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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 17, 2000Presidio County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 17, 2000, 4:25 PM CDT for Presidio County, Texas. It was in force for 6 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
Jun 17, 2000, 4:25 PM CDT (21:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2000, 10:25 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Presidio County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 287 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 2000-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3170 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3170 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
668 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.3

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KMAF 172128
FFWMAF
TXC377-180325-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
425 PM CDT SAT JUN 17 2000

THE MIDLAND-ODESSA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  PRESIDIO COUNTY IN TEXAS

* UNTIL 1025 PM CDT

* AT 315 PM CDT...A WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED 3-4 INCHES OF RAIN
  HAD ALREADY FALLEN IN THE SHAFTER AREA IN THE CIBILO CREEK BASIN.
  AT 420 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE STATIONARY...
  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL NEAR REDFORD...
  MARFA...AND FIVE TO TEN MILES EAST OF PRESIDIO.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING INCLUDE...   
  BIG BEND RANCH STATE PARK...RYAN...CASA PIEDRA...CANDELARIA...
  SHAFTER...REDFORD...PRESIDIO AND MARFA...UNITED STATES HIGHWAY 67
  ...FARMER TO MARKET ROAD 2810...FARMER TO MARKET ROAD 169.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...UNDERPASSES...LOW WATER CROSSINGS...AND NORMALLY
DRY WASHES.

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.

LAT...LON 3061 10501 2858 10385 3039 10382 3041 10391

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 1:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFPresidio3 hr
Jun 17, 3:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Presidio59 min
Jun 17, 3:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFBrewster4 hr

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.