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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 23, 2017, 1:49 PM CDT for Brewster County, Pecos County, 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 23, 2017, 1:49 PM CDT (18:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2017, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Brewster County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Terrell County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 194 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -148 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1866 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
078 WGUS54 KMAF 231849 FFWMAF TXC043-371-443-232145- /O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0022.170723T1849Z-170723T2145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 149 PM CDT SUN JUL 23 2017 The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Southwestern Pecos County in southwestern Texas... Northeastern Brewster County in southwestern Texas... West central Terrell County in southwestern Texas... * Until 445 PM CDT * At 149 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Marathon and Longfellow. This includes the following low water crossing location Ave D Crossing Alsate Creek. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded roads. Find an alternate route. && LAT...LON 3050 10246 2995 10245 2993 10335 3053 10327 $$ 29
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, 7:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Upton | 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, 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.