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Flash Flood Warning 82, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

September 19, 2014Culberson County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 19, 2014, 5:18 PM CDT for Culberson 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
Sep 19, 2014, 5:18 PM CDT (22:18 UTC)
Expired
Sep 19, 2014, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Culberson County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 208 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:20 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 207 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2014-09-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 423 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2014-09-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -22 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

093 
WGUS54 KMAF 192218
FFWMAF
TXC109-200115-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0082.140919T2218Z-140920T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
518 PM CDT FRI SEP 19 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN CULBERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 510 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED   
  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS
  OPEN COUNTRY OF THE NORTHEASTERN TWO THIRDS OF CULBERSON
  COUNTY. ADDITIONAL LOCALIZED RAINFALL TOTAL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES
  PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED EARLY THIS EVENING WHICH WILL LIKELY 
  RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING.

* THE STORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... LOW WATER CROSSINGS...
NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY.
DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.

&&

LAT...LON 3155 10448 3188 10448 3199 10447 3200 10403
      3126 10410 3122 10447

$$
1 follow-up statement
405 
WGUS74 KMAF 200108
FFSMAF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
808 PM CDT FRI SEP 19 2014

TXC109-200118-
/O.EXP.KMAF.FF.W.0082.000000T0000Z-140920T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CULBERSON-
808 PM CDT FRI SEP 19 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 815 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
CULBERSON COUNTY...

AT 808 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAD EXITED THE WARNED
AREA. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ALTHOUGH THE THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT FLOODING HAS PASSED...PONDING OF
WATER AND AREAS OF HIGH WATER IN LOW WATER CROSSINGS 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.

FOR ROAD CONDITIONS IN TEXAS...PLEASE CALL THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION AT 1 800 452 9292...OR VISIT
HTTP://WWW.DOT.STATE.TX.US.

&&

LAT...LON 3155 10448 3188 10448 3199 10447 3200 10403
      3126 10410 3122 10447

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 18, 7:09 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFUpton4 hr
Sep 18, 7:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReagan29 min
Sep 18, 7:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFWard3 hr
Sep 18, 7:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFWard27 min
Sep 18, 8:00 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFReagan5 hr
Sep 18, 8:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF36 min
Sep 18, 10:10 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFCulberson3 hr
Sep 18, 10:20 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFPecos, Terrell4 hr
Sep 18, 11:24 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFReeves3 hr
Sep 19, 12:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFReeves3 hr
Sep 19, 3:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFCulberson4 hr
Sep 19, 4:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFLoving, Reeves4 hr
Sep 19, 7:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFWard, Winkler3 hr
Sep 19, 7:52 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFCulberson3 hr
Sep 19, 8:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFCrane, Ector, Pecos6 hr
Sep 19, 8:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFLoving, Reeves4 hr
Sep 19, 9:06 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMAFLoving, Reeves15 hr
Sep 19, 10:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFWard, Winkler3 hr
Sep 19, 10:48 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningMAFCulberson6 hr
Sep 19, 10:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFAndrews, Winkler3 hr
Sep 19, 11:29 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFMidland, Upton3 hr
Sep 19, 12:47 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMAFLoving, Reeves6 hr
Sep 19, 1:26 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMAFWard, Winkler6 hr
Sep 19, 2:18 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMAFCrane, Ector6 hr
Sep 19, 6:59 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBrewster, Pecos5 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2014Every flash flood warning in 2014

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.