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Flash Flood Warning 60, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 29, 2003, 7:58 PM CDT for Pecos County, 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
- Aug 29, 2003, 7:58 PM CDT (00:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2003, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Pecos County, TX, Upton County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:59 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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 714 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2409 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KMAF 300102
FFWMAF
TXC371-461-300400-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
758 PM CDT FRI AUG 29 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
UPTON COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS
* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
* AT 758 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED SLOW MOVING
THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG HIGHWAY
67...FROM 7 MILES EAST OF FORT STOCKTON NORTHEAST TO GIRVIN...
MCCAMEY AND RANKIN. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT
5 MPH.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL INUNDATE ROADS AND FARM AND RANCH LAND. DO NOT
DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOWING WATER
IN A CAR OR ON FOOT.
LAT...LON 3099 10284 3073 10249 3082 10211 3107 10203
3113 10180 3159 10180 3162 10215 3161 10229
3106 10229 3107 10238 3113 10248 3119 10261
$$3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KMAF 300129 FFSMAF TXC461-300300- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 822 PM CDT FRI AUG 29 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR UPTON COUNTY UNTIL 11 PM CDT... AT 805 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER OVER HIGHWAY 385 JUST NORTHWEST OF MCCAMEY. ALTHOUGH THE WATER HAD BEEN REPORTED TO BE RECEDING...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE COUNTY BY 830 PM CDT. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY IMPACT HIGHWAY 67 AND HIGHWAY 385 IN SOUTHWEST UPTON COUNTY AND AGGRAVATE THE FLASH FLOODING THREAT. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. LAT...LON 3114 10228 3113 10182 3161 10181 3163 10228 $$
000
WGUS74 KMAF 300219
FFSMAF
TXC415-300230-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
915 PM CDT FRI AUG 29 2003
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SCURRY COUNTY IS BEING ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE AT 930 PM CDT...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAD
DIMINISHED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND THE FLOOD THREAT WAS
DIMINISHING. HOWEVER...SOME MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE AS LIGHT TO
MODERATE RAIN CONTINUES ACROSS THE COUNTY THROUGH MIDNIGHT...BUT THE
THREAT OF SERIOUS FLOODING IS ENDING. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING
IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES.
LAT...LON 3254 10116 3254 10086 3253 10068 3293 10068
3293 10117
$$000
WGUS74 KMAF 300354
FFSMAF
TXC371-461-300400-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1052 PM CDT FRI AUG 29 2003
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PECOS AND UPTON COUNTIES IS BEING
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 11 PM CDT...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL WAS ENDING
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND THE FLOOD THREAT WAS DIMINISHING.
HOWEVER...SOME MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE AS AREAS OF LIGHT TO
MODERATE RAIN CONTINUE...BUT THE THREAT OF SERIOUS FLOODING IS
ENDING. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES.
LAT...LON 3111 10301 3073 10295 3054 10251 3063 10237
3079 10191 3115 10183 3136 10181 3163 10184
3160 10196 3161 10226 3128 10229 3103 10225
3107 10242 3119 10250 3124 10261 3124 10279
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 7:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Martin | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 10:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Reagan | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 10:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Howard, Mitchell | 3 hr |
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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.