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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
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 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.
- 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.
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 $$ 80
1 follow-up statement
477 WGUS74 KMAF 262019 FFSMAF Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 319 PM CDT TUE SEP 26 2017 TXC003-103-135-262200- /O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-170926T2200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Ector TX-Andrews TX-Crane TX- 319 PM CDT TUE SEP 26 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL ECTOR...SOUTH CENTRAL ANDREWS AND NORTHWESTERN CRANE COUNTIES... At 317 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly or will continue. Some locations that will experience flooding include... West Odessa, Goldsmith, Penwell and North Cowden. LAT...LON 3215 10250 3152 10248 3136 10271 3217 10271 $$ 80
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| 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, 1:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Andrews, Ector, Martin, Midland | 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, 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 |
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.