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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 23, 2018, 2:18 PM CDT for Culberson County, Jeff Davis County, Reeves County, Texas. It was in force for 117 min. 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 23, 2018, 2:18 PM CDT (19:18 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2018, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 117 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Culberson County, TX, Jeff Davis County, TX, Reeves County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 211 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:19 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 211 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
- 1180 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -193 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 861 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
918 WGUS54 KMAF 231918 FFWMAF TXC109-243-389-232115- /O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0002.180523T1918Z-180523T2115Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 218 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2018 The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Southwestern Reeves County in southwestern Texas... Northeastern Jeff Davis County in southwestern Texas... East central Culberson County in southwestern Texas... * Until 415 PM CDT. * At 215 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Radar estimates that rainfall rates were over two inches an hour near highway 118 north of the 166 intersection. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Kent. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded roads. Find an alternate route. && LAT...LON 3076 10413 3103 10436 3121 10397 3088 10377 $$ 49
1 follow-up statement
535 WGUS74 KMAF 232026 FFSMAF Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 326 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2018 TXC109-243-389-232115- /O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-180523T2115Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Reeves TX-Jeff Davis TX-Culberson TX- 326 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2018 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN REEVES...NORTHEASTERN JEFF DAVIS AND EAST CENTRAL CULBERSON COUNTIES... At 326 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. One to two inches of rain have already fallen. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly. Some locations that will experience flooding include... Kent. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded roads. Find an alternate route. && LAT...LON 3076 10413 3103 10436 3121 10397 3088 10377 $$ 67
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 7:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Jeff Davis | 35 min |
| May 22, 7:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Loving | 39 min |
| May 22, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis | 39 min |
| May 22, 7:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Jeff Davis, Reeves | 3 hr |
| May 22, 7:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reeves | 35 min |
| May 22, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson, Loving, Reeves | 60 min |
| May 22, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson | 61 min |
| May 22, 7:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Jeff Davis | 28 min |
| May 22, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos | 60 min |
| May 22, 8:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reeves | 39 min |
| May 22, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Jeff Davis | 66 min |
| May 22, 8:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Brewster | 32 min |
| May 22, 8:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 31 min | |
| May 22, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson | 58 min |
| May 22, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Presidio | 36 min |
| May 22, 9:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Brewster, Jeff Davis | 3 hr |
| May 22, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson | 63 min |
| May 22, 10:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 55 min | |
| May 23, 1:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Jeff Davis | 46 min |
| May 23, 1:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Jeff Davis | 2 hr |
| May 23, 2:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Jeff Davis | 43 min |
| May 23, 2:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Culberson | 47 min |
| May 23, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson | 39 min |
| May 23, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis, Reeves | 46 min |
| May 23, 3:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis, Reeves | 3 hr |
| May 23, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson | 48 min |
| May 23, 3:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Culberson | 51 min |
| May 23, 3:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Culberson | 50 min |
| May 23, 3:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reeves | 46 min |
| May 23, 3:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Presidio | 42 min |
| May 23, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis, Pecos, Reeves | 47 min |
| May 23, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson | 39 min |
| May 23, 4:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Jeff Davis | 51 min |
| May 23, 4:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Presidio | 53 min |
| May 23, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos | 47 min |
| May 23, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson | 60 min |
| May 23, 4:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reeves | 40 min |
| May 23, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis | 47 min |
| May 23, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos | 50 min |
| May 23, 5:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reeves | 48 min |
| May 23, 5:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Brewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos, Presidio, Reeves | 3 hr |
| May 23, 5:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 34 min | |
| May 23, 5:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Ward | 46 min |
| May 23, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 67 min |
| May 23, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Jeff Davis | 48 min |
| May 23, 6:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Ward | 46 min |
| May 23, 6:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 44 min | |
| May 23, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Pecos | 52 min |
| May 23, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 61 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.