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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 4, 2024, 6:47 PM 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 4, 2024, 6:47 PM CDT (23:47 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2024, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Borden County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Howard County, TX, Martin County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:51 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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 1342 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -140 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 793 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted.
635
WGUS54 KMAF 042347
FFWMAF
TXC033-115-227-317-050300-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0013.240504T2347Z-240505T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
647 PM CDT Sat May 4 2024
The National Weather Service in Midland/Odessa has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Borden County in western Texas...
Southeastern Dawson County in western Texas...
Northwestern Howard County in western Texas...
Northeastern Martin County in western Texas...
* Until 1000 PM CDT.
* At 647 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.5 and 1 inch of rain
has 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...
Ackerly, Gail, Luther, J B Thomas Reservoir, Vealmoor, Knott and
Sparenberg.
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 3265 10187 3274 10169 3285 10144 3283 10128
3269 10117 3263 10117 3262 10117 3243 10131
3229 10152 3237 10176 3258 10185
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
James DeBerry1 follow-up statement
137
WGUS74 KMAF 050007
FFSMAF
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
707 PM CDT Sat May 4 2024
TXC033-115-227-317-050300-
/O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-240505T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Borden TX-Dawson TX-Howard TX-Martin TX-
707 PM CDT Sat May 4 2024
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR BORDEN, SOUTHEASTERN DAWSON, NORTHWESTERN HOWARD AND
NORTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTIES...
At 707 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across the warned area. Between 0.5 and 1 inch of rain has
fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Ackerly, Gail, Luther, J B Thomas Reservoir, Vealmoor, Knott and
Sparenberg.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National
Weather Service when you can do so safely.
&&
LAT...LON 3265 10187 3274 10169 3285 10144 3283 10128
3269 10117 3263 10117 3262 10117 3243 10131
3229 10152 3237 10176 3258 10185
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
James DeBerryThe office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 7:07 PM CDT | Dust Storm Advisory | MAF | Andrews, Gaines | 38 min |
| May 4, 12:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Scurry | 41 min |
| May 4, 12:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Scurry | 59 min |
| May 4, 1:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 66 min |
| May 4, 1:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Howard | 51 min |
| May 4, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving, Winkler | 61 min |
| May 4, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis, Pecos, Reeves | 66 min |
| May 4, 2:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 56 min |
| May 4, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Reeves | 33 min |
| May 4, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving, Winkler | 66 min |
| May 4, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 47 min |
| May 4, 3:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Winkler | 49 min |
| May 4, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Ector, Pecos, Reeves, Ward, Winkler | 56 min |
| May 4, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 53 min |
| May 4, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Winkler | 60 min |
| May 4, 4:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 44 min |
| May 4, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 39 min |
| May 4, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector, Winkler | 54 min |
| May 4, 4:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Pecos | 3 hr |
| May 4, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector, Ward, Winkler | 57 min |
| May 4, 4:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 51 min |
| May 4, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Reeves | 47 min |
| May 4, 4:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Crane, Ector, Midland, Ward, Winkler | 3 hr |
| May 4, 4:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Andrews, Ector, Glasscock, Martin, Midland | 49 min |
| May 4, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Ector, Upton, Ward, Winkler | 55 min |
| May 4, 5:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 39 min |
| May 4, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Ector, Midland, Upton | 64 min |
| May 4, 5:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Dawson, Howard, Martin | 38 min |
| May 4, 5:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 3 hr |
| May 4, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 67 min |
| May 4, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Midland, Upton | 43 min |
| May 4, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 62 min |
| May 4, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Midland, Reagan, Upton | 58 min |
| May 4, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Reagan, Upton | 47 min |
| May 4, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson | 43 min |
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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.