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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 31, 2016Glasscock County, Howard County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 31, 2016, 12:11 AM CDT for Glasscock County, Howard 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 31, 2016, 12:11 AM CDT (05:11 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2016, 3:15 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Glasscock County, TX, Howard County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 60 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 00:00Z on 2016-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1489 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

999 
WGUS54 KMAF 310511
FFWMAF
TXC173-227-310815-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0011.160531T0511Z-160531T0815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1211 AM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND  HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN HOWARD COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
  NORTHWESTERN GLASSCOCK COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 315 AM CDT
    
* AT 1209 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
  A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
  UPWARDS OF 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS
  EXPECTED TO CONTINUE.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  BIG SPRING...SOUTH HAVEN...LOMAX...LEES...ELBOW...BIG SPRING COUNTRY
  CLUB AND BIG SPRING MCMAHON-WRINKLE AIRPARK.

 THIS INCLUDES  LOW WATER CROSSING LOCATION OVERTON RD CROSSING NORTH
CONCHO RIVER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3221 10143 3198 10139 3197 10177 3208 10177
      3208 10169 3219 10167

$$

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1 follow-up statement
831 
WGUS74 KMAF 310601
FFSMAF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
101 AM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016

TXC173-227-310815-
/O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160531T0815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HOWARD TX-GLASSCOCK TX-
101 AM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN HOWARD AND NORTHWESTERN GLASSCOCK COUNTIES...

AT 1258 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA.  HOWEVER...4 TO 5 INCHES FELL OVER PORTIONS OF THE
WARNED AREA...IN ADDITION TO ANOTHER INCH IN THE LAST HOUR.  
THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 
AM CDT.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BIG SPRING...SOUTH HAVEN...LOMAX...LEES...ELBOW...BIG SPRING COUNTRY CLUB
AND BIG SPRING MCMAHON-WRINKLE AIRPARK.

THIS INCLUDES LOW WATER CROSSING LOCATION OVERTON RD CROSSING NORTH
CONCHO RIVER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3221 10143 3198 10139 3197 10177 3208 10177
      3208 10169 3219 10167

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock29 min
May 30, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMitchell, Scurry63 min
May 30, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock60 min
May 30, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Jeff Davis, Presidio48 min
May 30, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster40 min
May 30, 7:53 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFScurry3 hr
May 30, 8:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMartin47 min
May 30, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Jeff Davis, Presidio61 min
May 30, 8:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFGlasscock, Midland3 hr
May 30, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin63 min
May 30, 9:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos58 min
May 30, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Midland60 min
May 30, 9:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFWard47 min
May 30, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Dawson, Martin57 min
May 30, 9:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReeves44 min
May 30, 10:11 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFAndrews, Borden, Dawson, Gaines, Martin3 hr
May 30, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Dawson, Gaines, Martin63 min
May 30, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Ector, Martin, Midland34 min
May 30, 11:02 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFAndrews, Ector, Martin, Midland3 hr
May 30, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor, Glasscock, Midland46 min
May 30, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward, Martin31 min
May 30, 11:38 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFGlasscock, Midland3 hr
May 30, 11:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor, Midland30 min
May 30, 11:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEctor, Midland3 hr
May 31, 12:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFHoward42 min
May 31, 2:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPresidio54 min
May 31, 2:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchMAFAndrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 12 more37 hr
May 31, 3:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFScurry44 min
May 31, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry49 min
May 31, 6:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFDawson60 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.