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Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 12, 2016Glasscock County, Howard County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 12, 2016, 5:31 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: Jun 12, 2016, 5:31 AM CDT (10:31 UTC)
Expired: Jun 12, 2016, 8:30 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), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:31 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 80 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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.

090 
WGUS54 KMAF 121031
FFWMAF
TXC173-227-121330-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0017.160612T1031Z-160612T1330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
531 AM CDT SUN JUN 12 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND  HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 830 AM CDT
    
* AT 528 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAIN CONTINUING IN THE
  WARNING AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. LOMAX HAS
  ALREADY RECEIVED 3.37 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE MIDNIGHT.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  BIG SPRING...GARDEN CITY...COAHOMA...SOUTH HAVEN...SAND SPRINGS...
  MIDWAY...LOMAX...BIG SPRING COUNTRY CLUB...FAIRVIEW...LEES...ELBOW...BIG
  SPRING MCMAHON-WRINKLE AIRPARK AND FORSAN.

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.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3212 10124 3209 10126 3183 10130 3177 10171
      3238 10166 3247 10121

$$

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1 follow-up statement

946 
WGUS74 KMAF 121157
FFSMAF

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

TXC173-227-121330-
/O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160612T1330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HOWARD TX-GLASSCOCK TX-
657 AM CDT SUN JUN 12 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM CDT FOR
HOWARD AND NORTHERN GLASSCOCK COUNTIES...

AT 655 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS CLOSED ROADS IN
THE BIG SPRING AREA AS FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BIG SPRING...GARDEN CITY...COAHOMA...SOUTH HAVEN...SAND SPRINGS...MIDWAY...
LOMAX...BIG SPRING COUNTRY CLUB...FAIRVIEW...LEES...ELBOW...BIG SPRING
MCMAHON-WRINKLE AIRPARK AND FORSAN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3212 10124 3209 10126 3183 10130 3177 10171
      3238 10166 3247 10121

$$

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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, 1:46 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Ector, Midland	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, 5:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	37 min
Jun 12, 5:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster, Pecos	24 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2016 Every flash flood warning in 2016

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.