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Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 6, 2003, 12:13 AM CDT for Ector 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 6, 2003, 12:13 AM CDT (05:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2003, 2:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Ector County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:14 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, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 38 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
- 887 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1861 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KMAF 060513 FFWMAF TXC135-060715- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1213 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... ECTOR COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS * UNTIL 215 AM CDT * AT 1212 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF WEST ODESSA...OR ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF ODESSA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN MAY OCCUR IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE... GARDENDALE...GOLDSMITH...NORTH COWDEN...NOTREES...ODESSA...PENWELL AND WEST ODESSA 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. MOTORISTS WILL ENCOUNTER RAPIDLY RISING WATER IN UNDERPASSES... INTERSECTIONS AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS LAT...LON 3209 10280 3168 10279 3167 10230 3208 10230 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KMAF 060539 FFSMAF TXC135-060715- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1235 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ECTOR COUNTY UNTIL 215 AM CDT... AT 1235 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO DETECT VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM 7 MILES SOUTH OF ODESSA TO 10 MILES NORTH OF ODESSA. AT 1225 AM FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN ODESSA ON WEST COUNTY ROAD FROM 42ND STREET SOUTHWARD AND WAS PARTLY IMPASSABLE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS DIFFICULT TO RECOGNIZE FLOOD DANGERS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS. LAT...LON 3205 10270 3168 10271 3167 10232 3203 10230 $$
000 WGUS74 KMAF 060628 FFSMAF TXC135-060730- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 129 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ECTOR COUNTY UNTIL 230 AM CDT... AT 126 AM CDT...RAIN WAS ENDING OVER ECTOR COUNTY. HOWEVER... EXTENSIVE STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED BY THE ECTOR FIRE DEPARTMENT. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE UNTIL 230 AM. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS DIFFICULT TO RECOGNIZE FLOOD DANGERS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS. LAT...LON 3209 10278 3166 10278 3167 10232 3208 10231 $$ 05
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving, Reeves | 58 min |
| Jun 5, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 62 min |
| Jun 5, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson | 74 min |
| Jun 5, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 61 min |
| Jun 5, 11:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin | 53 min |
| Jun 5, 11:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Gaines | 3 hr |
| Jun 5, 11:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews | 56 min |
| Jun 6, 12:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 50 min |
| Jun 6, 12:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Upton | 58 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.