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Flash Flood Warning 68, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 5, 2021, 6:09 PM CDT for Howard 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 5, 2021, 6:09 PM CDT (23:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 2021, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Howard County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -137 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1680 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
863
WGUS54 KMAF 052309
FFWMAF
TXC227-060115-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0068.210905T2309Z-210906T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
609 PM CDT Sun Sep 5 2021
The National Weather Service in Midland/Odessa has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
South Central Howard County in western Texas...
* Until 815 PM CDT.
* At 609 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain
have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 2 to 4 inches in 1
hour. 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...
Big Spring, Big Spring Country Club and Big Spring McMahon-Wrinkle
Airpark.
This includes the following streams and drainages...
Beals Creek, Moss Creek and Elbow Creek.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
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 3218 10153 3224 10155 3230 10151 3229 10139
3226 10137 3219 10143
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...2-4 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
$$
James DeBerry1 follow-up statement
131
WGUS74 KMAF 052351
FFSMAF
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
651 PM CDT Sun Sep 5 2021
TXC227-060115-
/O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0068.000000T0000Z-210906T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Howard TX-
651 PM CDT Sun Sep 5 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL HOWARD COUNTY...
At 651 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain have
fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Big Spring, Big Spring Country Club and Big Spring McMahon-Wrinkle
Airpark.
This includes the following streams and drainages...
Beals Creek, Moss Creek and Elbow Creek.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National
Weather Service when you can do so safely.
&&
LAT...LON 3218 10153 3224 10155 3230 10151 3229 10139
3226 10137 3219 10143
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
James DeBerryThe office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 3:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Andrews | 29 min |
| Sep 5, 3:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Andrews | 31 min |
| Sep 5, 4:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Glasscock | 24 min |
| Sep 5, 5:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Howard | 32 min |
| Sep 5, 5:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Mitchell | 23 min |
| Sep 5, 5:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Howard, Martin, Midland | 115 min |
| Sep 5, 5:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Mitchell | 36 min |
| Sep 5, 5:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Mitchell | 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.