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Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 29, 2016, 9:48 PM CDT for Culberson County, Texas; Eddy County, New Mexico. 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 29, 2016, 9:48 PM CDT (02:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2016, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Eddy County, NM, Culberson County, TX
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:50 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
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 353 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2187 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
434
WGUS54 KMAF 300248
FFWMAF
NMC015-TXC109-300545-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0046.160830T0248Z-160830T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
848 PM MDT MON AUG 29 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...
NORTHWESTERN CULBERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 1145 PM MDT
* AT 847 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY OR IS ALREADY IN PROGRESS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PINE SPRINGS...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK AND
MCKITTRICK CANYON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3200 10492 3200 10485 3210 10484 3210 10465
3181 10465 3181 10492
$$
441 follow-up statement
968
WGUS74 KMAF 300319
FFSMAF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
919 PM MDT MON AUG 29 2016
NMC015-TXC109-300545-
/O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0046.000000T0000Z-160830T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EDDY NM-CULBERSON TX-
919 PM MDT MON AUG 29 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN EDDY AND NORTHWESTERN CULBERSON COUNTIES...
AT 918 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY OCCURRING.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PINE SPRINGS...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK...AND MCKITTRICK
CANYON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3200 10492 3200 10485 3210 10484 3210 10465
3181 10465 3181 10492
$$
44The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 9:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Culberson | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 7:18 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Culberson, Reeves | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 12:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Culberson, Loving, Reeves | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 4:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Culberson, Loving, Reeves, Ward | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 4:36 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MAF | Presidio | 15 hr |
| Aug 30, 6:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Gaines | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 6:52 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 113 min |
| Aug 30, 8:46 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 4 hr |
| Aug 30, 9:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 4 hr |
| Aug 30, 1:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 4 hr |
| Aug 30, 3:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Eddy | 4 hr |
| Aug 30, 5:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.