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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 25, 2003, 9:33 PM CDT for Upton 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 25, 2003, 9:33 PM CDT (02:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2003, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Upton County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:35 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, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 52 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
- 2313 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1685 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 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 260234
FFWMAF
TXC461-260530-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
933 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
UPTON COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS
* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT
* AT 933 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
MIDKIFF...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
MIDKIFF...
DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES.
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
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS DIFFICULT TO RECOGNIZE
FLOOD DANGERS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS.
LAT...LON 3164 10229 3164 10178 3133 10178 3133 10220
3133 10230
$$1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KMAF 260355 FFSMAF TXC461-260530- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1047 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR UPTON COUNTY UNTIL 1230 AM CDT... ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAD ENDED ACROSS UPTON COUNTY...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO FLOOD LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ALONG FARM TO MARKET ROAD 2401 EAST OF HIGHWAY 349. THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MIDKIFF. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS DIFFICULT TO RECOGNIZE FLOOD DANGERS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS. LAT...LON 3111 10229 3111 10179 3163 10179 3164 10229 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 1:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 77 min |
| Jun 26, 2:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis | 80 min |
| Jun 26, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 73 min |
| Jun 26, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis | 61 min |
| Jun 26, 3:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis | 3 hr |
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.