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Flash Flood Warning 53, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

October 28, 2002Reagan County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Oct 28, 2002, 9:05 AM CST for Reagan 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
Oct 28, 2002, 9:05 AM CST (15:05 UTC)
Expired
Oct 28, 2002, 12:00 PM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Reagan County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 91 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 12:00Z on 2002-10-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 46 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2002-10-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 188 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
46 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
567 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
284 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KMAF 281505
FFWMAF
TXC383-281800-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
904 AM CST MON OCT 28 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL NOON CST

* AT 858 AM CST...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED OVER NORTHEAST
  REAGAN COUNTY ALONG FARM TO MARKET ROAD 2600...25 MILES NORTH      
  NORTHEAST OF BIG LAKE.  WATER WAS MOVING RAPIDILY OVER FARM TO 
  MARKET ROAD 2600...NEAR HACKBERRY DRAW AND CORRAL CREEK.

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

LAT...LON 3148 10130 3148 10147 3164 10146 3164 10129
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS74 KMAF 281812
FFSMAF
TXC383-281815-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1210 PM CST MON OCT 28 2002

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR REAGAN COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO 
EXPIRE...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE FLOOD THREAT HAD  
DIMINISHED OVER REAGAN COUNTY.  SOME MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING 
AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITH A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY MOVING 
ACROSS THE COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON...HOWEVER THE THREAT OF SERIOUS
FLOODING HAS ENDED.  THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO 
EXPIRE.

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

LAT...LON 3137 10151 3138 10131 3162 10129 3161 10149

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 27, 7:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos, Ward9 hr
Oct 27, 7:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane9 hr
Oct 27, 7:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Ward11 hr
Oct 27, 8:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos11 hr
Oct 27, 8:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos56 min
Oct 27, 9:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos55 min
Oct 27, 9:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson37 min
Oct 28, 1:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos38 min
Oct 28, 3:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReagan45 min
Oct 28, 6:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor41 min
Oct 28, 6:48 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin27 min
Oct 28, 6:48 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Martin27 min
Oct 28, 9:56 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMAFEctor3 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.