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Flash Flood Warning 66, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 2, 2021, 8:48 PM CDT for Dawson County, Gaines County, Texas. It was in force for 2 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
- Sep 2, 2021, 8:48 PM CDT (01:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2021, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 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 01:48 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, 1.8 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
- 1099 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1945 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
431
WGUS54 KMAF 030148
FFWMAF
TXC115-165-030415-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0066.210903T0148Z-210903T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
848 PM CDT Thu Sep 2 2021
The National Weather Service in Midland/Odessa has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northwestern Dawson County in western Texas...
Eastern Gaines County in western Texas...
* Until 1115 PM CDT.
* At 848 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 1.5 inches of
rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 inches are
possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly. The heaviest rain was just southwest of Welch.
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, McKenzie Lake, Punkin Center 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 3296 10219 3296 10202 3264 10209
3261 10244 3296 10242 3296 10238 3296 10233
3296 10226 3296 10224 3296 10223
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
David Munyan1 follow-up statement
769
WGUS74 KMAF 030253
FFSMAF
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
953 PM CDT Thu Sep 2 2021
TXC115-165-030415-
/O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0066.000000T0000Z-210903T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Dawson TX-Gaines TX-
953 PM CDT Thu Sep 2 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN DAWSON AND EASTERN GAINES COUNTIES...
At 953 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 1.5 inches of rain have
fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.25 inches are possible
in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Welch, McKenzie Lake, Punkin Center and Loop.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
&&
LAT...LON 3296 10221 3296 10219 3296 10202 3264 10209
3261 10244 3296 10242 3296 10238 3296 10233
3296 10226 3296 10224 3296 10223
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 8:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Dawson, Gaines | 3 hr |
| Sep 2, 10:10 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Upton | 2 hr |
| Sep 2, 10:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Winkler | 2 hr |
| Sep 2, 10:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Borden, Dawson | 3 hr |
| Sep 2, 11:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Andrews, Dawson, Gaines | 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.