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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 24, 2014Pecos County, Terrell County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 24, 2014, 7:16 PM CDT for Pecos County, Terrell 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 24, 2014, 7:16 PM CDT (00:16 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2014, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Pecos County, TX, Terrell County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 167 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:18 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

Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 156 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2014-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2321 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2014-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 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
2321 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1487 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 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.

828 
WGUS54 KMAF 250016
FFWMAF
TXC371-443-250315-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0007.140525T0016Z-140525T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
716 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
  NORTHERN TERRELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 709 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM 28 MILES WEST OF TERRELL       
  COUNTY GAS PLANT...OR 24 MILES NORTH OF SANDERSON...MOVING EAST AT 
  15 MPH. RADAR INDICATES 3 INCHES OR MORE OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN     
  SOME LOCATIONS WITH THIS STORM.

* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...
  TERRELL COUNTY GAS PLANT AND SHEFFIELD...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND.

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. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN.

&&

LAT...LON 3016 10253 3058 10272 3076 10182 3070 10180
      3066 10176 3065 10170 3062 10165 3055 10164
      3052 10168 3047 10169 3045 10172 3042 10174
      3040 10169 3034 10165 3033 10173 3028 10175
      3013 10192

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
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 CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFHoward, Martin3 hr
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

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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.