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Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 24, 2017, 4:11 AM CDT for Ector 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
- Sep 24, 2017, 4:11 AM CDT (09:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 24, 2017, 7:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Ector County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 21 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
- 72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1713 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
181 WGUS54 KMAF 240911 FFWMAF TXC135-241215- /O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0033.170924T0911Z-170924T1215Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 411 AM CDT SUN SEP 24 2017 The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Eastern Ector County in western Texas... * Until 715 AM CDT * At 411 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across Odessa and West Odessa. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Odessa, West Odessa, Penwell, Odessa Schelemeyer Field and North Cowden. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. && LAT...LON 3208 10230 3168 10231 3167 10260 3207 10259 $$
1 follow-up statement
643 WGUS74 KMAF 241003 FFSMAF Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 503 AM CDT SUN SEP 24 2017 TXC135-241215- /O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0033.000000T0000Z-170924T1215Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Ector TX- 503 AM CDT SUN SEP 24 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM CDT FOR EASTERN ECTOR COUNTY... At 500 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing the heavy rain have just moved out of Ector county. Over 1 inch of rain has fallen in Odessa during the past hour and Flash flooding is expected to continue. Therefor the warning will be allowed to continue. Some locations that will experience flooding include... Odessa, West Odessa, Penwell, Odessa Schelemeyer Field and North Cowden. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. && LAT...LON 3208 10230 3168 10231 3167 10260 3207 10259 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 7:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Reeves, Ward | 3 hr |
| Sep 23, 7:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Ward | 30 min |
| Sep 23, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving, Ward, Winkler | 67 min |
| Sep 23, 7:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Loving, Reeves, Ward, Winkler | 2 hr |
| Sep 23, 7:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Culberson, Loving, Reeves | 118 min |
| Sep 23, 8:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Culberson | 27 min |
| Sep 23, 8:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Culberson, Reeves | 3 hr |
| Sep 23, 8:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reeves | 35 min |
| Sep 23, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson, Loving, Reeves | 62 min |
| Sep 23, 9:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Loving, Reeves | 115 min |
| Sep 23, 9:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Loving | 3 hr |
| Sep 23, 10:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Loving | 28 min |
| Sep 23, 10:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Culberson, Jeff Davis, Reeves | 2 hr |
| Sep 23, 10:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Loving, Ward, Winkler | 2 hr |
| Sep 23, 11:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Andrews, Ector, Gaines, Winkler | 2 hr |
| Sep 24, 12:33 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Ector, Winkler | 117 min |
| Sep 24, 1:50 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Dawson, Martin | 115 min |
| Sep 24, 2:07 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Andrews, Ector, Gaines, Winkler | 3 hr |
| Sep 24, 3:04 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Dawson | 116 min |
| Sep 24, 3:25 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Ector | 2 hr |
| Sep 24, 4:21 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Midland | 114 min |
| Sep 24, 4:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 11 hr |
| Sep 24, 4:37 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Martin | 113 min |
| Sep 24, 5:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Midland | 2 hr |
| Sep 24, 5:50 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Borden | 115 min |
| Sep 24, 2:19 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MAF | Brewster | 41 hr |
| Sep 24, 3:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 13 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.