Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Apr 13, 2015, 12:10 PM CDT for Borden County, Dawson County, Gaines County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr. 2 reports 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
- Apr 13, 2015, 12:10 PM CDT (17:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2015, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Borden County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Gaines County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 12:53 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Seagraves, TX | ROAD CLOSURE DUE TO FLASH FLOODING AT HWY 385 AND SH 83. |
| Apr 13, 2:08 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 S Lamesa, TX | POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTS CARS FLOODED ON HWY 349 SOUTH OF LAMESA. ESTIMATED 1 FT OF WATER FLOWING ACROSS ROAD. |
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, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1055 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
745 WGUS54 KMAF 131710 FFWMAF TXC033-115-165-132100- /O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0003.150413T1710Z-150413T2100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1210 PM CDT MON APR 13 2015 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... DAWSON COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... EASTERN GAINES COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... BORDEN COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 400 PM CDT * AT 1201 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED STORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CAPAABLE OF FLASH FLOODING SOUTHWEST OF GAIL TO LAMESA...TO SEAGRAVES...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. OFFICIALS FROM GAINES COUNTY REPORT HIGHWAY 385 NEAR THE INTERSECTION WITH 83 ARE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. * THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... FRIENDSHIP... UNION... LAMESA... SAND... CEDAR LAKE... LOOP... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 3253 10118 3253 10256 3296 10267 3297 10149 $$
1 follow-up statement
354 WGUS74 KMAF 131917 FFSMAF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 217 PM CDT MON APR 13 2015 TXC033-115-165-132100- /O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150413T2100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DAWSON-GAINES-BORDEN- 217 PM CDT MON APR 13 2015 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR BORDEN...EASTERN GAINES AND DAWSON COUNTIES... AT 207 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS RECEIVED REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT FLOODING RESULTING IN ROAD CLOSURES IN SEAGRAVES AND ALSO MULTIPLE CARS FLOODED OUT ALONG PARTS OF HIGHWAYS 349 AND 180 AROUND LAMESA AND SOUTH OF LAMESA. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAMESA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...CEDAR LAKE...WELCH...SEAGRAVES...PUNKIN CENTER... PRIDE...MESQUITE...LOOP...HANCOCK...GRANDVIEW...GAIL...ASHMORE AND ARVANA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE... AND MANY OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. IT IS NEVER SAFE TO DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER TO QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN. && LAT...LON 3253 10118 3253 10256 3296 10267 3297 10149 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 7:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Glasscock | 65 min |
| Apr 12, 7:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reagan | 32 min |
| Apr 12, 7:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Borden | 32 min |
| Apr 12, 8:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Howard, Mitchell | 26 min |
| Apr 12, 8:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Borden | 27 min |
| Apr 13, 7:17 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Gaines | 3 hr |
| Apr 13, 10:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Dawson, Gaines | 3 hr |
| Apr 13, 10:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 10 more | 11 hr |
| Apr 13, 1:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Howard | 28 min |
| Apr 13, 2:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Howard, Mitchell | 3 hr |
| Apr 13, 3:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Mitchell | 27 min |
| Apr 13, 3:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson, Gaines, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry | 3 hr |
| Apr 13, 3:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Mitchell | 27 min |
| Apr 13, 3:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 3 hr |
| Apr 13, 4:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Crane, Reagan, Upton | 3 hr |
| Apr 13, 5:03 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Borden, Scurry | 3 hr |
| Apr 13, 5:07 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Glasscock, Midland, Reagan, Upton | 3 hr |
Nearby
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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.