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Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 26, 2016, 12:44 PM CDT for Upton 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 26, 2016, 12:44 PM CDT (17:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2016, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Upton County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:44 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 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 70 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
- 1058 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 974 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
856
WGUS54 KMAF 261744
FFWMAF
TXC461-262045-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0020.160626T1744Z-160626T2045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1244 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN UPTON COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 345 PM CDT
* AT 1240 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
OCCUR BECAUSE THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL
PER HOUR.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
RANKIN AND ALONG HIGHWAY 329 NORTHWEST OF RANKIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3147 10197 3139 10188 3116 10191 3114 10219
3140 10221
$$
821 follow-up statement
988
WGUS74 KMAF 261839
FFSMAF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
139 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016
TXC461-262045-
/O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0020.000000T0000Z-160626T2045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
UPTON TX-
139 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN UPTON COUNTY...
AT 136 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAINFALL WERE MOVING OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...FLASH
FLOODING IS STILL POSSIBLE ALONG PORTIONS OF STATE HIGHWAY 329 TO
THE NORTHWEST OF RANKIN...AND ON HIGHWAY 67 TO THE WEST OF
RANKIN DUE TO 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE 1230 PM CDT.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
RANKIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3147 10197 3139 10188 3116 10191 3114 10219
3140 10221
$$
67The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 7:10 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Pecos, Reeves | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 11:30 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Midland | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 12:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Ector, Midland | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 3:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Brewster | 32 min |
| Jun 26, 4:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Reagan | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 4:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Brewster | 32 min |
| Jun 26, 5:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Brewster | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 5:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 41 min |
Nearby
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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.