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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 25, 2002Ector County, Midland County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 25, 2002, 7:51 PM CDT for Ector County, Midland County, Texas. It was in force for 114 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 25, 2002, 7:51 PM CDT (00:51 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2002, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
114 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Ector County, TX, Midland County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:51 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, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 26 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 2002-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2604 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 2002-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 89 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2604 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1222 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
10.8

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KMAF 260051
FFWMAF
TXC135-329-260245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
751 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN ECTOR COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS
  SOUTHERN MIDLAND COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 750 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS
  PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WEST ODESSA...OR
  ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ODESSA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
  ODESSA...WEST ODESSA AND PLEASANT FARMS

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

MOTORISTS WILL ENCOUNTER RAPIDLY RISING WATER IN UNDERPASSES...
INTERSECTIONS AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS
FLOODED ROADWAYS

LAT...LON 3183 10258 3166 10259 3166 10211 3193 10213

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor45 min
May 25, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor, Midland60 min
May 25, 9:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFCrane3 hr
May 25, 9:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEctor3 hr
May 26, 3:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFWard, Winkler38 min
May 26, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos57 min
May 26, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster44 min

Nearby

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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.