Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 64, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 30, 2003, 9:36 PM CDT for Crane County, Ward 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 30, 2003, 9:36 PM CDT (02:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 31, 2003, 12:30 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, Ward County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:40 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 90 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
- 378 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1323 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KMAF 310237
FFWMAF
TXC103-475-310530-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
936 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WARD COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS
CRANE COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS
* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT
* AT 936 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE OCCURRING OVER MUCH OF WARD
COUNTY...AND WERE MOVING INTO CRANE COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE
MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
CORDONA LAKE...MONAHANS...PYOTE...ROYALTY...THE MONAHANS SANDHILLS
STATE PARK...THE MONAHANS SANDHILLS ST...TUBBS CORNER AND WICKETT
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 3163 10342 3146 10334 3140 10309 3140 10299
3133 10281 3136 10264 3123 10240 3163 10234
3165 10320
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS74 KMAF 310355
FFSMAF
TXC475-310530-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1050 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2003
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WARD COUNTY UNTIL 1230 AM
CDT...
AT 1026 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WATER COMPLETELY
COVERING SEVERAL PORTIONS OF FARM TO MARKET 1776 BETWEEN HIGHWAY 18
AND THE PECOS COUNTY LINE IN SOUTHERN WARD COUNTY. AT 1032 PM
CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED EXTENSIVE STREET FLOODING IN GRANDFALLS ON
HIGHWAY 18...BUT ESPECIALLY ON SIDE ROADS.
AT 1050 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
DETECT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING SOUTH AT
15 MPH ACROSS SOUTHERN WARD COUNTY.
IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE OVER A FLOODED ROAD. THE
ROAD MAY BE WASHED OUT.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS DIFFICULT TO RECOGNIZE
FLOOD DANGERS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS.
LAT...LON 3162 10334 3145 10328 3140 10313 3140 10298
3130 10281 3162 10280 3158 10291 3163 10293
3164 10310
$$000
WGUS74 KMAF 310415
FFSMAF
TXC103-310530-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1112 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2003
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CRANE COUNTY UNTIL 1230 AM
CDT...
AT 1100 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WATER COVERING FARM TO
MARKET 1601 IN SEVERAL PLACES...NORTH OF FARM TO MARKET 1233.
AT 1112 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
DETECT MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH ACROSS MUCH
OF CRANE COUNTY.
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.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS DIFFICULT TO RECOGNIZE
FLOOD DANGERS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS.
LAT...LON 3133 10273 3135 10261 3129 10254 3116 10233
3161 10239 3164 10271
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 8:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ector | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 10:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Pecos | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 11:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Midland | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 11:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Borden | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 11:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ector | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 11:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Brewster | 3 hr |
| Aug 31, 1:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Pecos | 5 hr |
| Aug 31, 1:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 3 hr |
| Aug 31, 2:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Brewster | 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.