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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 12, 2016, 1:46 AM CDT for Ector County, Midland County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. 5 reports 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
- Jun 12, 2016, 1:46 AM CDT (06:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2016, 4:45 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), 1 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:47 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 12, 2:23 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Odessa, TX | ODESSA FIRE RESCUE REPORTING NUMEROUS HIGH WATER RESUCUES ACROSS THE CITY |
| Jun 12, 2:25 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Odessa, TX | NUMEROUS HIGH WATER RESCUES ONGOING IN ODESSA. FLASH FLOODING REPORTED NEAR THE MALL AND ON 51ST STREET...WITH A HIGH WATER RESCUE AT NORTH DIXIE AND 42ND. |
| Jun 12, 3:40 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Midland, TX | CARS STRANDED AND ESTIMATED 2-3 FEET OF RUNNING WATER AT INTERCTION OF WADLEY AND MIDKIFF |
| Jun 12, 4:55 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Wsw Midland, TX | TWO CARS STRANDED AND ESTIMATED 3 FEET OF WATER OVER HIGHWAY 20 ACCESS ROAD |
| Jun 12, 4:55 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Wsw Midland, TX | TWO VEHICLES SUBMERGED AND ESTIMATED 3 FEET OF WATER OVER HIGHWAY 20 ACCESS ROAD |
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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 1 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
- 1261 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1889 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted.
530
WGUS54 KMAF 120646
FFWMAF
TXC135-329-120945-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0014.160612T0646Z-160612T0945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
146 AM CDT SUN JUN 12 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN MIDLAND COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
EASTERN ECTOR COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 445 AM CDT
* AT 145 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS ODESSA AND MIDLAND. UP TO ONE INCH OF
RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MIDLAND...ODESSA...WEST ODESSA...ODESSA SCHELEMEYER FIELD...MISSION
DORADO...WARFIELD...COTTON FLAT...MIDLAND AIRPARK...NORTH COWDEN...
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3208 10198 3183 10196 3170 10250 3200 10255
$$1 follow-up statement
200 WGUS74 KMAF 120708 FFSMAF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 208 AM CDT SUN JUN 12 2016 TXC135-329-120945- /O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-160612T0945Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MIDLAND TX-ECTOR TX- 208 AM CDT SUN JUN 12 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 AM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN MIDLAND AND EASTERN ECTOR COUNTIES... AT 206 AM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN IN ODESSA WITH HIGH WATER RESCUES BEING REPORTED. UP TO NEARLY TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINE. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... MIDLAND...ODESSA...WEST ODESSA...ODESSA SCHELEMEYER FIELD...MISSION DORADO...WARFIELD...COTTON FLAT...MIDLAND AIRPARK...NORTH COWDEN...MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIR AND SPACE PORT AND SKYWEST AIRPORT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3208 10198 3183 10196 3170 10250 3200 10255 $$ STROBIN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 7:11 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Dawson | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 7:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Martin | 48 min |
| Jun 11, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Dawson, Gaines, Martin | 39 min |
| Jun 11, 8:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Gaines | 38 min |
| Jun 11, 9:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Gaines | 61 min |
| Jun 11, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 67 min |
| Jun 11, 9:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Jeff Davis | 25 min |
| Jun 11, 10:07 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Gaines | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 10:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Gaines | 59 min |
| Jun 11, 11:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Martin | 50 min |
| Jun 11, 11:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Andrews | 47 min |
| Jun 11, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Martin | 61 min |
| Jun 12, 1:16 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Ector, Glasscock, Howard, Martin and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 2:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 2:39 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Mitchell | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 2:42 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Crane, Ector, Midland, Reagan, Upton | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 3:33 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Mitchell, Scurry | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 4:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ector, Midland | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 5:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 5:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Pecos | 37 min |
| Jun 12, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Pecos | 24 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.