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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 22, 2019, 7:34 PM CDT for Gaines County, Texas. It was in force for 3 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
- Jul 22, 2019, 7:34 PM CDT (00:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2019, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 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), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 9:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 N Seminole, TX | WATER COVERING HWY 385. |
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 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 336 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -109 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2002 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
548 WGUS54 KMAF 230034 FFWMAF TXC165-230330- /O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0021.190723T0034Z-190723T0330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 734 PM CDT Mon Jul 22 2019 The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Gaines County in western Texas... * Until 1030 PM CDT. * At 733 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Seminole, Gaines County Airport, Paynes Corner, Higginbotham, McKenzie Lake and Gaines County Park. This includes the following low water crossing locations RR 181 crossing Seminole Draw, RR 181 crossing Seminole Draw tributary, RR 1757 crossing Seminole Draw tributary, RR 181 crossing Wardswell Draw, and Ave G crossing Wardswell Draw tributary. 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 3288 10221 3252 10221 3253 10306 3296 10305 $$ 29
1 follow-up statement
676 WGUS74 KMAF 230202 FFSMAF Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 902 PM CDT Mon Jul 22 2019 TXC165-230330- /O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-190723T0330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Gaines TX- 902 PM CDT Mon Jul 22 2019 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR GAINES COUNTY... At 900 PM CDT, local law enforcement reported water over the road north of Seminole along Highway 385. Even though rain has mostly diminished, flash flooding is still possible across the area. Some locations that will experience flooding include... Seminole, Gaines County Airport, Paynes Corner, Higginbotham, McKenzie Lake and Gaines County Park. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded roads. Find an alternate route. && LAT...LON 3288 10221 3252 10221 3253 10306 3296 10305 $$ 29
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 8:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Midland | 43 min |
| Jul 22, 8:12 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Ector, Midland | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 8:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Ector, Midland | 52 min |
| Jul 22, 9:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Andrews, Ector, Martin, Midland | 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.