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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 25, 2003Pecos County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 25, 2003, 6:07 PM CDT for Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 4 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: May 25, 2003, 6:07 PM CDT (23:07 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2003, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pecos County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 220 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1823 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -103 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 907 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 183 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 211 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.2

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KMAF 252309
FFWMAF
TXC371-260300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
607 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 607 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
  WAS OCCURRING SOUTH OF FORT STOCKTON BETWEEN HIGHWAY 67 AND        
  HIGHWAY 385...AND ALONG HIGHWAY 385...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
  BELDING...COYANOSA...FORT STOCKTON...HOVEY...IMPERIAL...LONGFELLOW 
  AND SHEFFIELD

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

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL INUNDATE ROADS AND FARM AND RANCH LAND. DO NOT
DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOWING WATER
IN A CAR OR ON FOOT.

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

LAT...LON 3008 10259 3077 10357 3136 10303 3127 10283
          3130 10268 3118 10243 3103 10229 3098 10197
          3083 10183 3066 10177 3066 10213 3059 10238
          3029 10238 3029 10256

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WGUS74 KMAF 260043
FFSMAF
TXC371-260300-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
743 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PECOS COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM
CDT...

AT 743 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
DETECT VERY HEAVY RAINFALL SOUTHEAST OF FORT STOCKTON MOVING TO THE 
NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.  

AT 701 PM...A FOOT OF WATER WAS REPORTED COVERING HIGHWAY 385...24 
MILES SOUTH OF FORT STOCKTON BY A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOTTER.  

MOTORISTS ALONG HIGHWAY 385 AND HIGHWAY 285 WILL ENCOUNTER RISING 
WATER AND FLOODED ROADWAYS SOUTH OF FORT STOCKTON...ESPECIALLY IN 
FLOOD PRONE AREAS.  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 3008 10259 3077 10357 3136 10303 3127 10283
          3131 10266 3121 10245 3103 10229 3098 10197
          3083 10183 3066 10177 3066 10213 3059 10238
          3029 10238 3029 10256

$$

000 
WGUS74 KMAF 260216
FFSMAF
TXC371-260300-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
910 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PECOS COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM 
CDT...

AT 910 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 
THAT THE HEAVY RAIN THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING OVER THE CENTRAL PART 
OF THE COUNTY HAS MOVED OFF TO THE EAST. HOWEVER FLOODING IS STILL 
POSSIBLE ON HIGHWAY 385 SOUTH OF FORT STOCKTON DUE TO RUNOFF.

DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR 
IN AUTOMOBILES. BE CAREFUL AT NIGHT WHEN FLASH FLOODING IS HARDER TO 
RECOGNIZE.

LAT...LON 3057 10283 3044 10268 3068 10236 3084 10254

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 7:29 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Andrews	3 hr
May 24, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Ector	49 min
May 24, 7:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Ector	3 hr
May 24, 8:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Ector	40 min
May 24, 9:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Midland	3 hr
May 24, 10:20 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Andrews	3 hr
May 24, 10:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Ector	3 hr
May 25, 2:42 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Jeff Davis	4 hr
May 25, 3:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Jeff Davis	60 min
May 25, 4:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	56 min
May 25, 4:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	51 min
May 25, 5:02 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Brewster	4 hr
May 25, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	60 min
May 25, 5:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	52 min
May 25, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	61 min
May 25, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	30 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.