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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 10, 2002Brewster County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 2002, 6:12 PM CDT for Brewster 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 as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 2002, 6:12 PM CDT (23:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2002, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Brewster County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 208 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:14 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 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 208 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 2002-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1258 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 2002-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 80 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
1258 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-252 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1222 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
144 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KMAF 102312
FFWMAF
TXC043-110315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
612 PM CDT MON JUN 10 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BREWSTER COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 608 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH 
  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 9 MILES NORTH OF ALTUDA...OR ABOUT 11 MILES    
  NORTHEAST OF ALPINE...LITTLE MOVEMENT IS NOTED.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
  ALTUDA AND RURAL AREAS ALONG HIGHWAY 67

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL INUNDATE LOW WATER CROSSINGS...NORMALLY DRY 
ARROYOS AND RANCH LAND. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS NEVER 
ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOWING WATER IN A CAR OR ON FOOT.

LAT...LON 3043 10372 3034 10367 3025 10352 3032 10322 3051 10327     
          3061 10335 3063 10347

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews40 min
Jun 9, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster50 min
Jun 10, 3:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFPresidio3 hr
Jun 10, 6:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFPresidio4 hr
Jun 10, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster52 min
Jun 10, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster44 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.