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Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 31, 2016, 5:59 PM CDT for Andrews 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 31, 2016, 5:59 PM CDT (22:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 31, 2016, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Andrews County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 869 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
649 WGUS54 KMAF 312259 FFWMAF TXC003-010200- /O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0052.160831T2259Z-160901T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 559 PM CDT WED AUG 31 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WESTERN ANDREWS COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS... * UNTIL 900 PM CDT * AT 556 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS WESTERN ANDREWS COUNTY. UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ON PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 176 FROM 13 TO 25 MILES WEST OF ANDREWS...AND AT THE INTERSECTION OF RANCH ROAD 181 AND HIGHWAY 115 TO THE SOUTHWEST OF ANDREWS. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... FRANKEL CITY AND RURAL AREAS IN WESTERN ANDREWS COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING SPOTS. && LAT...LON 3252 10275 3209 10260 3209 10306 3252 10306 $$ 67
1 follow-up statement
122 WGUS74 KMAF 010000 FFSMAF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 700 PM CDT WED AUG 31 2016 TXC003-010200- /O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0052.000000T0000Z-160901T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ANDREWS TX- 700 PM CDT WED AUG 31 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR WESTERN ANDREWS COUNTY... AT 656 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ALONG HIGHWAY 176 NEAR THE ANDREWS AND LEA COUNTY LINE. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN FROM 13 MILES WEST OF ANDREWS TO THE ANDREWS AND LEA COUNTY LINE SINCE 5 PM CDT...THEREFORE FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY OCCURRING IN THESE AREAS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... FRANKEL CITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING SPOTS. && LAT...LON 3252 10275 3209 10260 3209 10306 3252 10306 $$ 67
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 7:42 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MAF | Presidio | 19 hr |
| Aug 30, 7:42 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MAF | Brewster, Presidio | 54 hr |
| Aug 30, 9:06 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MAF | Brewster | 47 hr |
| Aug 31, 3:58 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Gaines | 3 hr |
| Aug 31, 8:26 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MAF | Presidio | 3 days |
| Aug 31, 1:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MAF | Andrews, Gaines | 30 hr |
| Aug 31, 2:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Loving, Winkler | 2 hr |
| Aug 31, 4:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Gaines | 3 hr |
| Aug 31, 6:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Martin | 3 hr |
| Aug 31, 6:18 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Howard, Martin | 3 hr |
| Aug 31, 6:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Ector | 3 hr |
| Aug 31, 6:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Mitchell, Scurry | 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.