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Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 21, 2018, 4:15 AM CDT for Reagan 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
- Sep 21, 2018, 4:15 AM CDT (09:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 21, 2018, 7:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Reagan County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:17 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 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1362 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 1 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
406 WGUS54 KMAF 210915 FFWMAF TXC383-211215- /O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0045.180921T0915Z-180921T1215Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 415 AM CDT FRI SEP 21 2018 The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Reagan County in western Texas... * Until 715 AM CDT. * At 415 AM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated heavy rain falling across the warned area. Flash flooding is expected. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Big Lake, Reagan County Airport, Best and Stiles. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding. && LAT...LON 3108 10177 3135 10177 3165 10127 3108 10127 $$ 29
1 follow-up statement
029 WGUS74 KMAF 211034 FFSMAF Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 534 AM CDT FRI SEP 21 2018 TXC383-211215- /O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0045.000000T0000Z-180921T1215Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Reagan TX- 534 AM CDT FRI SEP 21 2018 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM CDT FOR REAGAN COUNTY... At 533 AM CDT, gauge reports indicated heavy rain was falling over the warned area. Over 3 inches of rain was reported at the Big Lake Mesonet since midnight. The threat of flash flooding continues. Some locations that will experience flooding include... Big Lake, Reagan County Airport, Best and Stiles. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding. && LAT...LON 3108 10177 3135 10177 3165 10127 3108 10127 $$ 29
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 9:12 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Crane, Pecos, Reeves, Ward | 3 hr |
| Sep 20, 9:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Ector, Midland | 3 hr |
| Sep 20, 10:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Pecos | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 2:39 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Pecos, Reagan, Terrell, Upton | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 3:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Borden, Dawson | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 7:19 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MAF | Reagan | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 2:59 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | MAF | 14 hr |
Nearby
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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.