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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Apr 22, 2019, 6:54 PM CDT for Gaines County, Texas. It was in force for 2 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
- Apr 22, 2019, 6:54 PM CDT (23:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2019, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Gaines County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:56 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 7:58 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | E Seminole, TX | WATER UP TO THE DOOR ON VEHICLES EAST OF SEMINOLE ALONG HWY 180. |
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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -532 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1875 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
083 WGUS54 KMAF 222354 FFWMAF TXC165-230200- /O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0002.190422T2354Z-190423T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 654 PM CDT Mon Apr 22 2019 The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Central Gaines County in western Texas... * Until 900 PM CDT. * At 653 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Up to one inch of rain has already fallen. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Seminole, Gaines County Airport, and Gaines County Park. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. && LAT...LON 3296 10235 3253 10253 3253 10281 3296 10275 $$ 49
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 6:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Gaines | 29 min |
| Apr 22, 6:33 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Gaines | 3 hr |
| Apr 22, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 52 min |
| Apr 22, 6:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Gaines | 52 min |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.