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Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 2, 2021Culberson County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 2, 2021, 3:22 PM CDT for Culberson County, Texas. It was in force for 4 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: Jun 2, 2021, 3:22 PM CDT (20:22 UTC)
Expired: Jun 2, 2021, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Culberson County, TX

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 183 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:24 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 183 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 603 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -259 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1937 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 65 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

076 
WGUS54 KMAF 022022
FFWMAF
TXC109-030015-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0015.210602T2022Z-210603T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
322 PM CDT Wed Jun 2 2021

The National Weather Service in Midland/Odessa has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  West Central Culberson County in southwestern Texas...

* Until 715 PM CDT /615 PM MDT/.

* At 322 PM CDT /222 PM MDT/, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms 
  producing heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is 
  ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
           areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
           other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  mainly rural areas of West Central Culberson County. Parts of 
  Highway 54 may experience flooding as well.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 3150 10491 3150 10475 3122 10476 3119 10491
      3125 10491 3135 10491

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

Samantha Zuber

1 follow-up statement

606 
WGUS74 KMAF 022233
FFSMAF

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
533 PM CDT Wed Jun 2 2021

TXC109-030015-
/O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0015.000000T0000Z-210603T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Culberson TX-
533 PM CDT Wed Jun 2 2021 /433 PM MDT Wed Jun 2 2021/

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT/615 PM 
MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL CULBERSON COUNTY...

At 533 PM CDT /433 PM MDT/, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms 
producing heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is 
ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

SOURCE...Radar.

IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
         highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
         drainage and low-lying areas.

Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  mainly rural areas of West Central Culberson County

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 3150 10491 3150 10475 3122 10476 3119 10491
      3125 10491 3135 10491

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

Samantha Zuber

The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 1, 7:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Gaines	42 min
Jun 1, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews, Gaines	63 min
Jun 1, 7:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Presidio	59 min
Jun 1, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews	63 min
Jun 1, 9:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews, Ector, Martin, Midland	48 min
Jun 2, 1:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Dawson	43 min
Jun 2, 2:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Gaines	45 min
Jun 2, 2:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Culberson	42 min
Jun 2, 2:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Dawson, Martin	60 min
Jun 2, 2:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Andrews	37 min
Jun 2, 2:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Culberson	32 min
Jun 2, 3:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Mitchell	46 min
Jun 2, 3:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews, Gaines	55 min
Jun 2, 3:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews, Dawson, Howard, Martin	67 min
Jun 2, 3:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Culberson	47 min
Jun 2, 3:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Culberson	45 min
Jun 2, 3:37 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Andrews, Dawson, Gaines, Martin	3 hr
Jun 2, 4:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Culberson	57 min
Jun 2, 4:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Jeff Davis	41 min
Jun 2, 4:08 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Mitchell	3 hr
Jun 2, 4:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Culberson, Jeff Davis, Reeves	65 min
Jun 2, 4:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Mitchell	48 min
Jun 2, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews, Ector, Winkler	46 min
Jun 2, 4:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Mitchell, Scurry	21 min
Jun 2, 4:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews, Ector, Glasscock, Martin, Midland	43 min
Jun 2, 4:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Jeff Davis	23 min
Jun 2, 4:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Jeff Davis	49 min
Jun 2, 4:53 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Culberson	3 hr
Jun 2, 4:55 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Culberson, Jeff Davis, Presidio	3 hr
Jun 2, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews, Ector, Winkler	62 min
Jun 2, 5:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Midland	45 min
Jun 2, 5:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Presidio	45 min
Jun 2, 5:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Reeves	45 min
Jun 2, 5:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	52 min
Jun 2, 5:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Winkler	46 min
Jun 2, 6:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Ector, Ward, Winkler	43 min
Jun 2, 6:35 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Brewster, Presidio	3 hr
Jun 2, 6:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Winkler	44 min
Jun 2, 6:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Reeves	40 min
Jun 2, 6:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Andrews, Ector, Gaines, Winkler	3 hr
Jun 2, 6:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	52 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.