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Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 15, 2016Howard County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 15, 2016, 9:16 PM CDT for 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 15, 2016, 9:16 PM CDT (02:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2016, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Howard County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:18 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 86 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 2016-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1918 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -24 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1918 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2408 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.4

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The text

As transmitted.

516 
WGUS54 KMAF 160216
FFWMAF
TXC227-160515-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0019.160616T0216Z-160616T0515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
916 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND  HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
    
* AT 913 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS WESTERN HOWARD COUNTY. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
  BEGIN SHORTLY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3251 10119 3211 10119 3211 10168 3243 10166
      3251 10166

$$

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1 follow-up statement
991 
WGUS74 KMAF 160349
FFSMAF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1049 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016

TXC227-160515-
/O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160616T0515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HOWARD TX-
1049 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR
HOWARD COUNTY...

AT 1046 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA HAVE WEAKEND BUT MODERATE RAIN CONTINUES. RADAR
ESTIMATES AROUND TWO INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS PARTS OF THE WESTERN
HALF OF HOWARD COUNTY AND THERE STILL MAY BE FLOODED AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3251 10119 3211 10119 3211 10168 3243 10166
      3251 10166

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 7:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGaines24 min
Jun 15, 7:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos29 min
Jun 15, 7:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFEctor51 min
Jun 15, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Pecos, Ward46 min
Jun 15, 7:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFDawson40 min
Jun 15, 7:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFCrane, Ector24 min
Jun 15, 7:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMidland51 min
Jun 15, 7:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMartin47 min
Jun 15, 8:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFUpton23 min
Jun 15, 8:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFHoward30 min
Jun 15, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos60 min
Jun 15, 8:34 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFPecos3 hr
Jun 15, 8:41 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFMidland3 hr
Jun 15, 8:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMidland45 min
Jun 15, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward, Martin41 min
Jun 15, 8:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGlasscock23 min
Jun 15, 8:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReagan34 min
Jun 15, 9:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBrewster25 min
Jun 15, 9:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFMidland3 hr
Jun 15, 9:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMitchell22 min
Jun 15, 9:39 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFGlasscock2 hr
Jun 15, 9:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBrewster23 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.