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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 23, 2018Culberson County, Jeff Davis County, Reeves County, Texas

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 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, 7.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2018-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1180 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2018-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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

$$

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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

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 7:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFJeff Davis35 min
May 22, 7:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLoving39 min
May 22, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFJeff Davis39 min
May 22, 7:23 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFJeff Davis, Reeves3 hr
May 22, 7:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReeves35 min
May 22, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson, Loving, Reeves60 min
May 22, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson61 min
May 22, 7:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFJeff Davis28 min
May 22, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos60 min
May 22, 8:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReeves39 min
May 22, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Jeff Davis66 min
May 22, 8:46 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFBrewster32 min
May 22, 8:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF31 min
May 22, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson58 min
May 22, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Presidio36 min
May 22, 9:38 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBrewster, Jeff Davis3 hr
May 22, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson63 min
May 22, 10:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF55 min
May 23, 1:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFJeff Davis46 min
May 23, 1:57 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFJeff Davis2 hr
May 23, 2:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFJeff Davis43 min
May 23, 2:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFCulberson47 min
May 23, 2:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson39 min
May 23, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFJeff Davis, Reeves46 min
May 23, 3:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFJeff Davis, Reeves3 hr
May 23, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson48 min
May 23, 3:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFCulberson51 min
May 23, 3:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFCulberson50 min
May 23, 3:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReeves46 min
May 23, 3:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPresidio42 min
May 23, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFJeff Davis, Pecos, Reeves47 min
May 23, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson39 min
May 23, 4:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFJeff Davis51 min
May 23, 4:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPresidio53 min
May 23, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos47 min
May 23, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson60 min
May 23, 4:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReeves40 min
May 23, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFJeff Davis47 min
May 23, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos50 min
May 23, 5:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReeves48 min
May 23, 5:39 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBrewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos, Presidio, Reeves3 hr
May 23, 5:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF34 min
May 23, 5:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFWard46 min
May 23, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster67 min
May 23, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Jeff Davis48 min
May 23, 6:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFWard46 min
May 23, 6:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF44 min
May 23, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Pecos52 min
May 23, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster61 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.