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Flash Flood Warning 42, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 26, 2017, 3:54 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, 3:54 PM CDT (20:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 26, 2017, 6:45 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 20:55 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, 8.9 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.
168 WGUS54 KMAF 262054 FFWMAF TXC003-135-317-329-262345- /O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0042.170926T2054Z-170926T2345Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 354 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 645 PM CDT * At 352 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated showers and thunderstorms producing heavy rain moving into the warned area. One to two inches of rain have already fallen, so additional flash flooding is expected. At 350 PM CDT, the Midland Fire Department reported a high water rescue at Airline Road and Business 80. * 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... Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other drainage areas and low lying spots. && LAT...LON 3215 10199 3182 10206 3178 10250 3215 10251 $$ 67
1 follow-up statement
147 WGUS74 KMAF 262214 FFSMAF Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 514 PM CDT TUE SEP 26 2017 TXC003-135-317-329-262345- /O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0042.000000T0000Z-170926T2345Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Ector TX-Andrews TX-Midland TX-Martin TX- 514 PM CDT TUE SEP 26 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN ECTOR...SOUTHEASTERN ANDREWS...NORTHWESTERN MIDLAND AND SOUTHWESTERN MARTIN COUNTIES... At 512 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area had diminished. However, some areas remain flooded, and ponding of water on roadways remains a hazard. Some locations that will experience flooding include... Midland, Odessa, Cotton Flat, Warfield, Midland Airpark and Skywest Airport. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other drainage areas and low lying spots. && LAT...LON 3215 10199 3182 10206 3178 10250 3215 10251 $$ 44
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, 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, 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.