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Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 7, 2018, 12:56 PM CDT for Ector County, Texas. It was in force for 5 hr. 1 report 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, 12:56 PM CDT (17:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 2018, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Ector County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:57 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, 2:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Odessa, TX | NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES AND STALLED VEHICLES REPORTED ACROSS VARIOUS PORTIONS OF THE CITY OF ODESSA. |
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, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 40 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.
726 WGUS54 KMAF 071756 FFWMAF TXC135-072300- /O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0041.180907T1756Z-180907T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 1256 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2018 The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Ector County in western Texas... * Until 600 PM CDT. * At 1254 PM CDT, local law enforcement reported heavy rain across the warned area. Several inches of rain have already fallen and more is expected this afternoon. Flash flooding is already occurring in low spots. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Odessa, Goldsmith, West Odessa, Odessa Schlemeyer Field, Notrees, Penwell and Pleasant Farms. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. 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 3165 10280 3208 10280 3209 10229 3165 10229 $$ 29
1 follow-up statement
726 WGUS74 KMAF 072021 RRA FFSMAF Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 321 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2018 TXC135-072300- /O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0041.000000T0000Z-180907T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Ector TX- 321 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2018 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR ECTOR COUNTY... At 321 PM CDT, runoff from heavy rain continues to lead to flooding across the area. Many roads are impassable or closed. Any additional rain could make the situation worse. Some locations that will experience flooding include... Odessa, Goldsmith, West Odessa, Odessa Schlemeyer Field, Notrees, Penwell and Pleasant Farms. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other drainage areas and low lying spots. && LAT...LON 3165 10280 3208 10280 3209 10229 3165 10229 $$ 29
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, 11:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Martin | 5 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, 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.