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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 13, 2020, 4:35 PM CDT for Pecos 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
- May 13, 2020, 4:35 PM CDT (21:35 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 2020, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Pecos County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 1264 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -270 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1118 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted.
718
WGUS54 KMAF 132135
FFWMAF
TXC371-140030-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0009.200513T2135Z-200514T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
435 PM CDT Wed May 13 2020
The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Central Pecos County in southwestern Texas...
* Until 730 PM CDT.
* At 435 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 ongoing or expected to begin
shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other
drainage and low lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Fort Stockton, Fort Stockton-Pecos County Airport, Sierra Madera
and Firestone Test Track.
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 3056 10263 3057 10309 3098 10307 3098 10266
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
101 follow-up statement
956
WGUS74 KMAF 132318
FFSMAF
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
618 PM CDT Wed May 13 2020
TXC371-140030-
/O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-200514T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Pecos TX-
618 PM CDT Wed May 13 2020
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR
CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY...
At 617 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across the warned area. Up to one inch of rain has already
fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other drainage
and low lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Fort Stockton, Fort Stockton-Pecos County Airport, Sierra Madera and
Firestone Test Track.
Additional rainfall is possible in the warned area.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small
creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as
well as other drainage areas and low lying spots.
&&
LAT...LON 3056 10263 3057 10309 3098 10307 3098 10266
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
10The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 2:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Pecos | 37 min |
| May 13, 3:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Pecos | 30 min |
| May 13, 3:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 28 min | |
| May 13, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 61 min |
| May 13, 4:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Pecos | 30 min |
| May 13, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Ector, Ward, Winkler | 44 min |
| May 13, 4:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Ector | 39 min |
| May 13, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 61 min |
| May 13, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Ector | 46 min |
| May 13, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Ector | 53 min |
| May 13, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 66 min |
| May 13, 5:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Howard | 53 min |
| May 13, 6:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Ector | 44 min |
| May 13, 6:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Upton | 39 min |
| May 13, 6:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Gaines | 48 min |
| May 13, 6:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reagan | 44 min |
| May 13, 6:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Martin | 43 min |
| May 13, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 47 min |
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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.