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Flash Flood Warning 44, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 29, 2016, 1:31 AM CDT for Andrews County, Gaines County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report 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
- Aug 29, 2016, 1:31 AM CDT (06:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2016, 4:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Andrews County, TX, Gaines County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 2:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 10 Ne Andrews, TX | THE ANDREWS COUNTY S.O. REPORTED 2 FEET OF WATER RUNNING OVER THE INTERSECTION OF RANCH ROAD 1788 AND NE 7100, ABOUT 10-11 MILES NORTHEAST OF ANDREWS. |
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 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 60 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
- 689 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1885 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
728
WGUS54 KMAF 290631
FFWMAF
TXC003-165-290930-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0044.160829T0631Z-160829T0930Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
131 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN ANDREWS COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
EXTREME SOUTHERN GAINES COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 430 AM CDT
* AT 129 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN...ESPECIALLY OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN GAINES COUNTY
AND NORTHERN ANDREWS COUNTY. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ANDREWS...FRANKEL CITY...FLOREY AND ANDREWS COUNTY AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3254 10222 3230 10232 3235 10256 3214 10288
3219 10307 3254 10289
$$
671 follow-up statement
600
WGUS74 KMAF 290708
FFSMAF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
208 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2016
TXC003-165-290930-
/O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0044.000000T0000Z-160829T0930Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ANDREWS TX-GAINES TX-
208 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 AM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN ANDREWS AND SOUTHEASTERN GAINES COUNTIES...
AT 200 AM CDT...THE ANDREWS COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED 2 FEET
OF WATER FLOWING OVER THE INTERSECTION OF RANCH ROAD 1788 AND NE
7100...ABOUT 10 TO 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF ANDREWS.
AT 204 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN...SO ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ANDREWS...FRANKEL CITY...FLOREY AND ANDREWS COUNTY AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3254 10222 3230 10232 3235 10256 3214 10288
3219 10307 3254 10289
$$
67The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 7:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Brewster, Pecos, Terrell | 3 hr |
| 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, 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 |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.