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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 22, 2017, 7:48 PM CDT for Upton 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 22, 2017, 7:48 PM CDT (00:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2017, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Upton County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 249 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
- 1090 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2461 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
995 WGUS54 KMAF 230048 FFWMAF TXC461-230345- /O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0021.170723T0048Z-170723T0345Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 748 PM CDT SAT JUL 22 2017 The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Upton County in western Texas... * Until 1045 PM CDT * At 746 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area near Rankin. Radar estimates that up to two inches of rain have already fallen. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... McCamey, Rankin, Upton County Airport, King Mountain and Highway 67 and 329 near Rankin.. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. && LAT...LON 3109 10230 3163 10231 3163 10196 3109 10180 $$ 49
1 follow-up statement
982 WGUS74 KMAF 230203 FFSMAF Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 903 PM CDT SAT JUL 22 2017 TXC461-230345- /O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-170723T0345Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Upton TX- 903 PM CDT SAT JUL 22 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR UPTON COUNTY... At 859 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area in southwest Upton County. Radar estimates up to three inches of rain have fallen along highways 329 and 67 near Rankin. Although no flooding has been reported there likely some flooded roadways or low water crossings. Some locations that will experience flooding include... Rankin area, Upton County Airport and King Mountain. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown. Stay away or be swept away. && LAT...LON 3109 10230 3163 10231 3163 10196 3109 10180 $$ 49
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 7:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Crane | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 9:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Jeff Davis | 56 min |
| Jul 23, 7:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Crane, Pecos, Upton | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 9:23 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Ector | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 1:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Brewster, Pecos, Terrell | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 1:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Brewster, Pecos, Terrell | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 3:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 4:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Pecos | 42 min |
| Jul 23, 4:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Jeff Davis | 48 min |
| Jul 23, 4:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Jeff Davis | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 5:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Crane, Pecos, Upton | 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.