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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 4, 2015, 8:34 PM CDT for Gaines 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 4, 2015, 8:34 PM CDT (01:34 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2015, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Gaines County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:35 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 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 544 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1484 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
112
WGUS54 KMAF 050134
FFWMAF
TXC165-050430-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0009.150505T0134Z-150505T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
834 PM CDT MON MAY 4 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL GAINES COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
* AT 831 PM CDT...OVER FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN SEAGRAVES
OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. ALL ROADS LEADING INTO SEAGRAVES HAVE
BEEN CLOSED TO MOST TRAFFIC...THIS AREA SHOULD BE AVOIDED IF
POSSIBLE. THOUGH THE RAINS HAVE DIMINISHED AT THIS TIME FLOODING
CONTINUES IN AND AROUND SEAGRAVES AND ADDITIONAL RAIN IS POSSIBLE
WHICH WILL ONLY WORSEN THE SITUATION.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SEAGRAVES
AND 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 3279 10233 3279 10275 3295 10275 3295 10250
3295 10233
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 7:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Dawson | 35 min |
| May 4, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 31 min |
| May 4, 7:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reeves | 33 min |
| May 4, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 64 min |
| May 4, 7:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Dawson | 2 hr |
| May 4, 8:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Pecos, Reeves | 4 hr |
| May 4, 8:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Dawson | 3 hr |
| May 4, 8:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reeves | 33 min |
| May 4, 8:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Borden | 30 min |
| May 4, 8:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Borden | 3 hr |
| May 4, 8:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Loving, Reeves, Ward, Winkler | 3 hr |
| May 4, 8:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Loving | 24 min |
| May 4, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Reeves | 65 min |
| May 4, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 62 min |
| May 4, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving, Reeves, Ward, Winkler | 41 min |
| May 4, 9:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Borden | 3 hr |
| May 4, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ward | 44 min |
| May 4, 9:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Dawson | 37 min |
| May 4, 9:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Reeves, Ward | 3 hr |
| May 4, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 62 min |
| May 4, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Pecos, Ward | 60 min |
| May 4, 10:12 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Andrews, Gaines | 3 hr |
| May 4, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson, Martin | 63 min |
| May 4, 10:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Pecos | 4 hr |
| May 4, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Ward | 45 min |
| May 4, 10:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 51 min |
| May 4, 10:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Dawson | 3 hr |
| May 4, 11:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Crane | 27 min |
| May 4, 11:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Dawson, Gaines | 6 hr |
| May 4, 11:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Borden | 37 min |
| May 4, 11:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane | 46 min |
| May 5, 12:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Borden | 6 hr |
| May 5, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Ector, Midland, Upton | 45 min |
| May 5, 1:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 44 min |
| May 5, 1:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Scurry | 44 min |
| May 5, 1:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Borden, Scurry | 3 hr |
| May 5, 3:51 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Mitchell, Scurry | 3 hr |
| May 5, 4:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Gaines | 4 hr |
| May 5, 4:33 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Borden, Scurry | 3 hr |
| May 5, 5:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Gaines | 4 hr |
| May 5, 5:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Loving | 41 min |
| May 5, 6:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Dawson, Gaines | 4 hr |
| May 5, 6:29 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Andrews, Gaines, Winkler | 3 hr |
| May 5, 8:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Borden, Scurry | 116 min |
| May 5, 2:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Howard | 35 min |
| May 5, 3:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Borden, Howard | 32 min |
| May 5, 3:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Borden, Howard | 34 min |
| May 5, 3:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Scurry | 35 min |
| May 5, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 43 min |
| May 5, 4:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Mitchell | 25 min |
| May 5, 4:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Mitchell | 23 min |
| May 5, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 46 min |
| May 5, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 60 min |
| May 5, 5:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 40 min |
| May 5, 5:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Scurry | 28 min |
| May 5, 5:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Mitchell | 43 min |
| May 5, 6:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Terrell | 29 min |
| May 5, 6:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Mitchell | 36 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.