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Flash Flood Warning 79, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 19, 2014, 10:30 AM CDT for Ward County, Winkler 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
- Sep 19, 2014, 10:30 AM CDT (15:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 19, 2014, 1:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 10:30 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 12 S Kermit, TX | WATER RUNNING ACROSS HIGHWAY 18. |
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, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 423 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 556 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
851
WGUS54 KMAF 191530
FFWMAF
TXC475-495-191830-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0079.140919T1530Z-140919T1830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1030 AM CDT FRI SEP 19 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WARD COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
WINKLER COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 130 PM CDT
* AT 1024 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE AREA. SEVERAL INCHES
OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN THIS MORNING AND ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STREAMS AND DRAINAGES AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...PECOS
RIVER AND MONUMENT DRAW.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WHICH COULD INCREASE THE POTENTIAL
FOR FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.
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 3165 10333 3200 10333 3200 10307 3209 10305
3209 10280 3165 10280 3165 10277 3130 10277
3127 10282 3134 10291 3138 10302 3136 10314
3139 10324 3143 10326 3141 10337 3143 10346
3150 10350 3162 10351 3164 10353 3165 10361
$$
RHLUCHAN2 follow-up statements
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WGUS74 KMAF 191601
FFSMAF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1101 AM CDT FRI SEP 19 2014
TXC475-495-191830-
/O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0079.000000T0000Z-140919T1830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WARD-WINKLER-
1101 AM CDT FRI SEP 19 2014
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CDT FOR
WINKLER AND WARD COUNTIES...
AT 1030 AM CDT...THE WINKLER COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED PORTIONS
OF STATE HIGHWAY 18 WAS FLOODED...ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTH OF KERMIT.
AT 1056 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE
TO HEAVY RAINFALL OVER WINKLER AND WARD COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
10 MPH.
THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...PYOTE...WICKETT...ROY HURD MEMORIAL AIRPORT...MONAHANS
AND MONAHANS SAND HILLS STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STREAMS AND DRAINAGES AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...PECOS
RIVER AND MONUMENT DRAW.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3165 10333 3200 10333 3200 10307 3209 10305
3209 10280 3165 10280 3165 10277 3130 10277
3127 10282 3134 10291 3138 10302 3136 10314
3139 10324 3143 10326 3141 10337 3143 10346
3150 10350 3162 10351 3164 10353 3165 10361
$$676
WGUS74 KMAF 191724
FFSMAF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1224 PM CDT FRI SEP 19 2014
TXC475-495-191830-
/O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0079.000000T0000Z-140919T1830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WARD-WINKLER-
1224 PM CDT FRI SEP 19 2014
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CDT FOR
WINKLER AND WARD COUNTIES...
AT 1214 PM CDT...TXDOT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER COVERING SEVERAL
ROADS ACROSS WINKLER COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES SH 115...SH 18...SH
302...FM 1232 AND FM 874. EVEN THOUGH MOST OF THE HEAVY RAIN HAS
ENDED...WATER WILL CONTINUE TO RUN OFF THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...EASTERN WINKLER COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STREAMS AND DRAINAGES AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...PECOS
RIVER AND MONUMENT 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 3165 10333 3200 10333 3200 10307 3209 10305
3209 10280 3165 10280 3165 10277 3130 10277
3127 10282 3134 10291 3138 10302 3136 10314
3139 10324 3143 10326 3141 10337 3143 10346
3150 10350 3162 10351 3164 10353 3165 10361
$$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, 3:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Culberson | 4 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, 10:48 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.