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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 13, 2002Upton County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 13, 2002, 9:04 PM CDT for Upton County, Texas. It was in force for 15 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 13, 2002, 9:04 PM CDT (02:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2002, 12:00 PM CDT
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Upton County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:08 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

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 244 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2002-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1221 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2002-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -15 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
1221 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2292 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
29 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 140204
FFWMAF
TXC461-140500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
902 PM CDT THU JUN 13 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1200 PM CDT

* AT 900 PM CDT...WATER WAS REPORTED OVER HIGHWAY 329 NORTHWEST OF
  RANKIN. IN ADDITION...STREET FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN RANKIN.
  
DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES.

LAT...LON 3114 10228 3111 10193 3142 10182 3151 10227
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS74 KMAF 140339
FFSMAF
TXC461-140500-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1035 PM CDT THU JUN 13 2002

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR UPTON COUNTY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT...

AT 1030 PM CDT...RAIN HAD ENDED ACROSS UPTON COUNTY....HOWEVER
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL CONTINUE...
ESPECIALLY NORTHWEST AND WEST OF RANKIN ALONG AND ADJACENT 
TO HIGHWAY 329 AND HIGHWAY 67.

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

LAT...LON 3113 10228 3114 10199 3144 10198 3148 10224

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 7:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFPecos3 hr
Jun 13, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReagan67 min
Jun 13, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos76 min
Jun 13, 7:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFHoward, Martin3 hr
Jun 13, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton26 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002

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.