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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 30, 2016Glasscock County, Midland County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 30, 2016, 8:42 PM CDT for Glasscock County, Midland County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 reports 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
May 30, 2016, 8:42 PM CDT (01:42 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2016, 11:45 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Glasscock County, TX, Midland County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:43 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 30, 9:50 PM CDTFLASH FLOODSpraberry, TXROUTE BETWEEN 137 AND I20 NEARLY IMPASSABLE DUE TO WATER OVER ROAD.
May 30, 10:04 PM CDTFLASH FLOODSw Greenwood, TXROAD IMPASSABLE BY SEDAN, WATER ABOUT 18 INCHES DEEP ON THE ROAD.

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, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 35 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 2016-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1489 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 00:00Z on 2016-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 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
1489 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2139 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

As transmitted.

472 
WGUS54 KMAF 310142
FFWMAF
TXC173-329-310445-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0009.160531T0142Z-160531T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
842 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND  HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN MIDLAND COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
  NORTHWESTERN GLASSCOCK COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT
    
* AT 839 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
  FROM A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  GREENWOOD AND SPRABERRY... 

THIS INCLUDES LOW WATER CROSSING LOCATIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 307 BETWEEN
FARM TO MARKET 1379 AND 1105.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. TURN
AROUND DONT DROWN

&&

LAT...LON 3208 10169 3182 10166 3182 10204 3206 10205

$$

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1 follow-up statement
643 
WGUS74 KMAF 310328
FFSMAF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1028 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

TXC173-329-310445-
/O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160531T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MIDLAND TX-GLASSCOCK TX-
1028 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN MIDLAND AND NORTHWESTERN GLASSCOCK COUNTIES...

AT 1024 PM CDT...THE STORMS THAT PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
GREENWODD AREA EARLIER HAVE DISSIPATED. HOWEVER OVER 3 INCHES OF
RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE GREENWOOD AREA AND MULTIPLE ROADS ARE
FLOODING WITH REPORTS OF AROUND 3 FEET OF WATER IN SOME OF THE BAR
DITCHES AND A FOOT AND HALF OF WATER ACROSS SOME ROADS IN TOWN.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
GREENWOOD...SPRABERRY...AND SURROUNDING RURAL AREAS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3208 10169 3182 10166 3182 10204 3206 10205

$$

49

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock29 min
May 30, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMitchell, Scurry63 min
May 30, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock60 min
May 30, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Jeff Davis, Presidio48 min
May 30, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster40 min
May 30, 7:53 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFScurry3 hr
May 30, 8:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMartin47 min
May 30, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Jeff Davis, Presidio61 min
May 30, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin63 min
May 30, 9:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos58 min
May 30, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Midland60 min
May 30, 9:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFWard47 min
May 30, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Dawson, Martin57 min
May 30, 9:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReeves44 min
May 30, 10:11 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFAndrews, Borden, Dawson, Gaines, Martin3 hr
May 30, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Dawson, Gaines, Martin63 min
May 30, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Ector, Martin, Midland34 min
May 30, 11:02 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFAndrews, Ector, Martin, Midland3 hr
May 30, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor, Glasscock, Midland46 min
May 30, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward, Martin31 min
May 30, 11:38 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFGlasscock, Midland3 hr
May 30, 11:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor, Midland30 min
May 30, 11:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEctor, Midland3 hr
May 31, 12:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFHoward42 min
May 31, 12:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFGlasscock, Howard3 hr
May 31, 2:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPresidio54 min
May 31, 2:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchMAFAndrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 12 more37 hr
May 31, 3:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFScurry44 min
May 31, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry49 min
May 31, 6:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFDawson60 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.