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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 16, 2014Pecos County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 2014, 5:46 PM CDT for Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 16, 2014, 5:46 PM CDT (22:46 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2014, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Pecos County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:50 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 16, 7:38 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD15 S Fort Stockton, TXWATER ONE FOOT DEEP CROSSING U.S.HWY 385

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 141 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 2014-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 255 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2014-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
255 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-461 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1921 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

017 
WGUS54 KMAF 162246
FFWMAF
TXC371-170145-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0021.140616T2246Z-140617T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
546 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 541 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS NEAR FORT STOCKTON AND ALONG
  U.S. HIGHWAY 385 SOUTH OF FORT STOCKTON AND ALSO EAST OF BELDING.
  STORM WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.  ADDITIONAL REDEVELOPMENT
  OF STORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS OCCURRING SOUTHWEST OF FORT  
  STOCKTON...LEADING TO THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW
WATER CROSSINGS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE
ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.

&&

LAT...LON 3096 10291 3093 10272 3063 10285 3066 10302

$$
2 follow-up statements
313 
WGUS74 KMAF 170032
FFSMAF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
732 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

TXC371-170145-
/O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140617T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PECOS-
732 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR
CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY...

AT 724 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THAT THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PRODUCED FLASH FLOODING IN FORT STOCKTON 
AREA HAD MOVED EAST OF THE WARNED AREA.  HOWEVER...LINGERING EFFECTS 
OF EARLIER HEAVY RAINS STILL WARRANT CONTINUATION FOR THE FLASH 
FLOOD WARNING.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FORT 
STOCKTON-PECOS COUNTY AIRPORT...FORT STOCKTON...AND U.S. HIGHWAY 385 
TO 17 MILES SOUTH OF FORT STOCKTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW
WATER CROSSINGS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS STILL POSSIBLE. DO NOT 
DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.

&&

LAT...LON 3096 10291 3093 10272 3063 10285 3066 10302

$$
816 
WGUS74 KMAF 170138
FFSMAF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
838 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

TXC371-170147-
/O.EXP.KMAF.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140617T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PECOS-
838 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 845 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
PECOS COUNTY...

AT 837 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAD EXITED THE WARNED
AREA. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

HOWEVER...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY AND 
NORTH CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3096 10291 3093 10272 3063 10285 3066 10302

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock58 min
Jun 15, 7:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFGlasscock3 hr
Jun 15, 7:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMitchell30 min
Jun 15, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock65 min
Jun 15, 8:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFScurry30 min
Jun 15, 8:43 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFGlasscock2 hr
Jun 15, 8:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFHoward36 min
Jun 15, 9:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGlasscock26 min
Jun 15, 9:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFGlasscock3 hr
Jun 16, 4:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFWard54 min
Jun 16, 4:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos35 min
Jun 16, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos64 min
Jun 16, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos59 min
Jun 16, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Pecos65 min
Jun 16, 6:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFBrewster, Pecos3 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.