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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 28, 2016Scurry County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 28, 2016, 10:53 PM CDT for Scurry 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
May 28, 2016, 10:53 PM CDT (03:53 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2016, 1:45 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Scurry County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:53 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 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 153 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 00:00Z on 2016-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1352 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1352 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2349 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

As transmitted.

340 
WGUS54 KMAF 290353
FFWMAF
TXC415-290645-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0007.160529T0353Z-160529T0645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1053 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND  HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN SCURRY COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 145 AM CDT
    
* AT 1052 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
  ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY OR IS
  ALREADY IN PROGRESS.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  SNYDER...HERMLEIGH AND WINSTON FIELD. 

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...CLEAR FORK...
CANYON CREEK...DRY RUN...SULPHUR CREEK...SOUTH FORK DEEP CREEK AND
DEEP CREEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3273 10079 3262 10069 3258 10096 3283 10094

$$

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1 follow-up statement
921 
WGUS74 KMAF 290408
FFSMAF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1108 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016

TXC415-290418-
/O.CAN.KMAF.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160529T0645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SCURRY TX-
1108 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SCURRY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT.

LAT...LON 3273 10079 3262 10069 3258 10096 3283 10094

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 7:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Dawson38 min
May 28, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin59 min
May 28, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden42 min
May 28, 8:50 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBorden115 min
May 28, 8:51 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFMartin114 min
May 28, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Scurry44 min
May 28, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Martin60 min
May 28, 9:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFMartin3 hr
May 28, 10:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry63 min
May 28, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin, Midland59 min
May 28, 10:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMitchell, Scurry66 min
May 28, 10:40 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBorden, Scurry3 hr
May 28, 11:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMitchell36 min
May 29, 3:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLoving40 min
May 29, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson, Loving, Reeves61 min
May 29, 4:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReeves49 min
May 29, 4:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF41 min
May 29, 5:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF30 min
May 29, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLoving, Reeves22 min
May 29, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster55 min
May 29, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster61 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.