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Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 29, 2021, 12:05 AM CDT for Midland 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
- Jun 29, 2021, 12:05 AM CDT (05:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2021, 3:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Midland County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:05 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 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 14 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
- 177 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1053 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
851
WGUS54 KMAF 290505
FFWMAF
TXC329-290815-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0035.210629T0505Z-210629T0815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
1205 AM CDT Tue Jun 29 2021
The National Weather Service in Midland/Odessa has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southern Midland County in western Texas...
* Until 315 AM CDT.
* At 1205 AM CDT, 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...
Midland, Odessa, Midland International Air and Space Port, Skywest
Airport and Warfield.
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.
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 3200 10229 3192 10207 3177 10178 3165 10178
3165 10184 3166 10202 3183 10229 3191 10229
3193 10229 3199 10229
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
James DeBerry1 follow-up statement
119
WGUS74 KMAF 290623
FFSMAF
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
123 AM CDT Tue Jun 29 2021
TXC329-290815-
/O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0035.000000T0000Z-210629T0815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Midland TX-
123 AM CDT Tue Jun 29 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM CDT EARLY THIS
MORNING FOR SOUTHERN MIDLAND COUNTY...
At 123 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Midland, Odessa, Midland International Air and Space Port, Skywest
Airport and Warfield.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National
Weather Service when you can do so safely.
&&
LAT...LON 3200 10229 3192 10207 3177 10178 3165 10178
3165 10184 3166 10202 3183 10229 3191 10229
3193 10229 3199 10229
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
James DeBerryThe office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 7:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Ward, Winkler | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 7:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Jeff Davis | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 8:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Jeff Davis, Pecos, Reeves | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 9:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Pecos, Reeves, Ward | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 9:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Reagan | 55 min |
| Jun 28, 10:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ector | 2 hr |
| Jun 28, 11:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Reeves, Ward | 1 min |
| Jun 29, 12:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ector | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 2:39 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Pecos | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 3:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Dawson, Gaines, Martin | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 7:24 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Culberson | 4 hr |
| Jun 29, 4:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis, Reeves | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.