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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

July 8, 2016Midland County, Texas

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.

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.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 868 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 00:00Z on 2016-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 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
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

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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

$$

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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

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward, Mitchell42 min
Jul 8, 7:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMidland38 min
Jul 8, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland43 min
Jul 8, 8:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGaines47 min
Jul 8, 8:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFHoward46 min
Jul 8, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Dawson, Howard, Martin42 min
Jul 8, 8:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFScurry26 min
Jul 8, 8:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGlasscock39 min
Jul 8, 9:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBorden, Dawson, Howard49 min
Jul 8, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson32 min
Jul 8, 9:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBorden38 min
Jul 8, 10:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFBorden, Scurry3 hr
Jul 8, 10:03 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFDawson, Gaines3 hr
Jul 8, 10:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFScurry37 min
Jul 8, 10:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMartin36 min
Jul 8, 11:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFHoward39 min
Jul 8, 11:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFGlasscock, Howard4 hr
Jul 8, 11:58 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFGlasscock, Martin, Midland3 hr
Jul 9, 12:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGlasscock, Howard, Midland46 min
Jul 9, 11:50 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFReagan115 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.