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Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 23, 2016, 7:41 PM CDT for Crane County, Pecos County, Ward County, Texas. It was in force for 2 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 23, 2016, 7:41 PM CDT (00:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 2016, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Crane County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Ward County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:42 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
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 1488 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1666 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
790 WGUS54 KMAF 240041 FFWMAF TXC103-371-475-240245- /O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0034.160824T0041Z-160824T0245Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 741 PM CDT TUE AUG 23 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL CRANE COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS... NORTH CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS... SOUTHEASTERN WARD COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS... * UNTIL 945 PM CDT * AT 740 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... GRANDFALLS...IMPERIAL RESERVOIR...IMPERIAL AND TUBBS CORNER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. && LAT...LON 3138 10259 3115 10272 3113 10302 3145 10279 $$ 27
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 7:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Crane | 35 min |
| Aug 23, 10:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Pecos, Ward | 3 hr |
| Aug 24, 12:40 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Reeves, Ward | 3 hr |
| Aug 24, 3:26 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Culberson, Loving, Reeves | 3 hr |
| Aug 24, 4:51 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Andrews, Culberson, Gaines, Loving, Reeves | 3 hr |
| Aug 24, 6:15 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Ector, Midland | 3 hr |
| Aug 24, 3:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Upton | 40 min |
| Aug 24, 3:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Pecos | 53 min |
| Aug 24, 4:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Midland, Upton | 54 min |
| Aug 24, 5:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Howard | 47 min |
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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.