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Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 24, 2017, 5:13 AM CDT for Midland County, Texas. It was in force for 2 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, 5:13 AM CDT (10:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 24, 2017, 7:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Midland County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:17 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 11 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.
337 WGUS54 KMAF 241013 FFWMAF TXC329-241215- /O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0034.170924T1013Z-170924T1215Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 513 AM CDT SUN SEP 24 2017 The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Northwestern Midland County in western Texas... * Until 715 AM CDT * At 512 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the city of Midland. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Midland, Midland International Air and Space Port, Cotton Flat, Warfield, Midland Airpark and Skywest Airport. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. && LAT...LON 3178 10221 3206 10224 3207 10191 3184 10190 $$
1 follow-up statement
717 WGUS74 KMAF 241105 FFSMAF Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 605 AM CDT SUN SEP 24 2017 TXC329-241215- /O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0034.000000T0000Z-170924T1215Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Midland TX- 605 AM CDT SUN SEP 24 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN MIDLAND COUNTY... At 603 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated the thunderstorms producing heavy rain have moved out of the warned area and will be leaving the county shortly. However as runoff may still be ongoing the warning will be allowed to continue. Some locations that will experience flooding include... Midland, Midland International Air and Space Port, Cotton Flat, Warfield, Midland Airpark and Skywest Airport. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. && LAT...LON 3178 10221 3206 10224 3207 10191 3184 10190 $$
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, 4:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ector | 3 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, 5:50 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 |
Nearby
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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.