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Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 9, 2003Crane County, Pecos County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 2003, 9:50 PM CDT for Crane County, Pecos 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
Jun 9, 2003, 9:50 PM CDT (02:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2003, 12:45 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Crane County, TX, Pecos County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:50 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, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 100250
FFWMAF
TXC103-371-100545-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT

* AT 949 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
  WAS OCCURRING FROM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF IMPERIAL TO 28 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF LONGFELLOW...OR FROM 24 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRANE TO 18
  MILES NORTHEAST OF MARATHON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. RAINFALL
  AMOUNTS GREATER THAN 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.  FLOODING HAS BEEN
  REPORTED SIX MILES WEST OF FORT STOCKTON AT 948 PM.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
  BAKERSFIELD...CORDONA LAKE...CRANE...FORT STOCKTON...GIRVIN...
  IMPERIAL...IRAAN...LONGFELLOW...SHEFFIELD AND TUBBS CORNER

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

LAT...LON 3009 10259 3041 10303 3091 10289 3128 10275
          3165 10275 3164 10230 3103 10229 3098 10197
          3083 10183 3068 10178 3068 10213 3059 10238
          3030 10238 3030 10254

$$  

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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, 9:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFPecos66 min
Jun 9, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Ward64 min
Jun 9, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland, Upton61 min
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.