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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 12, 2016Ector County, Midland County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 12, 2016, 4:51 AM CDT for Ector County, Midland County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 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, 4:51 AM CDT (09:51 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2016, 7:45 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 09:54 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 12, 4:55 AM CDTFLASH FLOOD5 Wsw Midland, TXTWO CARS STRANDED AND ESTIMATED 3 FEET OF WATER OVER HIGHWAY 20 ACCESS ROAD
Jun 12, 4:55 AM CDTFLASH FLOOD5 Wsw Midland, TXTWO 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, 9.9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1261 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 2016-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -7 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

349 
WGUS54 KMAF 120951
FFWMAF
TXC135-329-121245-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0016.160612T0951Z-160612T1245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
451 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 745 AM CDT
    
* AT 447 AM CDT...RAIN CONTINUES OVER THE WARNING AREA. BETWEEN TWO
  TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE MIDNIGHT. FLASH
  FLOODINGIS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF HIGH
  WATER RESUES AND CLOSED ROADS.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO 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...

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.

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

$$

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1 follow-up statement
227 
WGUS74 KMAF 121132
FFSMAF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
632 AM CDT SUN JUN 12 2016

TXC135-329-121245-
/O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160612T1245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MIDLAND TX-ECTOR TX-
632 AM CDT SUN JUN 12 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN MIDLAND AND EASTERN ECTOR COUNTIES...

AT 630 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED ALL LOW WATER
CROSSINGS CLOSED DUE TO FLASH FLOODING. 

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...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

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

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 7:11 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFDawson3 hr
Jun 11, 7:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMartin48 min
Jun 11, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Dawson, Gaines, Martin39 min
Jun 11, 8:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGaines38 min
Jun 11, 9:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGaines61 min
Jun 11, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines67 min
Jun 11, 9:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFJeff Davis25 min
Jun 11, 10:07 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFGaines3 hr
Jun 11, 10:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGaines59 min
Jun 11, 11:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMartin50 min
Jun 11, 11:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFAndrews47 min
Jun 11, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Martin61 min
Jun 12, 1:16 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFAndrews, Borden, Ector, Glasscock, Howard, Martin and 2 more3 hr
Jun 12, 1:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEctor, Midland3 hr
Jun 12, 2:34 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFGlasscock, Howard3 hr
Jun 12, 2:39 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFMitchell3 hr
Jun 12, 2:42 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFCrane, Ector, Midland, Reagan, Upton3 hr
Jun 12, 3:33 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFMitchell, Scurry3 hr
Jun 12, 5:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFGlasscock, Howard3 hr
Jun 12, 5:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos37 min
Jun 12, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Pecos24 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.