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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 22, 2016, 6:35 PM CDT for Howard County, Martin County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 22, 2016, 6:35 PM CDT (23:35 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2016, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Howard County, TX, Martin County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:36 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 7:16 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Big Spring, TX | FLASH FLOODING IN BIG SPRING. |
| May 22, 9:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Sw Big Spring, TX | 6 TO 12 INCHES OF WATER FLOWING OVER THE ROAD REPORTED BETWEEN 900 AND 915 PM CDT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 77 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
- 2486 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 831 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 5.1
The text
As transmitted.
838
WGUS54 KMAF 222335
FFWMAF
TXC227-317-230330-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0004.160522T2335Z-160523T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
635 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WESTERN HOWARD COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
NORTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
* AT 635 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES UP TO
TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN AND ADDITIONAL RAIN IS
EXPECTED. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BIG SPRING...BROWN...SOUTH HAVEN...KNOTT...BIG SPRING COUNTRY CLUB...
LUTHER...ELBOW...SOUTH HAVEN|2...BIG SPRING MCMAHON-WRINKLE AIRPARK
AND FAIRVIEW IN MITCHELL COUNTY.
THIS INCLUDES LOW WATER CROSSING LOCATIONS SH 350 CROSSING BIG
SANDY CREEK...BROWN RD CROSSING BUZZARD DRAW...CR 38 CROSSING BUZZARD
DRAW...CR 48 CROSSING BUZZARD DRAW TRIBUTARY...CR 38 CROSSING BUZZARD
DRAW TRIBUTARY...CR 62 CROSSING BUZZARD DRAW TRIBUTARY...AND CR 41
CROSSING WILDHORSE CREEK TRIB.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3250 10138 3209 10138 3215 10173 3251 10179
$$
101 follow-up statement
075 WGUS74 KMAF 230128 FFSMAF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 828 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016 TXC227-317-230330- /O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160523T0330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ HOWARD TX-MARTIN TX- 828 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR WESTERN HOWARD AND NORTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTIES... AT 825 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN AND AN ADDITIONAL INCH IS EXPECTED IN SOUTHERN HOWARD COUNTY. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... BIG SPRING...BROWN...SOUTH HAVEN...KNOTT...BIG SPRING COUNTRY CLUB... LUTHER...ELBOW...SOUTH HAVEN|2...BIG SPRING MCMAHON-WRINKLE AIRPARK AND FAIRVIEW IN MITCHELL COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES LOW WATER CROSSING LOCATIONS SH 350 CROSSING BIG SANDY CREEK...BROWN RD CROSSING BUZZARD DRAW...CR 38 CROSSING BUZZARD DRAW...CR 48 CROSSING BUZZARD DRAW TRIBUTARY...CR 38 CROSSING BUZZARD DRAW TRIBUTARY...CR 62 CROSSING BUZZARD DRAW TRIBUTARY...AND CR 41 CROSSING WILDHORSE CREEK TRIB. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3250 10138 3209 10138 3215 10173 3251 10179 $$ 10
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Gaines | 46 min |
| May 21, 8:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Andrews | 42 min |
| May 21, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews | 46 min |
| May 21, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 30 min |
| May 21, 9:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Andrews | 44 min |
| May 21, 9:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Gaines | 38 min |
| May 22, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 28 min |
| May 22, 3:30 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | 25 hr | |
| May 22, 3:30 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | 19 hr | |
| May 22, 4:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Martin | 40 min |
| May 22, 4:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Borden, Dawson | 46 min |
| May 22, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson, Howard, Martin | 41 min |
| May 22, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden | 36 min |
| May 22, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson, Howard, Martin | 48 min |
| May 22, 5:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Borden, Dawson, Howard, Martin | 3 hr |
| May 22, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard, Martin | 38 min |
| May 22, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 44 min |
| May 22, 6:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Howard | 23 min |
| May 22, 6:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 50 min | |
| May 22, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard | 31 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.