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Flash Flood Warning 72, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 19, 2014, 3:50 AM CDT for Culberson County, Texas. It was in force for 4 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
- Sep 19, 2014, 3:50 AM CDT (08:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 19, 2014, 7:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Culberson County, TX
The radar
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 202 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 893 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
676 WGUS54 KMAF 190850 FFWMAF TXC109-191245- /O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0072.140919T0850Z-140919T1245Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 350 AM CDT FRI SEP 19 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CULBERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 745 AM CDT/645 AM MDT/ * AT 339 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN CULBERSON COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THESE STHUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES PER HOUR OVER THE DELAWARE RIVER BASIN. * THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... CENTRAL CULBERSON COUNTY... EASTERN CULBERSON COUNTY... 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. && LAT...LON 3200 10491 3200 10402 3143 10407 3142 10492 $$
1 follow-up statement
493 WGUS74 KMAF 191042 FFSMAF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 542 AM CDT FRI SEP 19 2014 TXC109-191245- /O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0072.000000T0000Z-140919T1245Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CULBERSON- 542 AM CDT FRI SEP 19 2014 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM CDT/645 AM MDT/ FOR NORTHERN CULBERSON COUNTY... AT 535 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN PARTS OF NORTHERN CULBERSON COUNTY OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK AND PINE SPRINGS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND. && LAT...LON 3199 10491 3200 10402 3144 10408 3142 10492 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 7:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Upton | 4 hr |
| Sep 18, 7:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reagan | 29 min |
| Sep 18, 7:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ward | 3 hr |
| Sep 18, 7:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Ward | 27 min |
| Sep 18, 8:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Reagan | 5 hr |
| Sep 18, 8:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 36 min | |
| Sep 18, 10:10 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Culberson | 3 hr |
| Sep 18, 10:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 4 hr |
| Sep 18, 11:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Reeves | 3 hr |
| Sep 19, 12:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Reeves | 3 hr |
| Sep 19, 4:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Loving, Reeves | 4 hr |
| Sep 19, 7:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ward, Winkler | 3 hr |
| Sep 19, 7:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Culberson | 3 hr |
| Sep 19, 8:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Crane, Ector, Pecos | 6 hr |
| Sep 19, 8:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Loving, Reeves | 4 hr |
| Sep 19, 9:06 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MAF | Loving, Reeves | 15 hr |
| Sep 19, 10:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ward, Winkler | 3 hr |
| Sep 19, 10:48 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MAF | Culberson | 6 hr |
| Sep 19, 10:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Andrews, Winkler | 3 hr |
| Sep 19, 11:29 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Midland, Upton | 3 hr |
| Sep 19, 12:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MAF | Loving, Reeves | 6 hr |
| Sep 19, 1:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MAF | Ward, Winkler | 6 hr |
| Sep 19, 2:18 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MAF | Crane, Ector | 6 hr |
| Sep 19, 5:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Culberson | 3 hr |
| Sep 19, 6:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Brewster, Pecos | 5 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.