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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 30, 2016, 11:57 PM CDT for Ector County, Midland 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 30, 2016, 11:57 PM CDT (04:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2016, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Ector County, TX, Midland County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 11 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
- 1489 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2139 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted.
263
WGUS54 KMAF 310457
FFWMAF
TXC135-329-310800-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0010.160531T0457Z-160531T0800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1157 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WESTERN MIDLAND COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
EASTERN ECTOR COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 300 AM CDT
* AT 1156 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN
HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN PORTIONS OF MIDLAND AND ODESSA. FLASH FLOODING
IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MIDLAND...ODESSA...WEST ODESSA...MISSION DORADO...MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT...WARFIELD...COTTON FLAT...MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL...ODESSA
SCHELEMEYER FIELD...NORTH COWDEN...MIDLAND AIRPARK...PENWELL AND
SKYWEST AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3175 10198 3174 10262 3194 10262 3207 10252
3208 10199
$$
671 follow-up statement
941
WGUS74 KMAF 310533
FFSMAF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1233 AM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016
TXC135-329-310800-
/O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160531T0800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MIDLAND TX-ECTOR TX-
1233 AM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR
WESTERN MIDLAND AND EASTERN ECTOR COUNTIES...
AT 1227 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN OVER ODESSA. THUNDERSTORMS WERE DECREASING IN STRENGTH
OVER ODESSA AND MIDLAND...HOWEVER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN
OVER MUCH OF ODESSA...AND OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CITY OF
MIDLAND. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 300 AM CDT.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
NORTHERN MIDLAND...ODESSA...WEST ODESSA...MISSION DORADO...ODESSA
SCHELEMEYER FIELD...NORTH COWDEN AND MIDLAND AIRPARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3175 10198 3174 10262 3194 10262 3207 10252
3208 10199
$$
67The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 29 min |
| May 30, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell, Scurry | 63 min |
| May 30, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 60 min |
| May 30, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Jeff Davis, Presidio | 48 min |
| May 30, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 40 min |
| May 30, 7:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Scurry | 3 hr |
| May 30, 8:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Martin | 47 min |
| May 30, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Jeff Davis, Presidio | 61 min |
| May 30, 8:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Midland | 3 hr |
| May 30, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin | 63 min |
| May 30, 9:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Pecos | 58 min |
| May 30, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Midland | 60 min |
| May 30, 9:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Ward | 47 min |
| May 30, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Dawson, Martin | 57 min |
| May 30, 9:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reeves | 44 min |
| May 30, 10:11 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Dawson, Gaines, Martin | 3 hr |
| May 30, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Dawson, Gaines, Martin | 63 min |
| May 30, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Ector, Martin, Midland | 34 min |
| May 30, 11:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Andrews, Ector, Martin, Midland | 3 hr |
| May 30, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector, Glasscock, Midland | 46 min |
| May 30, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard, Martin | 31 min |
| May 30, 11:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Glasscock, Midland | 3 hr |
| May 30, 11:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector, Midland | 30 min |
| May 31, 12:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Howard | 42 min |
| May 31, 12:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard | 3 hr |
| May 31, 2:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Presidio | 54 min |
| May 31, 2:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 12 more | 37 hr |
| May 31, 3:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Scurry | 44 min |
| May 31, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 49 min |
| May 31, 6:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Dawson | 60 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.