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Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 20, 1997Terrell County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 20, 1997, 6:26 PM CDT for Terrell County, 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
Jun 20, 1997, 6:26 PM CDT (23:26 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 1997, 9:25 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Terrell County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 192 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 1997-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2079 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 1997-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -19 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
2079 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-242 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1643 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-14 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 202327
FFWMAF
TXC443-210225-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
626 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND TX HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 925 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN WESTERN TEXAS

   ...TERRELL COUNTY
 
A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING EAST THROUGH
TERRELL COUNTY.  FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED BY A MOTORIST 5 MILES
EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF FARM ROUTE 2400 AND U.S. 285 WHERE 4 TO
6 INCHES OF WATER WAS COVERING THE ROAD.

MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT
TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE RjOADWAY.
NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.
 

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 1:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves61 min
Jun 20, 3:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin49 min
Jun 20, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland66 min
Jun 20, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane66 min
Jun 20, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor64 min
Jun 20, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland62 min
Jun 20, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell63 min
Jun 20, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson, Gaines63 min
Jun 20, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson47 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.