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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 25, 2003, 11:02 PM CDT for 4 counties in 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, 11:02 PM CDT (04:02 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2003, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Ector County, TX, Howard County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 327 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
- 2132 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1625 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KMAF 260406
FFWMAF
TXC135-227-317-329-260800-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1102 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
ECTOR COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS
HOWARD COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS
MARTIN COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS
MIDLAND COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS
* UNTIL 300 AM CDT
* AT 1102 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER MIDLAND AND ECTOR COUNTIES...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. RAINFALL RATES APPROACHING 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL
BE POSSIBLE.
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
BIG SPRING...COAHOMA...COTTON FLAT...GARDENDALE...GOLDSMITH...
GREENWOOD...MIDLAND...ODESSA...SPRABERRY...STANTON...TARZAN...
AND WEST ODESSA
DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES.
LAT...LON 3249 10119 3248 10121 3211 10132 3208 10179
3167 10177 3168 10277 3208 10276 3207 10218
3252 10214 3251 10119
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS74 KMAF 260524
FFSMAF
TXC135-227-317-329-260800-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1219 AM CDT MON MAY 26 2003
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ECTOR...HOWARD...MARTIN AND
MIDLAND COUNTIES UNTIL 300 AM CDT...
AT 1219 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
DETECT A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM
COAHOMA EXTENDING SOUTHWEST TO NEAR ODESSA. MOVEMENT IS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
AT 1215 AM FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN HOWARD COUNTY AT THE INTERSECTION
OF INTERSTATE 20 AND BUSINESS 20. ALSO LOCAL FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN
MIDLAND COUNTY AT MIDKIFF AND ANDREWS HIGHWAY AND ON ALSO ON WADLEY BLVD.
DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES.
LAT...LON 3205 10273 3169 10272 3168 10181 3211 10183
3212 10120 3249 10122 3249 10218 3206 10217
$$000
WGUS74 KMAF 260716
FFSMAF
TXC135-227-317-329-260800-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
216 AM CDT MON MAY 26 2003
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ECTOR...HOWARD...MARTIN AND
MIDLAND COUNTIES UNTIL 300 AM CDT...
...AT 200 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING OF
STREETS AND RURAL AREAS ACROSS MUCH OF MARTIN COUNTY...
...AT 1243 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT A VEHICLE WAS
SWEPT INTO MIDLAND DRAW..WHERE 4 FEET OF WATER WAS REPORTED RUNNING
INTO THE DRAW. ROAD CLOSURES HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED ACROSS EASTERN
PARTS OF THE CITY OF MIDLAND....
AT 204 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
DETECT HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF MARTIN AND HOWARD COUNTIES. THE
RAIN HAD EXITED OUT OF MIDLAND AND ECTOR COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS
NORTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MPH.
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER
MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACROSS HOWARD AND
MARTIN COUNTIES WILL CONTINUE TO ENHANCE THE FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL.
ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS EXITED OUT OF MIDLAND AND ECTOR
COUNTIES...EXCESS RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER RAIN WILL CAUSE CONTINUED
URBAN FLOODING.
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 3170 10277 3168 10203 3210 10178 3211 10151
3213 10129 3230 10121 3250 10124 3250 10220
3228 10220 3209 10219 3206 10251
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 46 min |
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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.