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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 23, 2014Scurry County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 23, 2014, 2:06 PM CDT for Scurry 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 23, 2014, 2:06 PM CDT (19:06 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 2014, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Scurry County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:08 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

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 2014-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1093 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 2014-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1093 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
696 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

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

518 
WGUS54 KMAF 231906
FFWMAF
TXC415-232200-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0002.140523T1906Z-140523T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
206 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SCURRY COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 200 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   
  A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING NEAR IRA...OR   
  8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SNYDER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. RAINFALL 
  AMOUNTS OF AN INCH OR MORE HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN SNYDER    
  WITH ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL      
  HOURS. 

* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...
  RANDALLS CORNER...
  DUNN...
  WINSTON FIELD...
  UNION IN SCURRY COUNTY...
  UNION...
  SNYDER...
  MIDWAY IN SCURRY COUNTY...
  HUDD...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3295 10115 3295 10066 3274 10067 3255 10085
      3254 10116

$$
1 follow-up statement
688 
WGUS74 KMAF 232109
FFSMAF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
409 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2014

TXC415-232200-
/O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140523T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SCURRY-
409 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2014

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR
SCURRY COUNTY...

AT 402 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 
FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA FROM EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS. THE SNYDER 
FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED 6 TO 8 INCHES OF WATER RUNNING OVER ROADS 
IN SNYDER AROUND 3:15 PM CDT THAT HAS SINCE SUBSIDED. DRAINAGE STILL 
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALIZED FLOODING AROUND SCURRY COUNTY.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WINSTON
FIELD...UNION IN SCURRY COUNTY...RANDALLS CORNER...MIDWAY IN SCURRY
COUNTY...MIDWAY...SNYDER...KNAPP...HUDD...FLUVANNA...DERMOTT...ARAH
AND UNION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 3295 10115 3295 10066 3274 10067 3255 10085
      3254 10116

$$


HUFFMAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 7:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF31 min
May 22, 7:43 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBrewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos, Reeves3 hr
May 22, 8:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF39 min
May 23, 5:29 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchMAFAndrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 13 more4 days
May 23, 12:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFJeff Davis30 min
May 23, 12:54 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFJeff Davis3 hr
May 23, 2:14 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBorden, Howard3 hr
May 23, 2:57 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFMitchell, Scurry3 hr
May 23, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFJeff Davis59 min
May 23, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFJeff Davis65 min
May 23, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Gaines55 min
May 23, 4:56 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFScurry3 hr
May 23, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos, Reeves59 min
May 23, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson58 min
May 23, 5:32 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFJeff Davis3 hr
May 23, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson61 min
May 23, 5:45 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEctor3 hr
May 23, 5:49 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBrewster, Jeff Davis3 hr
May 23, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor57 min
May 23, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson53 min
May 23, 6:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster57 min
May 23, 6:45 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFCulberson45 min

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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.