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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 27, 2016Pecos County, Terrell County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 27, 2016, 12:03 PM CDT for Pecos County, Terrell County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report 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 27, 2016, 12:03 PM CDT (17:03 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2016, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Pecos County, TX, Terrell County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 27, 1:15 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD15 S Sheffield, TXSIX TO TWELVE INCHES OF WATER REPORTED RUNNING OVER STATE HIGHWAY 349 AT INDEPENDENCE CREEK.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 152 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2016-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 396 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2016-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 118 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
396 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-91 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
880 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

As transmitted.

203 
WGUS54 KMAF 271703
FFWMAF
TXC371-443-272000-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0021.160627T1703Z-160627T2000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1203 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND  HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS...
  EASTERN TERRELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT
    
* AT 1200 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR OVER
  EASTERN TERRELL COUNTY AND EXTREME EAST CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY.
  SINCE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THESE AREAS SINCE 10
  AM...AND ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED...FLASH FLOODING IS
  EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  SHEFFIELD...STATE HIGHWAY 349 BETWEEN DRYDEN AND SHEFFIELD AND
  TERRELL COUNTY GAS PLANT. 

THIS INCLUDES THE LOW WATER CROSSING ON STATE HIGHWAY 349 AT
INDEPENDENCE CREEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3047 10169 3046 10170 3047 10173 3044 10172
      3042 10174 3039 10170 3034 10170 3033 10174
      3029 10176 3006 10176 3010 10220 3073 10206
      3073 10181 3070 10181 3068 10178 3065 10177
      3065 10171 3064 10167

$$
1 follow-up statement
526 
WGUS74 KMAF 271822
FFSMAF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
122 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2016

TXC371-443-272000-
/O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160627T2000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PECOS TX-TERRELL TX-
122 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR
EAST CENTRAL PECOS AND NORTHEASTERN TERRELL COUNTIES...

AT 115 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED 6 TO 12 INCHES OF WATER RUNNING
OVER STATE HIGHWAY 349 AT INDEPENDENCE CREEK IN TERRELL COUNTY...OR
15 MILES SOUTH OF SHEFFIELD. ANOTHER INCH OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE...
SO ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SHEFFIELD...STATE HIGHWAY 349 BETWEEN SHEFFIELD AND DRYDEN AND
TERRELL COUNTY GAS PLANT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3047 10169 3046 10170 3047 10173 3044 10172
      3042 10174 3039 10170 3034 10170 3033 10174
      3029 10176 3006 10176 3010 10220 3073 10206
      3073 10181 3070 10181 3068 10178 3065 10177
      3065 10171 3064 10167

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 9:02 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFMidland118 min
Jun 26, 11:35 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEctor, Midland3 hr
Jun 27, 1:25 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFCrane, Upton, Ward3 hr
Jun 27, 2:28 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFCrane, Pecos, Reeves, Ward3 hr
Jun 27, 9:04 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFPecos, Reeves3 hr
Jun 27, 10:12 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFPecos, Reagan, Terrell, Upton3 hr
Jun 27, 11:19 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFTerrell3 hr
Jun 27, 5:45 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBrewster3 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.