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Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 26, 2016Upton County, Texas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2016-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1058 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 12:00Z on 2016-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -67 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
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

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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

$$

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1 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

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 7:10 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFPecos, Reeves3 hr
Jun 26, 11:30 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFMidland3 hr
Jun 26, 12:22 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEctor, Midland3 hr
Jun 26, 3:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBrewster32 min
Jun 26, 4:24 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFReagan3 hr
Jun 26, 4:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBrewster32 min
Jun 26, 5:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBrewster31 min
Jun 26, 5:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF41 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.