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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 28, 2022Jeff Davis County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 28, 2022, 3:21 PM CDT for Jeff Davis 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: Jun 28, 2022, 3:21 PM CDT (20:21 UTC)
Expired: Jun 28, 2022, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Jeff Davis County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 221 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 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 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 221 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: 24 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -125 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1073 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

326 
WGUS54 KMAF 282021
FFWMAF
TXC243-282330-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0013.220628T2021Z-220628T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
321 PM CDT Tue Jun 28 2022

The National Weather Service in Midland/Odessa has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southeastern Jeff Davis County in southwestern Texas...

* Until 630 PM CDT.

* At 321 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 2.5 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...
  Fort Davis, Davis Mountains State Park and Fort Davis National 
  Historical Site.

This includes the following streams and drainages...
  Limpia Creek and Cienega Creek.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.

Remain alert for flooding even in locations not receiving rain. 
Arroyos, streams, and rivers can become raging killer currents in a 
matter of minutes, even from distant rainfall.

&&

LAT...LON 3063 10393 3061 10387 3056 10386 3056 10391
      3062 10394

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

Devin Chehak

2 follow-up statements

071 
WGUS74 KMAF 282200
FFSMAF

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
500 PM CDT Tue Jun 28 2022

TXC243-282330-
/O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-220628T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Jeff Davis TX-
500 PM CDT Tue Jun 28 2022

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT THIS 
EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY...

At 500 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy 
rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 2.5 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...
  Fort Davis, Davis Mountains State Park and Fort Davis National 
  Historical Site.

This includes the following streams and drainages...
  Limpia Creek and Cienega Creek.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.

Remain alert for flooding even in locations not receiving rain. 
Arroyos, streams, and rivers can become raging killer currents in a 
matter of minutes, even from distant rainfall.

&&

LAT...LON 3063 10393 3061 10387 3056 10386 3056 10391
      3062 10394

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

Devin Chehak

231 
WGUS74 KMAF 282326
FFSMAF

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
626 PM CDT Tue Jun 28 2022

TXC243-282336-
/O.EXP.KMAF.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-220628T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Jeff Davis TX-
626 PM CDT Tue Jun 28 2022

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR 
SOUTHEASTERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY...

The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a 
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 3063 10393 3061 10387 3056 10386 3056 10391
      3062 10394

$$

JP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 27, 7:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Upton	51 min
Jun 27, 7:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ward	48 min
Jun 27, 8:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Reagan, Upton	3 hr
Jun 27, 9:08 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Loving, Reeves	3 hr
Jun 27, 10:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Reagan	3 hr
Jun 28, 1:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Jeff Davis	51 min
Jun 28, 2:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Jeff Davis	3 hr
Jun 28, 2:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Jeff Davis	3 hr
Jun 28, 3:38 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Dawson, Martin	3 hr
Jun 28, 3:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Martin	51 min
Jun 28, 3:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Jeff Davis	65 min
Jun 28, 4:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Midland	45 min
Jun 28, 5:06 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Reeves	3 hr
Jun 28, 5:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Reeves	63 min
Jun 28, 5:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Winkler	59 min
Jun 28, 5:51 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Loving, Winkler	3 hr
Jun 28, 6:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Reeves	3 hr
Jun 28, 6:42 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Reeves	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.