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Flash Flood Warning 59, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

September 24, 2016Mitchell County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 24, 2016, 5:57 PM CDT for Mitchell 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
Sep 24, 2016, 5:57 PM CDT (22:57 UTC)
Expired
Sep 24, 2016, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Mitchell County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 136 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 2016-09-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1161 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 2016-09-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 199 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1161 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-155 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1112 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
199 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

143 
WGUS54 KMAF 242257
FFWMAF
TXC335-250200-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0059.160924T2257Z-160925T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
557 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MITCHELL COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 553 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA... WITH THE HEAVIEST BEING FROM
  COLORADO CITY SOUTHWARD TO THE STERLING COUNTY LINE. UP TO TWO
  INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN NEAR SH 163 AND LOCAL LAW
  ENFORCEMENT REPORTS SOME FLOODING OF ROADS HAS ALREADY BEGUN. 

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  COLORADO CITY...VALLEY VIEW...LORAINE...WESTBROOK...
  LAKE COLORADO CITY STATE PARK...COLORADO CITY AIRPORT...
  CHAMPION CREEK RESERVOIR...LAKE COLORADO CITY...
  CUTHBERT AND BUFORD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3251 10068 3209 10068 3210 10108 3251 10103

$$
1 follow-up statement
949 
WGUS74 KMAF 250032
FFSMAF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
732 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2016

TXC335-250200-
/O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0059.000000T0000Z-160925T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MITCHELL TX-
732 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
MITCHELL COUNTY...

AT 730 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. TWO INCHES OR MORE OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN IN POTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY WITH
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL POSSIBLE. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED
FLOODING OF UNKNOWN DEPTH ON HWY 208 AND ON HWY 139.  

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
COLORADO CITY...VALLEY VIEW...LORAINE...WESTBROOK...
LAKE COLORADO CITY STATE PARK...COLORADO CITY AIRPORT...
CHAMPION CREEK RESERVOIR...LAKE COLORADO CITY...CUTHBERT AND BUFORD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3251 10068 3209 10068 3210 10108 3251 10103

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 24, 3:22 AM CDTHigh Wind WatchMAF11 hr
Sep 24, 3:42 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchMAFAndrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 12 more44 hr
Sep 24, 1:56 PM CDTHigh Wind WarningMAF47 hr
Sep 24, 2:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMitchell58 min
Sep 24, 3:13 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFMitchell4 hr
Sep 24, 3:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFScurry46 min
Sep 24, 4:05 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBorden, Scurry115 min
Sep 24, 6:47 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBrewster, Pecos3 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.