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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 27, 1997Brewster County, Pecos County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 27, 1997, 7:16 PM CDT for Brewster County, Pecos 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 27, 1997, 7:16 PM CDT (00:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 1997, 9:50 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Brewster County, TX, Pecos County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 198 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 199 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 1997-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1365 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 1997-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 95 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
1365 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1404 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
7.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 280016
FFWMAF
TXC043-371-280300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
716 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND TX HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 950 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN WESTERN TEXAS

   ...CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN BREWSTER COUNTY
   ...SOUTHERN PECOS COUNTY

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO
AFFECT PARTS OF BREWSTER AND PECOS COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE
TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE...PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OF
FLOOD PRONE AREAS.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS
IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR
CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID
CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.
 
STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS...OR YOUR
CABLE TELEVISION OUTLETH FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

RB/MY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton32 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1997Every flash flood warning in 1997

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.