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Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 31, 2003, 7:32 PM CDT for Midland 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
- May 31, 2003, 7:32 PM CDT (00:32 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2003, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Midland County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 7 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 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
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 6 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
- 470 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3647 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 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 010033
FFWMAF
TXC329-010330-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
732 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MIDLAND COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS
* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
* AT 732 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE
MIDLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
THE CITY OF MIDLAND AND SURROUNDNG RURAL AREAS OVER NORTHERN
MIDLAND COUNTY
FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED AT THE INTERSECTION OF FM1788 AND WEST
COUNTY ROAD 60.
DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES.
LAT...LON 3207 10227 3189 10228 3192 10206 3207 10205
$$1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KMAF 010309 FFSMAF TXC329-010500- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1000 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MIDLAND COUNTY UNTIL 1030 PM CDT... STORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF MIDLAND COUNTY...HOWEVER FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING ARE STILL BEING REPORTED. EARLIER AS MUCH AS TWO INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN LESS THAN AN HOUR IN PARTS OF MIDLAND COUNTY. REPORTS FROM LOCAL OFFICIALS INDICATE THAT FLOODING OF ROADS IS MOST COMMON IN NORTHWEST MIDLAND COUNTY AND IN EAST MIDLAND COUNTY NEAR GREENWOOD. COUNTY ROAD 1110 AND FM 307 HAVE AS MUCH AS ONE AND ONE HALF FEET OF WATER OVER THEM. MODERATE RAIN MAY AGAIN MOVE INTO MIDLAND COUNTY AGAIN TONIGHT FURTHER AGGRAVATING THE FLOODING SITUATION. SEVERAL MORE HOURS WILL BE NEEDED BEFORE THESE FLOODED WATERS HAVE TIME TO SUBSIDE. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS DIFFICULT TO RECOGNIZE FLOOD DANGERS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS. LAT...LON 3207 10220 3171 10222 3170 10180 3207 10179 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 56 min |
| May 31, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin | 66 min |
| May 31, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard | 66 min |
| May 31, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson | 53 min |
| May 31, 8:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Dawson | 3 hr |
| May 31, 9:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Howard | 3 hr |
| May 31, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson | 60 min |
| Jun 1, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 63 min |
| Jun 1, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 54 min |
| Jun 1, 3:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Pecos | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 4:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Brewster | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 59 min |
| Jun 1, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 63 min |
| Jun 1, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 58 min |
| Jun 1, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson, Martin | 66 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.