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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

March 22, 200010 counties in Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Mar 22, 2000, 11:00 PM CST for 10 counties in Texas. It was in force for 4 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, 11:00 PM CST (05:00 UTC)
Expired
Mar 23, 2000, 3:00 AM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Borden County, TX, Crane County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Howard County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Upton County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:00 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 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 46 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 2000-03-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 111 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 2000-03-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 179 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
111 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-178 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1659 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
179 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
290 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KMAF 230502
FFWMAF
TXC033-103-173-227-329-335-371-383-415-461-230900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1100 PM CST WED MAR 22 2000

THE MIDLAND-ODESSA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BORDEN COUNTY IN TEXAS
  SOUTHEASTERN CRANE COUNTY IN TEXAS
  GLASSCOCK COUNTY IN TEXAS
  HOWARD COUNTY IN TEXAS
  SOUTHEASTERN MIDLAND COUNTY IN TEXAS
  MITCHELL COUNTY IN TEXAS
  NORTHERN PECOS COUNTY IN TEXAS
  REAGAN COUNTY IN TEXAS
  SCURRY COUNTY IN TEXAS
  UPTON COUNTY IN TEXAS

* UNTIL 300 AM CST

* AT 1100 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A LINE
  OF STRONG TO OCCASIONALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
  RAIN EAST OF A GAIL...MIDLAND...MCCAMEY...TO FORT STOCKTON LINE.
  MOVEMENT OF INDIVIDUAL STORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH.

LAW ENFORCEMENT AND STORM SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED NUMEROUS ROAD 
CLOSURES DUE TO FLASH FLOODING OVER THE EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN AND
WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS.  RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT MORE THAN 5 
INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...AND AN 
ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AS THESE 
STORMS MOVE OVER THE WARNED AREA.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

DURING THE DARKNESS OF NIGHT...FLOODED SECTIONS OF ROAD MAY NOT BE
VISIBLE TO MOTORISTS. SOME ROADWAYS MAY EVEN BE CLOSED.  DO NOT
DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES!

LAT...LON 3093 10289 3085 10238 3102 10223 3110 10239
          3112 10129 3210 10128 3210 10068 3296 10066
          3296 10168 3213 10170 3170 10222

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 22, 6:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton44 min
Mar 22, 6:06 PM CSTTornado WarningMAFGlasscock24 min
Mar 22, 6:24 PM CSTTornado WarningMAFUpton51 min
Mar 22, 6:29 PM CSTTornado WarningMAFGlasscock46 min
Mar 22, 6:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMitchell44 min
Mar 22, 6:39 PM CSTTornado WarningMAFMitchell, Scurry36 min
Mar 22, 6:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane56 min
Mar 22, 6:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland46 min
Mar 22, 7:02 PM CSTTornado WarningMAFHoward, Mitchell43 min
Mar 22, 7:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry44 min
Mar 22, 7:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock57 min
Mar 22, 7:29 PM CSTTornado WarningMAFMitchell61 min
Mar 22, 7:40 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMAFBorden, Howard, Martin, Mitchell, Scurry3 hr
Mar 22, 7:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos49 min
Mar 22, 7:41 PM CSTTornado WarningMAFGlasscock49 min
Mar 22, 7:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane50 min
Mar 22, 8:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor30 min
Mar 22, 8:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland67 min
Mar 22, 8:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton59 min
Mar 22, 8:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMitchell67 min
Mar 22, 9:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton45 min
Mar 22, 9:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland42 min
Mar 22, 9:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReagan46 min
Mar 22, 10:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland, Upton48 min
Mar 22, 10:17 PM CSTTornado WarningMAFReagan43 min
Mar 22, 10:26 PM CSTTornado WarningMAFGlasscock, Howard49 min
Mar 22, 10:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton48 min
Mar 22, 11:10 PM CSTTornado WarningMAFGlasscock50 min
Mar 22, 11:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Howard47 min
Mar 23, 12:16 AM CSTTornado WarningMAFReagan44 min
Mar 23, 12:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines40 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2000Every flash flood warning in 2000

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.