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Flash Flood Warning 54, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

August 21, 20224 counties in Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 21, 2022, 1:35 AM CDT for 4 counties in 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 21, 2022, 1:35 AM CDT (06:35 UTC)
Expired: Aug 21, 2022, 4:45 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Crane County, TX, Ector County, TX, Midland County, TX, Ward County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:36 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 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 45 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: 818 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1496 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 183 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 7.6

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Aug 21, 12:27 AM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 21, 12:27 AM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 20, 2:04 PM CDT, 11 hours 31 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
204 PM CDT Sat Aug 20 2022

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-059>063-067>070-075-082-
270>282-211915-
Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County-Eddy County Plains-
Northern Lea County-Central Lea County-Southern Lea County-Gaines-
Dawson-Borden-Scurry-Andrews-Martin-Howard-Mitchell-Loving-Winkler-
Ector-Midland-Glasscock-Ward-Crane-Upton-Reagan-Pecos-Terrell-
Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet-Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains-
Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor-Eastern Culberson County-
Reeves County Plains-Chinati Mountains-Marfa Plateau-Davis Mountains-
Davis Mountains Foothills-Central Brewster County-Chisos Basin-
Presidio Valley-Lower Brewster County-
204 PM CDT Sat Aug 20 2022 /104 PM MDT Sat Aug 20 2022/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast New Mexico,
southwest Texas and western Texas.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Scattered to numerous shower and storms are expected this afternoon
and tonight across Southeast New Mexico, southward to the Davis
Mountains, the Marfa Plateau, and parts of the Permian Basin. The
main concern with these storms will be heavy rain that could produce
flooding and flash flooding. A Flash Flood Watch is in effect through
7 AM CDT/6 AM MDT Sunday morning.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Thunderstorms are likely each day through Tuesday and may produce
heavy rainfall which could result in flash flooding.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather
conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures.

This product, along with other watches, warnings, advisories,
and statements issued by the National Weather Service Office in
Midland, can be found on the internet at...
https://weather.gov/midland

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 20, 8:19 PM CDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
819 PM CDT SAT AUG 20 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0640 PM     FLASH FLOOD      4 SW MIDLAND            31.97N 102.13W
08/20/2022                   MIDLAND            TX   PUBLIC

            REPORT FROM MPING: STREET/ROAD FLOODING;
            STREET/ROAD CLOSED; VEHICLES STRANDED.

0751 PM     FLASH FLOOD      3 WNW MIDLAND           32.02N 102.13W
08/20/2022                   MIDLAND            TX   NWS EMPLOYEE

            AT THE INTERSECTION OF MIDKIFF RD AND W
            WADLEY AVE MULTIPLE CARS ARE STALLED WITH
            POLICE RESCUES UNDERWAY.

0415 PM     FLASH FLOOD      9 NW WHITES CITY        32.27N 104.49W
08/20/2022                   EDDY               NM   EMERGENCY MNGR

            A FAMILY IN THEIR VEHICLE WAS WASHED AWAY AT
            A LOW WATER CROSSING ALONG DARK CANYON RD
            SOUTHWEST OF CARLSBAD. HAVE SINCE BEEN
            RESCUED, NO INJURIES.

0415 PM     FLASH FLOOD      7 SW SEVEN RIVERS       32.53N 104.50W
08/20/2022                   EDDY               NM   EMERGENCY MNGR

            WHITE PINE RD IS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING AT
            LOW WATER CROSSING WEST OF LAKEWOOD.

0415 PM     FLASH FLOOD      7 SE SEVEN RIVERS       32.52N 104.35W
08/20/2022                   EDDY               NM   EMERGENCY MNGR

            THE DIVING ROCK AREA IS CLOSED DUE TO
            FLOODING.

0415 PM     FLASH FLOOD      7 WSW LOVING            32.24N 104.20W
08/20/2022                   EDDY               NM   EMERGENCY MNGR

            BLACK RIVER VILLAGE RD IS CLOSED AT LOW
            WATER CROSSING WEST OF MALAGA.

0415 PM     FLASH FLOOD      8 NNE WHITES CITY       32.29N 104.35W
08/20/2022                   EDDY               NM   EMERGENCY MNGR

            DARK CANYON RD AT HIDALGO RURAL RD IS CLOSED
            DUE TO FLOODING.

0415 PM     FLASH FLOOD      WHITES CITY             32.18N 104.38W
08/20/2022                   EDDY               NM   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NM ST RD 7 (CARLSBAD CAVERNS HIGHWAY) IS
            CLOSED LEADING INTO CARLSBAD CAVERNS.
            CARLSBAD CAVERNS IS CLOSED AND BEING
            EVACUATED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. TOURISTS ARE
            STRANDED AT THE CAVERNS DUE TO THE ROAD
            CLOSURE.

0415 PM     FLASH FLOOD      6 SSE SEVEN RIVERS      32.51N 104.38W
08/20/2022                   EDDY               NM   EMERGENCY MNGR

            STATE HIGHWAY 137 (QUEENS HIGHWAY) IS CLOSED
            AT US HIGHWAY 285 DUE TO FLOODING.

0505 PM     HEAVY RAIN       6 SSW SEVEN RIVERS      32.51N 104.45W
08/20/2022  E5.00 INCH       EDDY               NM   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORT OF 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL AT
            HOME ON ROCKY ARROYO 4 MILES WEST OF THE
            JUNCTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 137 AND US HIGHWAY
            285.

&&

Local storm report, Aug 20, 10:21 PM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 20, 8:02 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Gaines	3 hr
Aug 20, 8:46 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Ector, Midland	3 hr
Aug 20, 9:02 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Crane, Ector, Pecos, Reeves, Ward, Winkler	3 hr
Aug 20, 9:15 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Gaines	2 hr
Aug 21, 3:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Mitchell, Scurry	63 min
Aug 21, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Mitchell, Scurry	45 min
Aug 21, 4:57 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MAF	Presidio	15 hr
Aug 21, 6:09 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Borden, Scurry	96 min
Aug 20, 10:13 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Lea	62 min
Aug 21, 2:45 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MAF	Eddy	5 days

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2022 Every flash flood warning in 2022

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.