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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 7, 2018, 11:38 AM CDT for Martin County, Texas. It was in force for 5 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 7, 2018, 11:38 AM CDT (16:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 2018, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Martin County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:41 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 1:20 PM CDT | FLOOD | 5 N Lenorah, TX | WATER RUNNING OVER HWY 137, 5 MILES NORTH OF HWY 176. |
| Sep 7, 1:20 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 N Lenorah, TX | WATER RUNNING OVER HWY 137, 5 MILES NORTH OF HWY 176. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 44 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
- 534 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 580 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
908 WGUS54 KMAF 071638 FFWMAF TXC317-072145- /O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0039.180907T1638Z-180907T2145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 1138 AM CDT FRI SEP 7 2018 The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Martin County in western Texas... * Until 445 PM CDT. * At 1137 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the warned area. Several inches of rain have already fallen and more is expected through the day. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Ackerly, Lenorah, Tarzan and Stanton Municipal Aiport. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. && LAT...LON 3216 10221 3252 10220 3253 10169 3216 10169 $$ 29
1 follow-up statement
025 WGUS74 KMAF 071852 FFSMAF Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 152 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2018 TXC317-072145- /O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-180907T2145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Martin TX- 152 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2018 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR MARTIN COUNTY... At 149 PM CDT, the public reported water over Highway 137 between Stanton and Lamesa due to heavy rain. Up to two to five inches of rain have already fallen across much of Martin County. The threat of flash flooding continues. Some locations that will experience flooding include... Ackerly, Lenorah, Tarzan and Stanton Municipal Aiport. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you can do so safely. && LAT...LON 3216 10221 3252 10220 3253 10169 3216 10169 $$ 27
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 7:11 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Crane, Ector, Midland, Upton | 3 hr |
| Sep 6, 8:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Terrell | 3 hr |
| Sep 6, 8:18 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Crane, Ector, Midland | 3 hr |
| Sep 6, 8:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Ward, Winkler | 3 hr |
| Sep 7, 12:30 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Brewster, Pecos, Terrell | 3 hr |
| Sep 7, 8:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Pecos, Reeves, Ward | 3 hr |
| Sep 7, 8:38 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Ector, Midland | 3 hr |
| Sep 7, 9:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 13 more | 30 hr |
| Sep 7, 9:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Martin, Midland | 3 hr |
| Sep 7, 10:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ector, Midland | 3 hr |
| Sep 7, 10:55 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MAF | Pecos, Reeves, Ward | 6 hr |
| Sep 7, 11:10 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Borden, Howard | 3 hr |
| Sep 7, 12:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Scurry | 3 hr |
| Sep 7, 12:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Martin, Midland | 5 hr |
| Sep 7, 12:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ector | 5 hr |
| Sep 7, 2:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 5 hr |
| Sep 7, 4:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Pecos | 5 hr |
| Sep 7, 5:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MAF | Ector, Glasscock, Martin, Midland | 6 hr |
| Sep 7, 6:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.