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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 31, 2016Midland County, Texas

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.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 1, 12:25 AM CDTFLASH FLOODMidland, TXAN 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 417 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -18 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

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1 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

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines44 min
May 31, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson, Martin38 min
May 31, 7:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReeves45 min
May 31, 7:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGaines44 min
May 31, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines27 min
May 31, 7:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFHoward46 min
May 31, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews51 min
May 31, 8:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReeves43 min
May 31, 8:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReeves43 min
May 31, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Ector45 min
May 31, 9:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFWard41 min
May 31, 9:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor38 min
May 31, 9:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFWard49 min
May 31, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor46 min
May 31, 10:31 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFAndrews, Ector3 hr
May 31, 11:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMidland39 min
May 31, 11:29 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFAndrews, Martin, Midland3 hr
Jun 1, 1:17 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFReagan3 hr
Jun 1, 1:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFJeff Davis59 min
Jun 1, 1:52 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFJeff Davis3 hr
Jun 1, 1:54 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFCulberson2 hr
Jun 1, 2:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFJeff Davis54 min
Jun 1, 2:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFCulberson52 min
Jun 1, 2:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMitchell38 min
Jun 1, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Jeff Davis31 min
Jun 1, 3:40 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBrewster, Jeff Davis3 hr
Jun 1, 3:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFScurry59 min
Jun 1, 3:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBrewster65 min
Jun 1, 3:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFJeff Davis46 min
Jun 1, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster50 min
Jun 1, 5:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFWinkler27 min
Jun 1, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos, Terrell57 min
Jun 1, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves53 min
Jun 1, 5:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBrewster47 min
Jun 1, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell46 min
Jun 1, 6:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFJeff Davis61 min
Jun 1, 6:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReeves63 min
Jun 1, 6:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF42 min
Jun 1, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell45 min
Jun 1, 6:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFJeff Davis56 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.