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Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 12, 2016, 3:58 PM CDT for Andrews County, Ector County, Winkler 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
- Aug 12, 2016, 3:58 PM CDT (20:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 12, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Andrews County, TX, Ector County, TX, Winkler County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 343 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
- 330 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -189 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1375 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
984 WGUS54 KMAF 122058 FFWMAF TXC003-135-495-130000- /O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0027.160812T2058Z-160813T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 358 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN WINKLER COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS... WESTERN ANDREWS COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS... NORTHWESTERN ECTOR COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS... * UNTIL 700 PM CDT * AT 354 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHWESTERN ANDREWS COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF STATE HIGHWAY 176...FROM 4 TO 10 MILES WEST OF ANDREWS. SIMILAR AMOUNTS HAVE FALLEN ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 115... FROM 11 TO 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ANDREWS. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... ANDREWS...GOLDSMITH...FRANKEL CITY...ANDREWS COUNTY AIRPORT AND FLOREY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3249 10254 3203 10241 3188 10305 3242 10304 $$ 67
1 follow-up statement
052 WGUS74 KMAF 122238 FFSMAF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 538 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2016 TXC003-135-495-130000- /O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0027.000000T0000Z-160813T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WINKLER TX-ANDREWS TX-ECTOR TX- 538 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN WINKLER...WESTERN ANDREWS AND NORTHWESTERN ECTOR COUNTIES... AT 536 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN...MAINLY WEST OF ANDREWS...THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... ANDREWS...GOLDSMITH...FRANKEL CITY... ANDREWS COUNTY AIRPORT AND FLOREY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3249 10254 3203 10241 3188 10305 3242 10304 $$ 67
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 8:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Andrews | 41 min |
| Aug 12, 1:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reeves | 52 min |
| Aug 12, 1:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Ector, Midland | 2 hr |
| Aug 12, 2:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Ector, Midland | 51 min |
| Aug 12, 2:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ector, Midland | 2 hr |
| Aug 12, 2:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Midland | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 3:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Brewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos, Reeves | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 3:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Andrews | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 3:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Presidio | 42 min |
| Aug 12, 4:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Andrews | 44 min |
| Aug 12, 5:13 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Upton | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 5:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Gaines | 43 min |
| Aug 12, 6:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 48 min | |
| Aug 12, 6:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Gaines | 3 hr |
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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.