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Flash Flood Warning 86, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

November 5, 2000Reagan County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Nov 5, 2000, 9:21 AM CST for Reagan County, 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
Nov 5, 2000, 9:21 AM CST (15:21 UTC)
Expired
Nov 5, 2000, 1:15 PM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Reagan County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 99 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 2000-11-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 491 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 2000-11-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
491 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
663 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-489 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KMAF 051527
FFWMAF
TXC383-051915-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
921 AM CST SUN NOV 5 2000

THE MIDLAND-ODESSA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 115 PM CST

* AT 920 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED             
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF      
  OF REAGAN COUNTY...  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING INCLUDE...     
  NORTH REAGAN FIRE STATION...STILES...BEST...TEXON AND BIG LAKE.

THE GROUND IN THIS AREA IS NEAR SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS RAINS AND 
THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ONLY MAKE MATTERS WORSE. REPORTS FROM 
THE SHERIFFS OFFICE IN REAGAN COUNTY INDICATE THAT WATER IS 
BEGINNING TO FLOW IN LOW WATER CROSSINGS ON HIGHWAY 137 NORTH OF BIG 
LAKE.

MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO 
CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE 
ROADWAY. 

LAT...LON 3111 10176 3109 10149 3111 10130 3128 10127
          3164 10130 3165 10169

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.