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Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 3, 2003Mitchell County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 3, 2003, 9:39 PM CDT for Mitchell County, Texas. It was in force for 2 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
Jun 3, 2003, 9:39 PM CDT (02:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2003, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Mitchell County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 326 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2003-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 919 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2003-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 113 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
919 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-124 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1137 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
433 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
6.8

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KMAF 040239
FFWMAF
TXC335-040500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
939 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

* AT 934 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING
  EXITING SOUTHEAST MITCHELL COUNTY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAINS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN MITCHELL COUNTY BY 1000 PM AND WILL
  AFFECT AREAS THAT ALREADY RECEIVED VERY HEAVY RAINS EARLIER THIS
  EVENING.  

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
  COLORADO CITY...CUTHBERT...LORAINE AND WESTBROOK

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. IF YOU ENCOUNTER A ROADWAY THAT IS COVERED WITH 
WATER...TURN AROUND AND TRY TO FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.

LAT...LON 3251 10115 3214 10117 3212 10067 3251 10071

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS74 KMAF 040410
FFSMAF
TXC335-040500-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1108 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MITCHELL COUNTY UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CDT...

A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT ACROSS MITCHELL
COUNTY THROUGH MIDNIGHT.  AT 1100 PM THE SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED
FLOODING OF STERLING CITY HIGHWAY (HWY 163) AT BEALS CREEK AND ALSO 
FLOODING ON FM 1229 AND FM 1808 BOTH NORTHEAST OF COLORADO CITY.  
PERSONS TRAVELING AT NIGHT NEED TO BE AWARE OF THIS FLOOD DANGER.

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

LAT...LON 3214 10114 3217 10073 3247 10071 3247 10116

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines49 min
Jun 3, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMitchell, Scurry60 min
Jun 3, 7:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFBorden3 hr
Jun 3, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward60 min
Jun 3, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward58 min
Jun 3, 7:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFHoward3 hr
Jun 3, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines45 min
Jun 3, 8:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFScurry3 hr
Jun 3, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock62 min
Jun 4, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson55 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003

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.