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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
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.
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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 1:15 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 15 S Sheffield, TX | SIX 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 9:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Midland | 118 min |
| Jun 26, 11:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Ector, Midland | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 1:25 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Crane, Upton, Ward | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 2:28 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Crane, Pecos, Reeves, Ward | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 9:04 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Pecos, Reeves | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 10:12 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Pecos, Reagan, Terrell, Upton | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 11:19 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Terrell | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 5:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Brewster | 3 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.