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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 10, 2002Presidio County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 2002, 10:00 PM CDT for Presidio County, Texas. It was in force for 7 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, 10:00 PM CDT (03:00 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 2002, 5:00 AM CDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Presidio County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 312 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1687 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2182 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KMAF 110300
FFWMAF
TXC377-111000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1000 PM CDT MON JUN 10 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 500 AM CDT

* AT 945 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STORMS WITH VERY HEAVY
  RAINFALL IN THE CENTRAL PARTS OF PRESIDIO COUNTY ALONG CIBOLO CREEK... 
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
  INDIO...SHAFTER...CIBOLO CREEK FROM SHAFTER TO PRESIDIO...CASA PIEDRA...
  AND BIG BEND RANCH STATE PARK

CIBOLO CREEK IS RUNNING VERY HIGH BUT AS OF 950 PM WAS STILL WITHIN ITS 
BANKS.  ADDITIONAL DRAINAGE INTO CIBOLO CREEK WILL OCCUR INTO THE NIGHT
AND FLASH FLOODING MAY OCCUR FROM AROUND SHAFTER SOUTH TO PRESIDIO. 

DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. FLOODING IN MOUNTAINOUS AREAS IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. HEAVY
RAINFALL CAN CREATE SUDDEN FLOWS CAPABLE OF OVERTAKING CAMPERS AND HIKERS. 
SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW AWAY FROM CIBOLO CREEK...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN SHAFTER 
AND PRESIDIO 

STAY TUNED FOR INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND...
AND PRESIDIO COUNTY OFFICIALS. 


LAT...LON 2971 10456 2935 10407 2928 10382 2967 10381
          3001 10390 3016 10437

2 follow-up statements

000 
WGUS74 KMAF 110830
FFSMAF
TXC377-111000-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
325 AM CDT TUE JUN 11 2002

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PRESIDIO COUNTY UNTIL 5 AM 
CDT...

AT 320 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER PRESIDIO COUNTY WERE SLOWLY 
TAPERING OFF. HOWEVER...RAINFALL FROM THESE SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS AND RUNOFF FROM PREVIOUS STORMS WILL CONTINUE FLOODING 
OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS THROUGH 5 AM CDT.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS DIFFICULT TO RECOGNIZE 
FLOOD DANGERS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS.

FLOODING IN MOUNTAINOUS AREAS IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. HEAVY 
RAINFALL...EVEN SOME DISTANCE AWAY...CAN CREATE SUDDEN FLOWS CAPABLE OF 
OVERTAKING CAMPERS AND HIKERS. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW

LAT...LON 2929 10382 2974 10454 2993 10464 3019 10465
          3060 10492 3038 10381

000 
WGUS74 KMAF 110957
FFSMAF
TXC377-111300-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
455 AM CDT TUE JUN 11 2002

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PRESIDIO COUNTY IS BEING ALLOWED TO 
EXPIRE...BUT RUNOFF CONTINUES...

AT 455 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL 
WAS ENDING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND THE FLOOD THREAT WAS 
DIMINISHING. SOME MINOR FLOODING MAY CONTINUE...BUT THE THREAT OF 
SERIOUS FLOODING IS ENDING. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS BEING 
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR AT NIGHT.  BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT 
NIGHT SINCE IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. 
USE CAUTION IN AND AROUND DRAWS...CREEKS OR DRAINAGE DITCHES.

LAT...LON 3061 10491 3028 10473 2960 10447 2927 10380
          3037 10382

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 10, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Ward	61 min
Jun 10, 7:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	57 min
Jun 10, 9:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Presidio	55 min
Jun 10, 9:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Presidio	49 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.