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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

August 31, 1993Terrell County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 31, 1993, 8:55 AM CDT for Terrell County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 31, 1993, 8:55 AM CDT (13:55 UTC)
Expired
Aug 31, 1993, 12:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Terrell County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 153 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 1993-08-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1097 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 1993-08-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1097 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
725 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 311356
FFWMAF
TXC443-311700-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
855 AM CDT TUE AUG 31 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOON CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST TEXAS
 
   ...TERRELL COUNTY
 
AT 845 AM CDT...RAINFALL REPORTS FROM TERRELL COUNTY INDICATE THAT AS
MUCH AS 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE DYRDEN AREA. WITH RAINFALL
FROM THE PAST FEW DAYS SOAKING THE GROUND RUNOFF WILL BE GENERATED
EASILY...AND WITH A LARGE THUNDERSTORM IN THE AREA HEAVY RAIN IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO H.IGHER GROUND.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 30, 7:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEctor, Midland3 hr

Nearby

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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.