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Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 21, 2014, 3:09 PM CDT for Midland 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
- Jun 21, 2014, 3:09 PM CDT (20:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2014, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Midland County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 24 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
- 83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 662 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
001
WGUS54 KMAF 212009
FFWMAF
TXC329-212315-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0028.140621T2009Z-140621T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
309 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN MIDLAND COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 303 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
IN GREENWOOD. CARS WERE STALLING IN WATER EXCEEDING A DEPTH OF
ONE AND ONE HALF FEET AT HIGHWAY 307 AND FM 1090. VERY HEAVY RAIN
WAS CONTINUING TO TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREAS WITH RAINFALL ESTIMATES
EXCEEDING 2 INCHES WITH CONTINUING RAINFALL.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GREENWOOD.
THIS INCLUDES THE LOW WATER CROSSINGS AT...
CR 1140 CROSSING MIDLAND DRAW...
FM 1150 CROSSING SOUTH DRAW...
CR 1130 CROSSING MIDLAND DRAW...
CR 1150 CROSSING MIDLAND DRAW...
SH 158 /GARDEN CITY HWY/ CROSSING SOUTH DRAW...
FM 715 CROSSING SOUTH DRAW...
FM 307 CROSSING MIDLAND DRAW...
CR 120 CROSSING MIDLAND DRAW...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STREAMS AND DRAINAGES AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
MUSTANG DRAW...MONAHANS DRAW...MIDLAND DRAW AND JOHNSON DRAW.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3209 10199 3209 10178 3201 10178 3181 10206
3189 10214
$$
051 follow-up statement
357
WGUS74 KMAF 212311
FFSMAF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
611 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2014
TXC329-212320-
/O.EXP.KMAF.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-140621T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MIDLAND-
611 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 615 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
MIDLAND COUNTY...
AT 610 PM CDT...THE CONDITIONS LEADING TO THE ISSUANCE OF A FLASH
FLOOD WARNING HAD CEASED...REMOVING THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING OVER
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE. WATER MAY STILL COVER PARTS OF HIGHWAY 307 AND OTHER ROADS OVER
PARTS OF THE GREENWOOD AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ALTHOUGH THE THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT FLOODING HAS PASSED...PONDING OF
WATER WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ON SOME ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN
CAUTIOUS AND BE PREPARED TO SLOW DOWN IF WATER IS ENCOUNTERED TO
PREVENT HYDROPLANING AND LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL.
&&
LAT...LON 3209 10199 3209 10178 3201 10178 3181 10206
3189 10214
$$
05The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 12:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Reagan | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 1:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Reagan | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 2:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Midland | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 4:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Pecos | 3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.