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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 31, 2017, 5:54 PM CDT for Andrews 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
- May 31, 2017, 5:54 PM CDT (22:54 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2017, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Andrews County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:54 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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 60 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1407 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
828 WGUS54 KMAF 312254 FFWMAF TXC003-010145- /O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0007.170531T2254Z-170601T0145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 554 PM CDT WED MAY 31 2017 The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Andrews County in western Texas... * Until 845 PM CDT * At 552 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Radar estimates around one and one half inches of rain has fallen along Ranch Road 181 west of Andrews and near 1788 in southeast parts of the county. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. && LAT...LON 3209 10305 3251 10306 3251 10222 3210 10222 $$ 49
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Presidio | 44 min |
| May 30, 10:55 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MAF | Presidio | 17 hr |
| May 30, 10:55 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MAF | Presidio | 21 hr |
| May 30, 10:55 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MAF | Brewster | 56 hr |
| May 31, 5:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Terrell | 49 min |
| May 31, 12:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Midland | 32 min |
| May 31, 3:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Andrews, Gaines | 40 min |
| May 31, 3:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Borden, Dawson, Howard, Martin | 42 min |
| May 31, 4:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Midland | 58 min |
| May 31, 4:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Andrews, Ector, Martin, Midland | 117 min |
| May 31, 5:18 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Andrews | 117 min |
| May 31, 6:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Scurry | 43 min |
| May 31, 6:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Andrews | 48 min |
| May 31, 6:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ector | 3 hr |
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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.