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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

March 22, 20005 counties in Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Mar 22, 2000, 5:34 PM CST for 5 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Mar 22, 2000, 5:34 PM CST (23:34 UTC)
Expired
Mar 22, 2000, 8:00 PM CST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Crane County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Midland County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Upton County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 53 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 2000-03-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 542 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 2000-03-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 140 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
542 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
989 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
197 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
3.2

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KMAF 222340
FFWMAF
TXC103-173-329-371-461-230030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
534 PM CST WED MAR 22 2000

THE MIDLAND-ODESSA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CRANE COUNTY IN TEXAS
  GLASSCOCK COUNTY IN TEXAS
  MIDLAND COUNTY IN TEXAS
  NORTHEASTERN PECOS COUNTY IN TEXAS
  UPTON COUNTY IN TEXAS

* UNTIL 8 PM CST

* DOPPLER RADAR...AND SATELLITE INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS
  OVER THE SAME AREAS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...
  RANGING FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR.  LAW ENFORCEMENT AND
  STORM SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS COVERED WITH WATER...
  AND STANDING WATER OVER LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING INCLUDE...   
  THE INTERSECTION OF SH 329 AND FM 1492...KING MOUNTAIN...MIDKIFF...
  VALLEY VIEW......CORDONA LAKE...TUBBS CORNER...ST. LAWRENCE...   
  LEES...GARDEN CITY...BIGBY CORNER...GREENWOOD...SPRABERRY...COTTON 
  FLAT...BAKERSFIELD...GIRVIN....IMPERIAL... RANKIN...MIDLAND... 
  MCCAMEY. . .IRAAN AND CRANE

IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS IN A FLOODED STRETCH OF ROADWAY...ABANDON IT
IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND. RAPIDLY RISING WATER MAY ENGULF
THE VEHICLE AND SWEEP IT AWAY.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE MIDLAND-ODESSA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR OTHER MEDIA SOURCES...FOR THE
LATEST UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION.

LAT...LON 3083 10277 3163 10275 3163 10224 3208 10220
          3208 10128 3168 10130 3168 10183 3090 10189

RSB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 21, 7:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry51 min
Mar 21, 7:18 PM CSTTornado WarningMAFScurry42 min
Mar 21, 7:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry31 min
Mar 21, 11:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Gaines67 min
Mar 22, 12:10 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFWard, Winkler65 min
Mar 22, 12:21 AM CSTTornado WarningMAFWard, Winkler54 min
Mar 22, 12:38 AM CSTTornado WarningMAFAndrews37 min
Mar 22, 12:46 AM CSTTornado WarningMAFEctor44 min
Mar 22, 12:49 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMAFAndrews, Gaines2 hr
Mar 22, 12:54 AM CSTTornado WarningMAFGaines36 min
Mar 22, 12:55 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton65 min
Mar 22, 1:09 AM CSTTornado WarningMAFWinkler36 min
Mar 22, 1:20 AM CSTTornado WarningMAFEctor55 min
Mar 22, 1:32 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines58 min
Mar 22, 1:56 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMAFAndrews, Gaines2 hr
Mar 22, 2:08 AM CSTTornado WarningMAFAndrews, Ector52 min
Mar 22, 2:40 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMAFEctor3 hr
Mar 22, 2:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Ector, Martin, Midland63 min
Mar 22, 3:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson48 min
Mar 22, 4:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin45 min
Mar 22, 4:18 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMAFMartin117 min
Mar 22, 4:23 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMAFAndrews2 hr
Mar 22, 4:30 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMAFGaines2 hr
Mar 22, 4:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Dawson62 min
Mar 22, 5:33 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMAFDawson3 hr
Mar 22, 1:45 PM CSTTornado WarningMAFPecos30 min
Mar 22, 2:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos45 min
Mar 22, 2:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton40 min
Mar 22, 2:59 PM CSTTornado WarningMAFUpton31 min
Mar 22, 3:15 PM CSTTornado WarningMAFUpton30 min
Mar 22, 3:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden29 min
Mar 22, 3:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin, Midland49 min
Mar 22, 3:53 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMAFPecos, Upton3 hr
Mar 22, 3:53 PM CSTTornado WarningMAFPecos37 min
Mar 22, 4:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Midland42 min
Mar 22, 4:22 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMAFGlasscock, Midland3 hr
Mar 22, 4:29 PM CSTTornado WarningMAFUpton46 min
Mar 22, 4:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor52 min
Mar 22, 4:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock43 min
Mar 22, 4:54 PM CSTTornado WarningMAFGlasscock51 min
Mar 22, 5:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward44 min
Mar 22, 5:19 PM CSTTornado WarningMAFUpton26 min
Mar 22, 5:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Pecos52 min
Mar 22, 5:42 PM CSTTornado WarningMAFHoward33 min
Mar 22, 5:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Midland46 min
Mar 22, 5:53 PM CSTTornado WarningMAFMitchell37 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.