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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 11, 2002, 7:37 PM CDT for Presidio 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 11, 2002, 7:37 PM CDT (00:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2002, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 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, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 300 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2014 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1996 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KMAF 120037
FFWMAF
TXC377-120430-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
733 PM CDT TUE JUN 11 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
PRESIDIO COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS
* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
* AT 727 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STORMS WITH VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF SHAFTER...AND 12 MILES EAST
OF SHAFTER...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
SHAFTER AND CASA PIEDRA
FLOODING IN MOUNTAINOUS AREAS IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. THIS AREA
HAS HAD PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS WITH SOME
FLOODING ALONG CIBOLO CREEK. THIS HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO RESULT
IN ADDITIONAL FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING. ALAMITO CREEK WILL ALSO
RISE. RISES ALONG THE RIO GRANDE CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED FROM PRESIDIO
TO LAJITAS.
DO NOT DRIVE WHERE WATER COVERS THE...ROAD MAY BE WASHED OUT. MOST
FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF
CAMPING ALONG CREEKS OR THE RIO GRANDE.
LAT...LON 2985 10458 2961 10437 2947 10403 2988 10381
3020 10381 3030 104392 follow-up statements
000
WGUS74 KMAF 120227
FFSMAF
TXC377-120430-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
922 PM CDT TUE JUN 11 2002
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PRESIDIO COUNTY UNTIL 1130 PM
CDT...
AT 922 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL SCATTERED ABOUT IN PRESIDIO COUNTY.
FLOODING IN MOUNTAINOUS AREAS IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. HEAVY RAIN HAS
ALSO OCCURRED THE PAST FEW DAYS WITH SOME FLOODING ALONG CIBOLO CREEK.
ADDITIONAL FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED. ALAMITO CREEK
WILL ALSO RISE. RISES ALONG THE RIO GRANDE CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED
OVERNIGHT FROM PRESIDIO TO LAJITAS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS DIFFICULT TO RECOGNIZE
FLOOD DANGERS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS.
LAT...LON 2989 10460 2959 10439 2937 10408 2932 10383
3037 10385 3058 10478000 WGUS74 KMAF 120428 FFSMAF TXC377-120530- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1124 PM CDT TUE JUN 11 2002 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PRESIDIO COUNTY IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT RAINFALL HAD BECOME LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THE FLOOD THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...HOWEVER SOME MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS STILL POSSIBLE. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS DIFFICULT TO RECOGNIZE FLOOD DANGERS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS. LAT...LON 3057 10482 2984 10455 2930 10380 3035 10385
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 66 min |
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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.