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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 25, 2014Howard County, Martin County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 25, 2014, 7:18 AM CDT for 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 25, 2014, 7:18 AM CDT (12:18 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2014, 10:15 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Howard County, TX, Martin County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:21 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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 76 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2014-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 270 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2014-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 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
270 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-140 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
674 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
197 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

026 
WGUS54 KMAF 251218
FFWMAF
TXC227-317-251515-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0013.140525T1218Z-140525T1515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
718 AM CDT SUN MAY 25 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN HOWARD COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
  EXTREME EAST CENTRAL MARTIN COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 1015 AM CDT

* AT 712 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   
  A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING NEAR BIG 
  SPRING...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN 
  INCH AND A HALF ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD
  OF TIME LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING MAINLY IN URBAN AREAS WITH POOR
  DRAINAGE.

* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...
  MIDWAY...
  MIDWAY IN HOWARD COUNTY...
  SAND SPRINGS...
  COAHOMA...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3239 10169 3239 10120 3210 10120 3210 10168

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 7:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFPecos, Terrell3 hr
May 24, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos, Terrell60 min
May 24, 8:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReagan24 min
May 24, 8:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFReagan3 hr
May 24, 8:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos33 min
May 24, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReagan59 min
May 24, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton58 min
May 24, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Pecos, Terrell63 min
May 24, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson53 min
May 24, 8:47 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFCulberson3 hr
May 24, 8:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFCrockett35 min
May 24, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Pecos, Terrell62 min
May 24, 10:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFCrockett30 min
May 24, 10:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos, Terrell52 min
May 24, 10:38 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFTerrell5 hr
May 24, 10:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF42 min
May 24, 11:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFPecos, Terrell4 hr
May 24, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos, Terrell60 min
May 24, 11:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFCrockett48 min
May 25, 12:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos, Terrell67 min
May 25, 12:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines61 min
May 25, 12:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines55 min
May 25, 1:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFTerrell57 min
May 25, 3:12 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMAFCrockett, Terrell51 hr
May 25, 4:44 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEctor, Midland3 hr
May 25, 5:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFEctor, Midland40 min
May 25, 5:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEctor3 hr
May 25, 5:37 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEctor, Midland3 hr
May 25, 7:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos33 min
May 25, 7:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos42 min
May 25, 7:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFPecos3 hr
May 25, 7:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGlasscock26 min
May 25, 7:51 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFGlasscock3 hr
May 25, 7:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Pecos46 min
May 25, 8:02 AM CDTTornado WarningMAFPecos28 min
May 25, 8:29 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEctor, Midland4 hr
May 25, 8:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos32 min
May 25, 10:01 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFReagan4 hr
May 25, 10:47 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFMartin3 hr
May 25, 10:58 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFMitchell, Scurry2 hr
May 25, 12:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos40 min
May 25, 1:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos47 min
May 25, 1:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Pecos37 min
May 25, 1:42 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFBrewster, Pecos33 min

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.