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Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 20, 1997Howard County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 20, 1997, 8:46 PM CDT for Howard 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, 8:46 PM CDT (01:46 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 1997, 11:40 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Howard County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 82 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 00:00Z on 1997-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1241 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 00:00Z on 1997-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -83 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
1241 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-142 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1799 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-6.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 210146
FFWMAF
TXC227-210400-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND TX HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1140 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHWESTERN TEXAS

   ...NORTHEASTERN HOWARD COUNTY

SPOTTER REPORTED FLOODING ON HIGHWAY 350...SIX MILES NORTHEAST OF
BIG SPRING. WATER DEPTHS OF SIX TO EIGHT INCHES WERE NOTED OVER THE
HIGHWAY.
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT
QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOO:DING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
 
STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS...YOUR CABLE
TELEVISION OUTLET...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION
ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION.

&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 7:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Dawson26 min
Jun 20, 7:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFDawson3 hr
Jun 20, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward50 min
Jun 20, 8:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry34 min

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.