Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 2, 2021, 7:24 PM CDT for Dawson County, Gaines 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
- Jul 2, 2021, 7:24 PM CDT (00:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2021, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Dawson County, TX, Gaines County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:28 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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 1700 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1302 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
670
WGUS54 KMAF 030024
FFWMAF
TXC115-165-030330-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0039.210703T0024Z-210703T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
724 PM CDT Fri Jul 2 2021
The National Weather Service in Midland/Odessa has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northwestern Dawson County in western Texas...
Northeastern Gaines County in western Texas...
* Until 1030 PM CDT.
* At 724 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 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...
Welch, Seagraves Airport and Loop.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3296 10221 3295 10198 3267 10223 3296 10255
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$1 follow-up statement
633
WGUS74 KMAF 030142
FFSMAF
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
842 PM CDT Fri Jul 2 2021
TXC115-165-030330-
/O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-210703T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Dawson TX-Gaines TX-
842 PM CDT Fri Jul 2 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN DAWSON AND NORTHEASTERN GAINES COUNTIES...
At 842 PM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2
and 3 inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or
expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Welch, Seagraves Airport and Loop.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
&&
LAT...LON 3296 10221 3295 10198 3267 10223 3296 10255
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
$$
Gregory MurdochThe office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 7:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Dawson, Gaines | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 7:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Dawson | 46 min |
| Jul 2, 7:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Andrews, Gaines, Winkler | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 7:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Winkler | 47 min |
| Jul 2, 8:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Gaines | 43 min |
| Jul 2, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Winkler | 64 min |
| Jul 2, 8:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Dawson | 4 hr |
| Jul 2, 8:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Winkler | 2 hr |
| Jul 2, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ward, Winkler | 53 min |
| Jul 2, 9:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Dawson | 5 hr |
| Jul 2, 10:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Borden | 4 hr |
| Jul 2, 11:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Andrews, Ector | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 11:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Martin, Midland | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 12:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Borden, Howard, Martin, Scurry | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 1:03 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Borden, Howard, Martin, Mitchell, Scurry | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 1:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Howard, Mitchell | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 3:20 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Glasscock | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 5:11 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Dawson, Gaines, Howard, Martin | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 6:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson, Gaines, Howard, Martin | 5 hr |
| Jul 3, 8:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 9:47 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 39 hr |
| Jul 3, 1:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 3:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Culberson | 5 hr |
| Jul 3, 3:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Presidio | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 4:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Culberson | 5 hr |
| Jul 3, 4:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Brewster | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 6:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Culberson | 52 min |
| Jul 3, 6:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Scurry | 2 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.