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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 8, 2016, 7:48 PM CDT for Midland 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
- Jul 8, 2016, 7:48 PM CDT (00:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2016, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Midland County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 19 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
- 868 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2734 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
431 WGUS54 KMAF 090048 FFWMAF TXC329-090345- /O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0022.160709T0048Z-160709T0345Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 748 PM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHERN MIDLAND COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS... * UNTIL 1045 PM CDT * AT 746 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHERN AND EASTERN CITY OF MIDLAND. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES PER HOUR WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... MIDLAND...GREENWOOD...COTTON FLAT...SKYWEST AIRPORT AND MIDLAND AIRPARK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. && LAT...LON 3207 10188 3180 10190 3186 10222 3208 10211 $$ 67
1 follow-up statement
640 WGUS74 KMAF 090155 FFSMAF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 855 PM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016 TXC329-090345- /O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-160709T0345Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MIDLAND TX- 855 PM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN MIDLAND COUNTY... AT 851 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL NEAR COTTON FLAT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER COTTON FLAT...AND THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN CITY OF MIDLAND. SINCE ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED TO FALL...FLASH FLOODING IS STILL POSSIBLE. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... MIDLAND...GREENWOOD...COTTON FLAT...AND SKYWEST AIRPORT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. && LAT...LON 3207 10188 3180 10190 3186 10222 3208 10211 $$ 67
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard, Mitchell | 42 min |
| Jul 8, 7:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Midland | 38 min |
| Jul 8, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 43 min |
| Jul 8, 8:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Gaines | 47 min |
| Jul 8, 8:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Howard | 46 min |
| Jul 8, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson, Howard, Martin | 42 min |
| Jul 8, 8:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Scurry | 26 min |
| Jul 8, 8:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Glasscock | 39 min |
| Jul 8, 9:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Borden, Dawson, Howard | 49 min |
| Jul 8, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson | 32 min |
| Jul 8, 9:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Borden | 38 min |
| Jul 8, 10:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Borden, Scurry | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 10:03 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Dawson, Gaines | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 10:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Scurry | 37 min |
| Jul 8, 10:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Martin | 36 min |
| Jul 8, 11:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Howard | 39 min |
| Jul 8, 11:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard | 4 hr |
| Jul 8, 11:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Glasscock, Martin, Midland | 3 hr |
| Jul 9, 12:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Glasscock, Howard, Midland | 46 min |
| Jul 9, 11:50 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Reagan | 115 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.