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Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 28, 20214 counties in Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 28, 2021, 5:45 PM CDT for 4 counties in 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: Jun 28, 2021, 5:45 PM CDT (22:45 UTC)
Expired: Jun 28, 2021, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Loving County, TX, Reeves County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:45 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

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 127 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: 34 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 744 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 63 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.

647 
WGUS54 KMAF 282245
FFWMAF
TXC301-389-475-495-290145-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0033.210628T2245Z-210629T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
545 PM CDT Mon Jun 28 2021

The National Weather Service in Midland/Odessa has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  North Central Reeves County in southwestern Texas...
  Loving County in western Texas...
  Northwestern Ward County in western Texas...
  West Central Winkler County in western Texas...

* Until 845 PM CDT.

* At 545 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is already 
  occurring.

  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...
  Mentone, Slash Ranch and Winkler County Airport.

This includes the following streams and drainages...
  Pecos River.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law 
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National 
Weather Service when you can do so safely.

&&

LAT...LON 3199 10380 3200 10328 3179 10321 3147 10349
      3148 10359

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

James DeBerry

1 follow-up statement

368 
WGUS74 KMAF 290006
FFSMAF

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
706 PM CDT Mon Jun 28 2021

TXC301-389-475-495-290145-
/O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0033.000000T0000Z-210629T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Loving TX-Reeves TX-Ward TX-Winkler TX-
706 PM CDT Mon Jun 28 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT THIS 
EVENING FOR NORTH CENTRAL REEVES, LOVING, NORTHWESTERN WARD AND WEST 
CENTRAL WINKLER COUNTIES...

At 706 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy 
rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is already occurring.

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...
  Mentone, Slash Ranch and Winkler County Airport.

This includes the following streams and drainages...
  Pecos River.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law 
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National 
Weather Service when you can do so safely.

&&

LAT...LON 3199 10380 3200 10328 3179 10321 3147 10349
      3148 10359

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

James DeBerry

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 28, 4:44 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Dawson	4 hr
Jun 28, 4:52 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Borden, Scurry	3 hr
Jun 28, 5:45 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Ector, Midland	105 min
Jun 28, 6:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Borden, Scurry	3 hr
Jun 28, 7:05 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Andrews, Ector, Gaines	4 hr
Jun 28, 7:24 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MAF	Reagan	3 hr
Jun 28, 7:34 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MAF	Ector, Midland	3 hr
Jun 28, 7:43 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Dawson, Martin	3 hr
Jun 28, 9:13 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MAF	Borden, Dawson, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry	3 hr
Jun 28, 10:32 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Ector, Midland	4 hr
Jun 28, 10:50 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Dawson, Martin	4 hr
Jun 28, 12:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MAF	Borden, Dawson, Scurry	7 hr
Jun 28, 12:53 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Culberson, Loving, Reeves, Winkler	4 hr
Jun 28, 2:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Culberson, Loving, Reeves, Winkler	3 hr
Jun 28, 3:03 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MAF	Ector, Midland	3 hr
Jun 28, 3:36 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Culberson, Jeff Davis, Reeves	3 hr
Jun 28, 4:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Glasscock, Howard, Martin, Midland	3 hr
Jun 28, 5:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Midland	98 min
Jun 28, 6:01 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Jeff Davis	3 hr
Jun 28, 6:12 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Crane, Upton	3 hr
Jun 28, 6:25 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Jeff Davis	3 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.