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Flash Flood Warning 57, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 17, 2016, 8:19 PM CDT for Ector 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
- Sep 17, 2016, 8:19 PM CDT (01:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 17, 2016, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Ector County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 9:15 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Odessa, TX | THREE HIGH WATER RESCUES PERFORMED IN ODESSA BETWEEN 900 SND 930 PM CDT. |
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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 20 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
- 2085 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1172 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 310 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.1
- Supercell composite
- 7.2
The text
As transmitted.
868 WGUS54 KMAF 180119 FFWMAF TXC135-180415- /O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0057.160918T0119Z-160918T0415Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 819 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN ECTOR COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS... * UNTIL 1115 PM CDT * AT 818 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING SOUTH OVER THE CITY OF ODESSA. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN JUST NORTH OF ODESSA...WITH ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR RAINFALL EXPECTED OVER ODESSA THROUGH 900 PM CDT. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... ODESSA...WEST ODESSA...GOLDSMITH...ODESSA SCHELEMEYER FIELD AND NORTH COWDEN. 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 3208 10229 3175 10229 3176 10258 3208 10263 $$ 67
2 follow-up statements
274 WGUS74 KMAF 180157 FFSMAF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 857 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2016 TXC135-180415- /O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0057.000000T0000Z-160918T0415Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ECTOR TX- 857 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN ECTOR COUNTY... AT 855 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH OUT OF THE CITY OF ODESSA. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN SINCE 730 PM CDT...SO FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY OCCURRING OVER PORTIONS OF THE CITY OF ODESSA. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... ODESSA...WEST ODESSA...GOLDSMITH...ODESSA SCHELEMEYER FIELD AND NORTH COWDEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. && LAT...LON 3208 10229 3175 10229 3176 10258 3208 10263 $$ 67
509 WGUS74 KMAF 180337 FFSMAF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1037 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2016 TXC135-180415- /O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0057.000000T0000Z-160918T0415Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ECTOR TX- 1037 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN ECTOR COUNTY... AT 1030 PM CDT...THE MEDIA REPORTED TWO FEET OF WATER AT THE INTERSECTION OF 42ND AND DIXIE BOULEVARD IN ODESSA. AT 1033 PM CDT... MODERATE RAINFALL CONTINUED OVER ODESSA...AND OVER NORTHEASTERN ECTOR COUNTY. SINCE ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 700 PM CDT... ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... ODESSA...WEST ODESSA...GOLDSMITH...ODESSA SCHELEMEYER FIELD AND NORTH COWDEN. 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 3208 10229 3175 10229 3176 10258 3208 10263 $$ 67
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 7:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 55 min | |
| Sep 17, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 54 min |
| Sep 17, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson, Jeff Davis | 53 min |
| Sep 17, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Andrews, Ector, Winkler | 33 min |
| Sep 17, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson | 45 min |
| Sep 17, 7:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Martin | 54 min |
| Sep 17, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 50 min |
| Sep 17, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry | 60 min |
| Sep 17, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson, Howard, Martin | 54 min |
| Sep 17, 7:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Ector | 37 min |
| Sep 17, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson | 55 min |
| Sep 17, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Winkler | 60 min |
| Sep 17, 8:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Jeff Davis | 44 min |
| Sep 17, 8:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Ector, Midland | 27 min |
| Sep 17, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector, Midland, Upton | 47 min |
| Sep 17, 8:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Martin | 54 min |
| Sep 17, 9:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Glasscock | 57 min |
| Sep 17, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson, Loving, Reeves | 57 min |
| Sep 17, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Ector, Winkler | 63 min |
| Sep 17, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Presidio | 62 min |
| Sep 17, 9:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard, Martin, Midland | 3 hr |
| Sep 17, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland, Reagan, Upton | 48 min |
| Sep 17, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving | 63 min |
| Sep 17, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 42 min |
| Sep 17, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Ector, Midland, Upton | 61 min |
| Sep 17, 10:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Glasscock, Reagan | 41 min |
| Sep 17, 10:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Presidio | 48 min |
| Sep 17, 10:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Ward | 45 min |
| Sep 17, 10:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Crane, Ector, Ward, Winkler | 3 hr |
| Sep 17, 11:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reagan | 51 min |
| Sep 17, 11:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Crane | 47 min |
| Sep 17, 11:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Crane | 49 min |
| Sep 18, 12:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Crane, Upton | 49 min |
| Sep 18, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reagan, Upton | 45 min |
| Sep 18, 3:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 48 min | |
| Sep 18, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Jeff Davis | 64 min |
| Sep 18, 4:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Brewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos | 3 hr |
| Sep 18, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis | 62 min |
| Sep 18, 4:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 54 min |
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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.