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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 26, 2021, 8:02 PM CDT for Dawson County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. 3 reports 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
- Jun 26, 2021, 8:02 PM CDT (01:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2021, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Dawson County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:04 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 8:10 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 W Lamesa, TX | HIGHWAY 180 WEST OF LAMESA IMPASSABLE DUE TO WATER AND MUD OVER THE ROAD. |
| Jun 26, 8:22 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Lamesa, TX | VIDEO OF AT LEAST A FOOT OF FLOWING WATER OVER ROADS IN LAMESA. |
| Jun 26, 8:31 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Lamesa, TX | VIDEO OF STREET FLOODING IN LAMESA SUBMITTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 265 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
- 667 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1505 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.1
- Supercell composite
- -1.2
The text
As transmitted.
137
WGUS54 KMAF 270102
FFWMAF
TXC115-270400-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0021.210627T0102Z-210627T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
802 PM CDT Sat Jun 26 2021
The National Weather Service in Midland/Odessa has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Dawson County in western Texas...
* Until 1100 PM CDT.
* At 802 PM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between
1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is
2 to 4 inches in 1 hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2
inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is already
occurring.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.
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...
Lamesa, Lamesa Municipal Airport, Welch, Los Ybanez, Arvana,
Punkin Center, Hancock, Key, Tenmile and Sparenberg.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
&&
LAT...LON 3296 10205 3296 10175 3258 10172 3259 10220
3296 10221 3296 10216 3296 10212
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...2-4 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
$$
Scott Kleebauer1 follow-up statement
118
WGUS74 KMAF 270329
FFSMAF
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
1029 PM CDT Sat Jun 26 2021
TXC115-270400-
/O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-210627T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Dawson TX-
1029 PM CDT Sat Jun 26 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR DAWSON COUNTY...
At 1029 PM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1
and 2 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 2 to
4 inches in 1 hour. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are
possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is already occurring.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Lamesa, Lamesa Municipal Airport, Welch, Los Ybanez, Arvana,
Punkin Center, Hancock, Key, Tenmile and Sparenberg.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
&&
LAT...LON 3296 10205 3296 10175 3258 10172 3259 10220
3296 10221 3296 10216 3296 10212
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...2-4 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
$$
James DeBerryThe office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 7:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Andrews | 42 min |
| Jun 26, 7:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Yoakum | 50 min |
| Jun 26, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson, Gaines | 60 min |
| Jun 26, 7:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Dawson | 24 min |
| Jun 26, 7:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Crane | 67 min |
| Jun 26, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard, Martin, Midland | 29 min |
| Jun 26, 7:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Mitchell | 58 min |
| Jun 26, 8:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Glasscock, Howard, Martin, Midland, Mitchell | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 8:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Ector | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 8:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Ward | 65 min |
| Jun 26, 8:33 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Ector, Ward, Winkler | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Ector, Ward, Winkler | 54 min |
| Jun 26, 8:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Borden, Dawson | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Ector, Ward, Winkler | 3 min |
| Jun 26, 9:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Scurry | 43 min |
| Jun 26, 9:13 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Borden, Scurry | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 44 min |
| Jun 26, 9:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Gaines | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 9:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Winkler | 54 min |
| Jun 26, 9:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Scurry | 2 hr |
| Jun 26, 9:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Martin | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 9:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Crane | 58 min |
| Jun 26, 10:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Dawson | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 11:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Borden, Dawson | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 12:12 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Borden, Scurry | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 2:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Brewster, Culberson, Dawson, Ector and 12 more | 4 days |
| Jun 27, 4:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ector, Glasscock, Martin, Midland | 115 min |
| Jun 27, 4:19 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Andrews, Dawson, Martin | 2 hr |
| Jun 27, 5:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard | 111 min |
| Jun 27, 5:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Jeff Davis | 44 min |
| Jun 27, 5:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Crane, Ector, Glasscock, Martin, Midland, Upton | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 6:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Brewster, Jeff Davis, Presidio | 2 hr |
| Jun 27, 6:16 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Howard, Mitchell | 119 min |
| Jun 27, 7:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Crane, Ector, Loving, Reeves, Ward, Winkler | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 7:44 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Jeff Davis, Reeves | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 7:49 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Crane, Pecos, Reeves, Ward | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 8:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Crane, Ector, Glasscock, Martin, Midland, Upton | 4 hr |
| Jun 27, 10:18 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Crane, Pecos, Upton | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 10:38 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 12:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Terrell | 37 min |
| Jun 27, 12:44 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | 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.