:37 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBorden, Dawson3 hr
Oct 13, 1:26 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFGaines3 hr
Oct 13, 1:28 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFMartin3 hr
Oct 13, 1:34 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEctor, Midland3 hr
Oct 13, 1:54 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFAndrews3 hr
Oct 13, 1:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEctor, Midland3 hr
Oct 13, 2:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFGaines3 hr
Oct 13, 3:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFHoward3 hr
Oct 13, 3:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMidland35 min
Oct 13, 3:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEctor, Midland3 hr
Oct 13, 4:19 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFCrane, Ward3 hr
Oct 13, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Ector, Midland, Upton35 min
Oct 13, 4:42 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFDawson3 hr
Oct 13, 4:54 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFGlasscock3 hr
Oct 13, 5:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGlasscock33 min
Oct 13, 6:00 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFHoward3 hr
Oct 13, 6:05 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFCrane, Upton3 hr
Oct 13, 6:46 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEctor, Midland3 hr
Oct 13, 8:37 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFLea3 hr
Oct 13, 11:51 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEddy, Lea3 hr
Oct 13, 12:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFLea3 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.