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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 21, 2002, 9:15 PM CDT for Howard County, Texas. It was in force for 2 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 21, 2002, 9:15 PM CDT (02:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 21, 2002, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Howard County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:19 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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 483 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2382 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KMAF 220215 FFWMAF TXC227-220415- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 914 PM CDT WED AUG 21 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... HOWARD COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS * UNTIL 1115 PM CDT * AT 914 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS HOWARD COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF BIG SPRING. THE HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE... BIG SPRING...COAHOMA...ELBOW...FAIRVIEW...KNOTT...LOMAX...LUTHER... SAND SPRINGS...SOUTH HAVEN AND VINCENT DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. LAT...LON 3249 10122 3211 10122 3211 10168 3249 10167
3 follow-up statements
000
WGUS74 KMAF 220335
FFSMAF
TXC227-220415-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1029 PM CDT WED AUG 21 2002
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR HOWARD COUNTY UNTIL 1115 PM
CDT...
AT 1015 PM CDT THE SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED
IN THE CITY OF BIG SPRING WITH SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED. AT 1025 PM
DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL OVER
MUCH OF HOWARD COUNTY. ALTHOUGH RAINFALL RATES HAVE DECREASED IN THE
LAST HALF HOUR ACROSS HOWARD COUNTY...FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ACROSS
THE COUNTY AS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AGGRAVATES THE FLOODING.
DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES.
LAT...LON 3213 10169 3211 10149 3212 10120 3251 10120
3250 10168000 WGUS74 KMAF 220419 FFSMAF TXC227-220545- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1117 PM CDT WED AUG 21 2002 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR HOWARD COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL HAD SIGNIFICANTLY DIMINISHED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND THE FLOOD THREAT WAS DIMINISHING. HOWEVER ...SOME 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 3211 10168 3212 10120 3250 10119 3249 10166
000 WGUS74 KMAF 220427 CCA FFSMAF TXC227-220545- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1117 PM CDT WED AUG 21 2002 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR HOWARD COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL HAD SIGNIFICANTLY DIMINISHED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND THE FLOOD THREAT WAS DIMINISHING. HOWEVER ...SOME FLOODING MAY CONTINUE...BUT THE THREAT OF SERIOUS FLOODING IS ENDING. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. LAT...LON 3211 10168 3212 10120 3250 10119 3249 10166
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.