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Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 9, 2003Pecos County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 2003, 9:39 PM CDT for Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 66 min. 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 9, 2003, 9:39 PM CDT (02:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2003, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pecos County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 108 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2003-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2045 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2003-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 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
2045 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1936 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.6

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KMAF 100239
FFWMAF
TXC371-100345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
939 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 939 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
  WAS OCCURRING 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF IMPERIAL...OR ABOUT 21 MILES
  NORTH OF FORT STOCKTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
  COYANOSA AND IMPERIAL

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

LAT...LON 3100 10333 3136 10303 3127 10283 3130 10271
          3122 10248 3104 10243

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos63 min
Jun 9, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos28 min
Jun 9, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos78 min
Jun 9, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster68 min
Jun 9, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor61 min
Jun 9, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Ward64 min
Jun 9, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland, Upton61 min
Jun 9, 9:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFCrane, Pecos3 hr
Jun 9, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Martin80 min
Jun 9, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin50 min
Jun 9, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin49 min
Jun 9, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson, Gaines54 min
Jun 9, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Howard74 min
Jun 9, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland30 min
Jun 9, 10:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden62 min
Jun 9, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMitchell75 min
Jun 9, 11:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry77 min
Jun 10, 12:01 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFGlasscock119 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.