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Flash Flood Warning 82, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

September 25, 2003Mitchell County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 25, 2003, 1:22 PM CDT for Mitchell County, Texas. It was in force for 2 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
Sep 25, 2003, 1:22 PM CDT (18:22 UTC)
Expired
Sep 25, 2003, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Mitchell County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 12:00Z on 2003-09-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1215 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2003-09-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 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
1215 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
584 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KMAF 251825
FFWMAF
TXC383-252130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
122 PM CDT THU SEP 25 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  REAGAN COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 122 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
  WAS OCCURRING 4 MILES SOUTH OF BIG LAKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20   
  MPH. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL REMAINS     
  LIKELY ACROSS REAGAN COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON.  

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
  BEST...BIG LAKE...STILES AND TEXON

MOTORISTS WILL ENCOUNTER RAPIDLY RISING WATER AT INTERSECTIONS AND 
OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS. 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 3116 10176 3112 10128 3160 10126 3162 10148

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS74 KMAF 251934
FFSMAF
TXC335-252030-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
233 PM CDT THU SEP 25 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MITCHELL COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM
CDT...

AT 210 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED STREET FLOODING IN 
COLORADO CITY.

AT 230 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED 
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL IN NORTHEAST MITCHELL 
COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL 
HAS MOVED NORTHEAST OF COLORADO CITY...FLOODING WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE 
AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL CONTINUE. 
ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF RURAL ROADS IN NORTHEAST MITCHELL COUNTY IS 
POSSIBLE.

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

LAT...LON 3212 10115 3212 10072 3249 10070 3250 10114

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 25, 10:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFReagan, Upton3 hr
Sep 25, 12:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFHoward115 min
Sep 25, 1:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFReagan3 hr
Sep 25, 3:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFPecos, Terrell3 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.