Flash Flood Warning
NWS Midland/Odessa TX ยท US
Details
Flash Flood Warning Issued September 24 At 4:16AM CDT Until September 24 At 8:15AM CDT By NWS Midland/Odessa TX
- Event
- Flash Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
FFWMAF The National Weather Service in Midland/Odessa has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Southwestern Culberson County in southwestern Texas... * Until 815 AM CDT /715 AM MDT/. * At 416 AM CDT /316 AM MDT/, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.5 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen in the past 1 to 2 hours. Additional showers and thunderstorms will continue to develop and move over the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
Hazard
Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
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... Van Horn, Plateau, Culberson County Airport, Lobo, as well as portions of Interstate 10, U.S. Highway 90, and State Highway 54.
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding. In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded roads. Find an alternate route.
Affected areas
- Culberson County, TX
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Midland/Odessa TX
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~57s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M39B89J6SAAYFXQMVPTX484W
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a170584bbc3b13546ed21f23c2b123a7bbc07eb5.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Midland/Odessa TX
- AWIPS ID
- CAPMAF
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.5960
- WMO heading
- XOUS54
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 54
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FFW |
| NationalWeatherService | FFW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FFWMAF |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS54 KMAF 240916 |
| flashFloodDetection | RADAR INDICATED |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0201.260924T0916Z-260924T1315Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-24T08:15:00-05:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Culberson County, TX
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 048109 |
| UGC | TXC109 |
- Polygons
- 31.03,-104.91 31.56,-104.9 31.68,-104.89 31.7,-104.3 30.98,-104.33 30.72,-104.82 30.67,-104.92 30.72,-104.92 30.76,-104.91 31.03,-104.91