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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 7, 2022, 3:58 PM CDT for Culberson County, Jeff Davis County, Reeves 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
- Jul 7, 2022, 3:58 PM CDT (20:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2022, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Culberson County, TX, Jeff Davis County, TX, Reeves County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 207 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:58 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 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 207 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
- 29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -406 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2067 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
261
WGUS54 KMAF 072058
FFWMAF
TXC109-243-389-080000-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0021.220707T2058Z-220708T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
358 PM CDT Thu Jul 7 2022
The National Weather Service in Midland/Odessa has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
East Central Culberson County in southwestern Texas...
North Central Jeff Davis County in southwestern Texas...
Southwestern Reeves County in southwestern Texas...
* Until 700 PM CDT /600 PM MDT/.
* At 358 PM CDT /258 PM MDT/, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms
producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 1.5
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...
Kent and Buffalo Trail Scout Camp.
This includes the following streams and drainages...
Ninemile Draw, Canyon Creek, Cherry Creek, Toyah Creek and Madera
Canyon.
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 3112 10423 3121 10410 3118 10396 3087 10386
3075 10404 3086 10419
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
James DeBerry1 follow-up statement
103
WGUS74 KMAF 072135
FFSMAF
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
435 PM CDT Thu Jul 7 2022
TXC109-243-389-080000-
/O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-220708T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Culberson TX-Jeff Davis TX-Reeves TX-
435 PM CDT Thu Jul 7 2022 /335 PM MDT Thu Jul 7 2022/
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT/6 PM MDT/
THIS EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL CULBERSON, NORTH CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS
AND SOUTHWESTERN REEVES COUNTIES...
At 435 PM CDT /335 PM MDT/, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms
producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 2
inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to
begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Kent and Buffalo Trail Scout Camp.
This includes the following streams and drainages...
Ninemile Draw, Canyon Creek, Cherry Creek, Toyah Creek and Madera
Canyon.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National
Weather Service when you can do so safely.
&&
LAT...LON 3112 10423 3121 10410 3118 10396 3087 10386
3075 10404 3086 10419
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
James DeBerryThe office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 4:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Brewster, Presidio | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 5:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 6:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Culberson, 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.