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Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 29, 2021Ector County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 29, 2021, 12:29 AM CDT for Ector 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, 12:29 AM CDT (05:29 UTC)
Expired: Jun 29, 2021, 3:30 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Ector County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:33 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, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 21 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

820 
WGUS54 KMAF 290529
FFWMAF
TXC135-290830-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0036.210629T0529Z-210629T0830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
1229 AM CDT Tue Jun 29 2021

The National Weather Service in Midland/Odessa has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northern Ector County in western Texas...

* Until 330 AM CDT.

* At 1229 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2.5 inches of 
  rain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing.

  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...
  Odessa and Odessa Schlemeyer Field.

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 3183 10229 3208 10279 3209 10252 3209 10241
      3209 10239 3206 10233 3200 10229

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

James DeBerry

1 follow-up statement

386 
WGUS74 KMAF 290633
FFSMAF

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
133 AM CDT Tue Jun 29 2021

TXC135-290830-
/O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0036.000000T0000Z-210629T0830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Ector TX-
133 AM CDT Tue Jun 29 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM CDT EARLY THIS 
MORNING FOR NORTHERN ECTOR COUNTY...

At 133 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy 
rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2.5 inches of rain have 
fallen. 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...
  Odessa and Odessa Schlemeyer Field.

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 3183 10229 3208 10279 3209 10252 3209 10241
      3209 10239 3206 10233 3200 10229

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, 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, 12:05 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Midland	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.