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Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

August 12, 2016Andrews County, Ector County, Winkler County, Texas

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 archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2016-08-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 330 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2016-08-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 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
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

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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

$$

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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

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 11, 8:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFAndrews41 min
Aug 12, 1:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReeves52 min
Aug 12, 1:55 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEctor, Midland2 hr
Aug 12, 2:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFEctor, Midland51 min
Aug 12, 2:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEctor, Midland2 hr
Aug 12, 2:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFMidland3 hr
Aug 12, 3:20 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBrewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos, Reeves3 hr
Aug 12, 3:28 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFAndrews3 hr
Aug 12, 3:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPresidio42 min
Aug 12, 4:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFAndrews44 min
Aug 12, 5:13 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFUpton3 hr
Aug 12, 5:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGaines43 min
Aug 12, 6:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF48 min
Aug 12, 6:52 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFGaines3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.