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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 10, 1994Glasscock County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 10, 1994, 6:35 PM CDT for Glasscock County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 1994, 6:35 PM CDT (23:35 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 1994, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Glasscock County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 65 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1994-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 780 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1994-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 137 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
780 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
617 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
264 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
3.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 102336
FFWMAF
TXC173-110230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
635 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST TEXAS
 
   ...GLASSCOCK COUNTY
 
AT 635 PM CDT...GLASSCOCK COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE WERE BEGINNING TO CLOSE
SOME ROADS IN THE COUNTY...HIGHWAY 2401 IN SOUTH GLASSCOCK COUNTY AND
HIGHWAY 33 SOUTH OF BIG SPRING TO SOUTH OF GARDEN CITY.
 
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 SPOTtS 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 HIGHER GROUND.
 
STAY ALERT TO RAPID CHANGES IN WATER LEVELS ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING
AREAS.
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos66 min
May 9, 7:35 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFPecos55 min
May 10, 12:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor46 min
May 10, 1:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves67 min
May 10, 2:18 AM CDTTornado WarningMAFReeves42 min
May 10, 2:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves62 min
May 10, 3:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLoving, Ward63 min
May 10, 4:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFWinkler58 min
May 10, 1:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland63 min
May 10, 2:34 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFGlasscock, Midland56 min
May 10, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland55 min
May 10, 3:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFHoward4 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.