Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2017
Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 2017, 5:30 AM CDT for Terrell 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
- Jul 14, 2017, 5:30 AM CDT (10:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2017, 8:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Terrell County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 182 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 303 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1036 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
800
WGUS54 KMAF 141030
FFWMAF
TXC443-141330-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0016.170714T1030Z-170714T1330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
530 AM CDT FRI JUL 14 2017
The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Terrell County in southwestern Texas...
* Until 830 AM CDT
* At 528 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the
warned area. Up to one to two inches of rain has already fallen
across many areas especially east of Dryden...along US Highway 90.
Flash flooding is possible.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Dryden, Terrell County Gas Plant and Terrell County Airport.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you
can do so safely.
&&
LAT...LON 3047 10169 3047 10173 3042 10174 3034 10166
3034 10172 3029 10176 2978 10176 2978 10181
2981 10182 2979 10182 2978 10193 2982 10198
2979 10207 2980 10214 2985 10219 2985 10226
3044 10229 3064 10192 3064 10167 3055 10165
$$
271 follow-up statement
002
WGUS74 KMAF 141209
FFSMAF
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
709 AM CDT FRI JUL 14 2017
TXC443-141330-
/O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0016.000000T0000Z-170714T1330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Terrell TX-
709 AM CDT FRI JUL 14 2017
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM CDT FOR
TERRELL COUNTY...
At 707 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the warned
area. Up to three inches of rain have already fallen. Flash flooding
is ongoing, especially in the vicinity of Persimmon Creek.
Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Dryden, Terrell County Gas Plant and Terrell County Airport.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you
can do so safely.
&&
LAT...LON 3047 10169 3047 10173 3042 10174 3034 10166
3034 10172 3029 10176 2978 10176 2978 10181
2981 10182 2979 10182 2978 10193 2982 10198
2979 10207 2980 10214 2985 10219 2985 10226
3044 10229 3064 10192 3064 10167 3055 10165
$$
44The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 4:46 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 8:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Terrell | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 4:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Brewster, Jeff Davis, Presidio | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 6:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Brewster, Presidio | 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.