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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 31, 2016, 11:59 PM CDT for Midland County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report 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
- May 31, 2016, 11:59 PM CDT (04:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2016, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Midland County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 12:25 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Midland, TX | AN NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED 6 INCHES OF WATER RUNNING OVER MIDLAND DRIVE IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE CITY OF MIDLAND. |
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 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 12 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
- 417 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2362 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
914
WGUS54 KMAF 010459
FFWMAF
TXC329-010800-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0012.160601T0459Z-160601T0800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1159 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WESTERN MIDLAND COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 300 AM CDT
* AT 1157 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER WESTERN MIDLAND
COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF MIDLAND. UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS
ALREADY FALLEN IN PORTIONS OF THE CITY...AND AT MIDLAND
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN THE LAST HOUR. THEREFORE...FLASH FLOODING
IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MIDLAND...ODESSA...MISSION DORADO...WARFIELD...COTTON FLAT...MIDLAND
AIRPARK...MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIR AND SPACE PORT AND SKYWEST
AIRPORT.
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 3208 10196 3188 10194 3168 10208 3166 10227
3208 10228
$$
671 follow-up statement
186
WGUS74 KMAF 010529
FFSMAF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1229 AM CDT WED JUN 1 2016
TXC329-010800-
/O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0012.000000T0000Z-160601T0800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MIDLAND TX-
1229 AM CDT WED JUN 1 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR
WESTERN MIDLAND COUNTY...
AT 1225 AM CDT...A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE REPORTED 6
INCHES OF WATER RUNNING OVER MIDLAND DRIVE IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF
THE CITY OF MIDLAND. AT 1226 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR
INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH OVER MIDLAND. AN
ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 3 AM
CDT...THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL CONTINUE IN EFFECT.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MIDLAND...ODESSA...MISSION DORADO...WARFIELD...COTTON FLAT...MIDLAND
AIRPARK...MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIR AND SPACE PORT AND SKYWEST
AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3208 10196 3188 10194 3168 10208 3166 10227
3208 10228
$$
67The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 44 min |
| May 31, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson, Martin | 38 min |
| May 31, 7:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reeves | 45 min |
| May 31, 7:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Gaines | 44 min |
| May 31, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 27 min |
| May 31, 7:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Howard | 46 min |
| May 31, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews | 51 min |
| May 31, 8:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reeves | 43 min |
| May 31, 8:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reeves | 43 min |
| May 31, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Ector | 45 min |
| May 31, 9:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Ward | 41 min |
| May 31, 9:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 38 min |
| May 31, 9:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Ward | 49 min |
| May 31, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 46 min |
| May 31, 10:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Andrews, Ector | 3 hr |
| May 31, 11:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Midland | 39 min |
| May 31, 11:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Andrews, Martin, Midland | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:17 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Reagan | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Jeff Davis | 59 min |
| Jun 1, 1:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Jeff Davis | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Culberson | 2 hr |
| Jun 1, 2:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis | 54 min |
| Jun 1, 2:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Culberson | 52 min |
| Jun 1, 2:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Mitchell | 38 min |
| Jun 1, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Jeff Davis | 31 min |
| Jun 1, 3:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Brewster, Jeff Davis | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 3:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Scurry | 59 min |
| Jun 1, 3:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Brewster | 65 min |
| Jun 1, 3:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Jeff Davis | 46 min |
| Jun 1, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 50 min |
| Jun 1, 5:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Winkler | 27 min |
| Jun 1, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 57 min |
| Jun 1, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 53 min |
| Jun 1, 5:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Brewster | 47 min |
| Jun 1, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 46 min |
| Jun 1, 6:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Jeff Davis | 61 min |
| Jun 1, 6:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reeves | 63 min |
| Jun 1, 6:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 42 min | |
| Jun 1, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 45 min |
| Jun 1, 6:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Jeff Davis | 56 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.