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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

July 3, 2021Culberson County, Reeves County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 3, 2021, 7:07 PM CDT for Culberson County, Reeves County, Texas. It was in force for 4 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 3, 2021, 7:07 PM CDT (00:07 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2021, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Culberson County, TX, Reeves County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 192 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 191 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: 849 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1217 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 110 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

820 
WGUS54 KMAF 040007
FFWMAF
TXC109-389-040400-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0049.210704T0007Z-210704T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
707 PM CDT Sat Jul 3 2021

The National Weather Service in Midland/Odessa has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northern Culberson County in southwestern Texas...
  Northwestern Reeves County in southwestern Texas...

* Until 1100 PM CDT /1000 PM MDT/.

* At 707 PM CDT /607 PM MDT/, 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...
  Red Bluff Reservoir.

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 3122 10474 3177 10468 3178 10445 3200 10444
      3200 10433 3200 10425 3200 10402 3200 10398
      3199 10398 3198 10398 3198 10397 3198 10396
      3199 10396 3199 10395 3121 10405

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

Samantha Zuber

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 3, 8:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Reeves	41 min
Jul 3, 9:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Loving, Reeves, Ward	4 hr
Jul 4, 1:01 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Jeff Davis	3 hr
Jul 4, 1:14 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Jeff Davis	2 hr
Jul 4, 1:40 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	MAF	Borden, Dawson, Howard, Martin, Mitchell, Scurry	28 hr
Jul 4, 2:09 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Brewster, Jeff Davis	3 hr
Jul 4, 3:16 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Brewster, Jeff Davis, Presidio	4 hr
Jul 4, 4:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Jeff Davis	52 min
Jul 4, 5:02 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Jeff Davis	3 hr
Jul 4, 6:20 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Culberson, Jeff Davis	3 hr
Jul 4, 6:55 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Culberson	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.