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Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

August 29, 2016Andrews County, Gaines County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 29, 2016, 1:26 PM CDT for Andrews County, Gaines 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
Aug 29, 2016, 1:26 PM CDT (18:26 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 2016, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
4 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), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:27 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 29, 2:41 PM CDTFLASH FLOODSeminole, TXSPOTTER REPORTED HIGHWAY 385 NEAR SEMINOLE IMPASSABLE DUE TO FLOODING
Aug 29, 3:30 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD2 Se Andrews, TXANDREWS POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED ROAD SE 3000 ON THE SOUTEHAST SIDE OF ANDREWS IS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. PARTS OF US 385 N AND 115 ALSO REMAIN CLOSED.

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, 6.4 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2016-08-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 82 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2016-08-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 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
82 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
865 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

614 
WGUS54 KMAF 291826
FFWMAF
TXC003-165-292230-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0045.160829T1826Z-160829T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
126 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ANDREWS COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
  GAINES COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 122 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY
  HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS CENTRAL ANDREWS AND GAINES COUNTIES. A RAIN GAUGE
  2 MILES EAST OF ANDREWS REPORTED 2.16 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE
  LAST HOUR. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  ANDREWS...SEMINOLE...SEAGRAVES...SEAGRAVES AIRPORT...
  HIGGINBOTHAM...GAINES COUNTY PARK...FRANKEL CITY...
  GAINES COUNTY AIRPORT...LOOP...ANDREWS COUNTY AIRPORT...
  MCKENZIE LAKE...ASHMORE...CEDAR LAKE...FLOREY...
  PAYNES CORNER AND FAIRVIEW.

THIS INCLUDES  LOW WATER CROSSINGS LOCATIONS RR 181 CROSSING
SEMINOLE DRAW...RR 181 CROSSING SEMINOLE DRAW TRIB...RR 1757 CROSSING
SEMINOLE DRAW TRIB...RR 181 CROSSING WARDSWELL DRAW...AND AVE G
CROSSING WARDSWELL DRAW TRIB.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3210 10277 3286 10304 3295 10301 3295 10225
      3211 10222

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 28, 7:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFBrewster, Pecos, Terrell3 hr
Aug 28, 8:20 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFTerrell3 hr
Aug 28, 9:44 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFGaines3 hr
Aug 28, 10:02 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMAFBrewster46 hr
Aug 28, 10:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFGaines3 hr
Aug 28, 11:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFAndrews, Gaines3 hr
Aug 28, 11:28 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFDawson3 hr
Aug 29, 12:59 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFAndrews, Gaines3 hr
Aug 29, 1:25 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningMAFGaines6 hr
Aug 29, 1:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFAndrews, Gaines3 hr
Aug 29, 3:48 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFDawson, Martin3 hr
Aug 29, 3:56 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningMAFAndrews, Gaines6 hr
Aug 29, 4:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchMAFAndrews, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines, Loving and 7 more47 hr
Aug 29, 7:36 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningMAFAndrews, Gaines3 hr
Aug 29, 1:14 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFAndrews3 hr
Aug 29, 3:06 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEctor3 hr
Aug 29, 5:51 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFPecos, Ward3 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.