Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 5, 2003, 2:18 AM CDT for Mitchell County, Scurry 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
- Jun 5, 2003, 2:18 AM CDT (07:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2003, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Mitchell County, TX, Scurry County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 1942 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2141 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KMAF 050719 FFWMAF TXC335-415-051100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 218 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SCURRY COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS MITCHELL COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS * UNTIL 600 AM CDT * AT 213 AM CDT...A REPORT OF FLOODING WAS RECEIVED AT FM 612 AND FM 2126 IN NORTHWESTERN SCURRY COUNTY. PARTS OF THESE ROADS WERE COVERED WITH WATER. AT 216 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF SCURRY AND MITCHELL COUNTIES...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE... CHINA GROVE...COLORADO CITY...CUTHBERT...DERMOTT...DUNN... FLUVANNA...HERMLEIGH...IRA...KNAPP...LORAINE...RANDALLS CORNER... SNYDER...UNION...AND WESTBROOK IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE OVER A FLOODED ROAD. THE ROAD MAY BE WASHED OUT. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS DIFFICULT TO RECOGNIZE FLOOD DANGERS. IF YOU ENCOUNTER A ROAD THAT IS COVERED WITH WATER...TURN AROUND AND TRY TO FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. LAT...LON 3293 10070 3294 10118 3211 10117 3211 10070 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KMAF 050953 FFSMAF TXC335-051100- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 453 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MITCHELL COUNTY UNTIL 600 AM CDT... AT 452 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MOST OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING OUT OF MITCHELL COUNTY. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAINFALL IS COMING TO AN END...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS DIFFICULT TO RECOGNIZE FLOOD DANGERS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS. LAT...LON 3236 10106 3220 10110 3231 10078 3246 10082 $$
000 WGUS74 KMAF 050957 FFSMAF TXC415-051100- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 456 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SCURRY COUNTY UNTIL 600 AM CDT... AT 455 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING OUT OF SCURRY COUNTY. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAINFALL IS COMING TO AN END...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS DIFFICULT TO RECOGNIZE FLOOD DANGERS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS. LAT...LON 3275 10105 3259 10108 3270 10077 3286 10081 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 46 min |
| Jun 5, 12:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 65 min |
| Jun 5, 12:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson | 63 min |
| Jun 5, 12:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 63 min |
| Jun 5, 1:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 60 min |
| Jun 5, 1:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin | 52 min |
| Jun 5, 1:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reagan, Upton | 66 min |
| Jun 5, 1:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard | 57 min |
| Jun 5, 1:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Howard | 4 hr |
| Jun 5, 1:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 50 min |
| Jun 5, 2:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 86 min |
| Jun 5, 2:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin | 45 min |
| Jun 5, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis | 64 min |
| Jun 5, 4:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Brewster | 54 min |
| Jun 5, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 48 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.