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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
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.
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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 7:38 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 15 S Fort Stockton, TX | WATER 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 58 min |
| Jun 15, 7:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 7:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Mitchell | 30 min |
| Jun 15, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 65 min |
| Jun 15, 8:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Scurry | 30 min |
| Jun 15, 8:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Glasscock | 2 hr |
| Jun 15, 8:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Howard | 36 min |
| Jun 15, 9:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Glasscock | 26 min |
| Jun 15, 9:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 4:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Ward | 54 min |
| Jun 16, 4:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Pecos | 35 min |
| Jun 16, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 64 min |
| Jun 16, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 59 min |
| Jun 16, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Pecos | 65 min |
| Jun 16, 6:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Brewster, Pecos | 3 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.