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Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

July 29, 2002Presidio County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 29, 2002, 7:53 PM CDT for Presidio County, Texas. It was in force for 3 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
Jul 29, 2002, 7:53 PM CDT (00:53 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 2002, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
3 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, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 299 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 00:00Z on 2002-07-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 220 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 00:00Z on 2002-07-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
220 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-268 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1712 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KMAF 300053
FFWMAF
TXC377-300345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
747 PM CDT MON JUL 29 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 747 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS...
  PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL NEAR CASA PIEDRA TO 15 MILES
  NORTH OF CASA PIEDRA ALONG FARM TO MARKET ROAD 169...INCLUDING 
  ALAMITO CREEK. WIDELY SCATTERED...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS 
  THE REMAINDER OF THE COUNTY MAY ALSO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.

DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES.

LAT...LON 2979 10453 2958 10438 2940 10407 2935 10385
          2993 10382 3031 10387 3045 10417 3057 10489
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS74 KMAF 300217
FFSMAF
TXC377-300315-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
916 PM CDT MON JUL 29 2002

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PRESIDIO COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELED...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL WAS DIMINISHING
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 CANCELED.

DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES.

LAT...LON 3010 10462 2969 10446 2938 10404 2938 10390
          3037 10383 3058 10486

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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.