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Flash Flood Warning 86, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

October 8, 2003Reagan County, Upton County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Oct 8, 2003, 8:35 PM CDT for Reagan County, Upton 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
Oct 8, 2003, 8:35 PM CDT (01:35 UTC)
Expired
Oct 8, 2003, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Reagan County, TX, Upton County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:37 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, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 79 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 2003-10-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 67 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 00:00Z on 2003-10-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
67 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
602 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KMAF 090135
FFWMAF
TXC383-461-090400-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
835 PM CDT WED OCT 8 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 822 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINFALL
  OCCURRING OVER SOUTHEAST UPTON COUNTY AND OVER MOST OF REAGAN COUNTY.
  RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE BETWEEN ONE AN TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 
  ACROSS SOUTHEAST PARTS OF UPTON COUNTY. SIMILAR TOTALS WILL AFFECT REAGAN 
  COUNTY AS HEAVY RAINFALL PERSISTS THROUGH 10 PM. AREAS MOST LIKELY TO 
  EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE HIGHWAY 67 BETWEEN RANKIN AND BIG LAKE...
  HIGHWAY 349 SOUTH OF RANKIN...AND STATE ROUTE 137 BETWEEN STILES AND BIG LAKE.  
  
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
  BEST...BIG LAKE...NORTH REAGAN FIRE STATION...RANKIN...STILES AND
  TEXON

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS DIFFICULT TO RECOGNIZE
FLOOD DANGERS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS.

LAT...LON 3147 10177 3111 10209 3110 10128 3164 10129
          3165 10177

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS74 KMAF 090236
FFSMAF
TXC383-461-090400-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
936 PM CDT WED OCT 8 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEASTERN UPTON AND REAGAN
COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM CDT...

AT 920 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED HIGH WATER COVERING THE 
INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 67 AND 137 AT BIG LAKE IN SOUTHERN REAGAN 
COUNTY. 

ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS GENERALLY SUBSIDED ACROSS SOUTHEAST 
UPTON COUNTY...WITH UP TO ONE AND A HALF TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL 
OVER THE LAST TWO HOURS...RUN OFF FLASH FLOODING ALONG HIGHWAY 67 EAST 
OF RANKIN REMAINS POSSIBLE. 

MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS 
DIFFICULT TO RECOGNIZE FLOOD DANGERS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED 
AREAS.

LAT...LON 3147 10177 3111 10209 3110 10128 3164 10129 3165 10177

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 9, 12:16 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFTerrell4 hr

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.