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Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 26, 2017, 1:07 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 26, 2017, 1:07 PM CDT (18:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 26, 2017, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Andrews County, TX, Ector County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:07 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 2:19 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 9 Sw Midland, TX | VEHICLE SUBMERGED IN HIGH WATER ON THE WESTBOUND SERVICE ROAD OF INTERSTATE 20 AND FARM TO MARKET 1788. |
| Sep 26, 2:40 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Midland, TX | WATER COVERING THE ACCESS ROAD OFF LOOP 250 BETWEEN THOMASON DRIVE AND BUSINESS 20. |
| Sep 26, 3:15 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Odessa, TX | THE ODESSA FIRE/RESCUE REPORTED A HIGH WATER RESCUE AT MUSKINGUM AND 14TH STREET IN ODESSA. |
| Sep 26, 3:50 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Midland, TX | TWO VEHICLES ARE IN HIGH WATER. ONE IS AT SEMINOLE AND MIDLAND DRIVE IN MIDLAND AND THE OTHER IS AT AIRLINE AND HIGHWAY 80 NEAR MIDLAND. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 7 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
- 323 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 869 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
830 WGUS54 KMAF 261807 FFWMAF TXC003-135-317-329-262100- /O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0036.170926T1807Z-170926T2100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 107 PM CDT TUE SEP 26 2017 The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Northeastern Ector County in western Texas... Southeastern Andrews County in western Texas... Northwestern Midland County in western Texas... Southwestern Martin County in western Texas... * Until 400 PM CDT * At 105 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated showers and thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. One to two inches of rain hav already fallen. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Midland, Odessa, West Odessa, Midland International Air and Space Port, Cotton Flat, Mission Dorado, Odessa Schelemeyer Field, 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 3215 10199 3182 10206 3178 10250 3215 10251 $$ 67
1 follow-up statement
031 WGUS74 KMAF 261938 FFSMAF Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 238 PM CDT TUE SEP 26 2017 TXC003-135-317-329-262100- /O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0036.000000T0000Z-170926T2100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Ector TX-Andrews TX-Midland TX-Martin TX- 238 PM CDT TUE SEP 26 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN ECTOR...SOUTHEASTERN ANDREWS...NORTHWESTERN MIDLAND AND SOUTHWESTERN MARTIN COUNTIES... At 219 PM CDT, the Midland Fire Department reported a vehicle submerged in high water at the intersection of Interstate 20 and Farm to Market 1788, or 9 miles southwest of Midland. At 236 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. More flash flooding is expected. Some locations that will experience flooding include... Midland, Odessa, West Odessa, Midland International Air and Space Port, Cotton Flat, Mission Dorado, Odessa Schelemeyer Field, Warfield, Midland Airpark and Skywest Airport. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. && LAT...LON 3215 10199 3182 10206 3178 10250 3215 10251 $$ 67
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 7:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reeves | 28 min |
| Sep 25, 7:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reeves | 47 min |
| Sep 25, 7:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Midland | 3 hr |
| Sep 25, 8:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Midland | 3 hr |
| Sep 25, 8:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Jeff Davis | 3 hr |
| Sep 25, 9:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Jeff Davis | 34 min |
| Sep 25, 9:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Brewster | 3 hr |
| Sep 26, 1:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Crane, Ector, Pecos, Ward, Winkler | 3 hr |
| Sep 26, 1:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Howard, Martin | 3 hr |
| Sep 26, 1:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Andrews, Crane, Ector | 3 hr |
| Sep 26, 2:21 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | MAF | 19 hr | |
| Sep 26, 2:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Martin, Midland | 3 hr |
| Sep 26, 2:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson, Mitchell, Scurry | 3 hr |
| Sep 26, 3:06 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MAF | Presidio | 66 hr |
| Sep 26, 3:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Andrews, Ector, Martin, Midland | 3 hr |
| Sep 26, 4:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Jeff Davis | 49 min |
| Sep 26, 4:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Upton | 3 hr |
| Sep 26, 6:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reeves | 30 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.