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Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 26, 2017, 2:42 PM CDT for 4 counties in 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, 2:42 PM CDT (19:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 26, 2017, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Borden County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Scurry County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 100 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.
676
WGUS54 KMAF 261942
FFWMAF
TXC033-115-335-415-262245-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0041.170926T1942Z-170926T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
242 PM CDT TUE SEP 26 2017
The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Mitchell County in western Texas...
Scurry County in western Texas...
Borden County in western Texas...
Dawson County in western Texas...
* Until 545 PM CDT
* At 238 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the warned
area. Up to one inch of rain has already fallen. Heavy rainfall is
anticipated over the next several hours, with at least 1 to 2
additional inches of rain possible. Flash flooding is already
occurring or expected to begin shortly.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Snyder, Lamesa, Colorado City, Gail, Westbrook,
Lake Colorado City, Welch, and Fluvanna.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you
can do so safely.
&&
LAT...LON 3209 10118 3252 10118 3253 10220 3296 10221
3296 10066 3209 10067
$$
441 follow-up statement
135
WGUS74 KMAF 262127
FFSMAF
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
427 PM CDT TUE SEP 26 2017
TXC033-115-335-415-262245-
/O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0041.000000T0000Z-170926T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Mitchell TX-Scurry TX-Borden TX-Dawson TX-
427 PM CDT TUE SEP 26 2017
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR
MITCHELL...SCURRY...BORDEN AND DAWSON COUNTIES...
At 426 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the warned
area. Up to one inch of rain has already fallen. Flash flooding is
expected to begin shortly.
Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Snyder, Lamesa, Colorado City, Gail, Westbrook,
Lake Colorado City, Welch, and Fluvanna.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you
can do so safely.
&&
LAT...LON 3209 10118 3252 10118 3253 10220 3296 10221
3296 10066 3209 10067
$$
44The 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, 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.