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Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 2:41 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Seminole, TX | SPOTTER REPORTED HIGHWAY 385 NEAR SEMINOLE IMPASSABLE DUE TO FLOODING |
| Aug 29, 3:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Se Andrews, TX | ANDREWS 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.
- 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
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
$$
12The 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, 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, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.