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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

August 2, 2002Andrews County, Gaines County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 2, 2002, 12:29 AM CDT for Andrews County, Gaines 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
Aug 2, 2002, 12:29 AM CDT (05:29 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2002, 3:30 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Andrews County, TX, Gaines County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:32 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 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 72 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 2002-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 485 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2002-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 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
485 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2787 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
10 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 020529
FFWMAF
TXC003-165-020830-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1227 AM CDT FRI AUG 2 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  GAINES COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS
  ANDREWS COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS

* UNTIL 330 AM CDT

* AT 1227 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINFALL    
  WAS OCCURRING OVER MUCH OF GAINES AND ANDREWS COUNTIES.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
  ANDREWS...SEMINOLE...FLOREY...FRANKEL CITY...PAYNES CORNER...      
  HIGGINBOTHAM...LOOP...ASHMORE...FAIRVIEW AND CEDAR LAKE

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

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

LAT...LON 3211 10303 3212 10223 3292 10222 3294 10303

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 9:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor, Midland51 min
Aug 1, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews3 hr
Aug 1, 10:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFMidland119 min
Aug 1, 10:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFAndrews, Gaines111 min
Aug 2, 7:42 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFReeves3 hr

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.