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Flash Flood Warning 62, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

August 20, 2021Presidio County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 20, 2021, 4:28 PM CDT for Presidio 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
Aug 20, 2021, 4:28 PM CDT (21:28 UTC)
Expired
Aug 20, 2021, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Presidio County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 256 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-08-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 385 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-08-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
385 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-188 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1192 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

040 
WGUS54 KMAF 202128
FFWMAF
TXC377-210030-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0062.210820T2128Z-210821T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
428 PM CDT Fri Aug 20 2021

The National Weather Service in Midland/Odessa has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northeastern Presidio County in southwestern Texas...

* Until 730 PM CDT.

* At 428 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Up to 1 inch of rain has 
  fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible 
  in 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...
  Marfa and Marfa Municipal Airport.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3030 10416 3037 10415 3038 10392 3022 10391
      3023 10416

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

David Hennig

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 19, 7:05 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFPecos3 hr
Aug 19, 7:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBrewster24 min
Aug 19, 7:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Midland, Reagan66 min
Aug 19, 8:26 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBrewster5 hr
Aug 20, 1:07 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFJeff Davis113 min
Aug 20, 1:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFJeff Davis39 min
Aug 20, 2:28 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFJeff Davis2 hr
Aug 20, 2:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFJeff Davis45 min
Aug 20, 3:18 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFJeff Davis3 hr
Aug 20, 4:25 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFPecos3 hr
Aug 20, 4:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFPecos3 hr
Aug 20, 6:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFCrockett45 min
Aug 20, 6:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFScurry52 min
Aug 20, 6:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFAndrews36 min
Aug 20, 6:33 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBorden, Scurry3 hr
Aug 20, 6:44 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFCrane, Pecos3 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.