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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

September 26, 2017Andrews County, Crane County, Ector County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 26, 2017, 1:56 PM CDT for Andrews County, Crane County, 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 26, 2017, 1:56 PM CDT (18:56 UTC)
Expired
Sep 26, 2017, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Andrews County, TX, Crane County, TX, Ector County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:58 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 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 37 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2017-09-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 323 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2017-09-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted.

554 
WGUS54 KMAF 261856
FFWMAF
TXC003-103-135-262200-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0039.170926T1856Z-170926T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
156 PM CDT TUE SEP 26 2017

The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Central Ector County in western Texas...
  South central Andrews County in western Texas...
  Northwestern Crane County in western Texas...

* Until 500 PM CDT

* At 155 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...
  West Odessa, Goldsmith, Penwell and North Cowden. 

LAT...LON 3215 10250 3152 10248 3136 10271 3217 10271

$$

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1 follow-up statement
477 
WGUS74 KMAF 262019
FFSMAF

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
319 PM CDT TUE SEP 26 2017

TXC003-103-135-262200-
/O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-170926T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Ector TX-Andrews TX-Crane TX-
319 PM CDT TUE SEP 26 2017

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR
CENTRAL ECTOR...SOUTH CENTRAL ANDREWS AND NORTHWESTERN CRANE
COUNTIES...

At 317 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across the warned area.  Flash flooding is expected to begin
shortly or will continue.

Some locations that will experience flooding include...
West Odessa, Goldsmith, Penwell and North Cowden. 

LAT...LON 3215 10250 3152 10248 3136 10271 3217 10271

$$

80

The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 25, 7:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReeves28 min
Sep 25, 7:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReeves47 min
Sep 25, 7:50 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFMidland3 hr
Sep 25, 8:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFMidland3 hr
Sep 25, 8:39 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFJeff Davis3 hr
Sep 25, 9:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFJeff Davis34 min
Sep 25, 9:39 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBrewster3 hr
Sep 26, 1:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFAndrews, Ector, Martin, Midland3 hr
Sep 26, 1:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFCrane, Ector, Pecos, Ward, Winkler3 hr
Sep 26, 1:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFHoward, Martin3 hr
Sep 26, 2:21 PM CDTHigh Wind WarningMAF19 hr
Sep 26, 2:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFGlasscock, Martin, Midland3 hr
Sep 26, 2:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFBorden, Dawson, Mitchell, Scurry3 hr
Sep 26, 3:06 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMAFPresidio66 hr
Sep 26, 3:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFAndrews, Ector, Martin, Midland3 hr
Sep 26, 4:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFJeff Davis49 min
Sep 26, 4:58 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFUpton3 hr
Sep 26, 6:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReeves30 min

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.