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Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 28, 2016, 7:15 PM CDT for Brewster County, Pecos County, Terrell 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 28, 2016, 7:15 PM CDT (00:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 2016, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Brewster County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Terrell County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 203 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:15 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
Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 720 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1716 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
198 WGUS54 KMAF 290015 FFWMAF TXC043-371-443-290315- /O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0041.160829T0015Z-160829T0315Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 715 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN BREWSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS... SOUTHERN PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS... SOUTHWESTERN TERRELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS... * UNTIL 1015 PM CDT * AT 714 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY, OR IS ALREADY OCCURRING. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... SANDERSON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3020 10236 3006 10236 3003 10263 3017 10263 $$ 44
1 follow-up statement
957 WGUS74 KMAF 290146 FFSMAF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 846 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016 TXC043-371-443-290315- /O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0041.000000T0000Z-160829T0315Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BREWSTER TX-PECOS TX-TERRELL TX- 846 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN BREWSTER...SOUTHERN PECOS AND SOUTHWESTERN TERRELL COUNTIES... AT 845 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY OR IS ALREADY IN PROGRESS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... SANDERSON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3020 10236 3006 10236 3003 10263 3017 10263 $$ 44
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 8:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Terrell | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 9:44 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Gaines | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 10:02 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MAF | Brewster | 46 hr |
| Aug 28, 10:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Gaines | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 11:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Andrews, Gaines | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 11:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Dawson | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 12:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Andrews, Gaines | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 1:25 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MAF | Gaines | 6 hr |
| Aug 29, 1:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Andrews, Gaines | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 3:48 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Dawson, Martin | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 3:56 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MAF | Andrews, Gaines | 6 hr |
| Aug 29, 4:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MAF | Andrews, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines, Loving and 7 more | 47 hr |
| Aug 29, 7:36 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MAF | Andrews, Gaines | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 1:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Andrews | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 1:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Andrews, Gaines | 4 hr |
| Aug 29, 3:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Ector | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 5:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Pecos, Ward | 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.