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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 20, 1986, 11:25 PM CDT for Andrews County, Gaines County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 20, 1986, 11:25 PM CDT (04:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 1986, 3:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Andrews County, TX, Gaines County, TX
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 1458 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1381 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAAOO KMAF 210425
FFWMAF
TXC003-165-475-495-210830-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1125 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 1986
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
..ANDREWS..GAINES
IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
..WARD..WINKLER
UP TO 5 AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED IN GAINES
COUNTY THIS EVENING. RADAR INDICATES CONTINUED VERY HEAVY RAIN IS
FALLING AT THIS TIME IN ANDREWS..GAINES..WARD..AND WINKLER COUNTIES
AND WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. SOME ROADS IN THE VICINITY O
SEMINOLE ARE REPORTED TO BE UNDER WATER WATER.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED, ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES, DIPS, OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM, EVEN A SMALL ONE,
ON FOOT.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 7:53 PM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 745 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 1986 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR WARD COUNTY AND COUNTIES WEST OF THE PECOS EXCEPT FAR WEST TEXAS... AT 727 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED FROM THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TO NORTH OF POST. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE WEST OF JAL NEW MEXICO AND NORTHWEST OF LAMESA. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE ALSO NOTED NORTH OF ROBERT LEE AND 20 MILES SOUTH OF GUTHRIE. SHOWERS CONTINUED FORM SOUTHWEST OF FORT STOCKTON TO THE NORTHERN BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK. MOVEMENT WAS SLOW AND ERRATIC. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT AND HEAVY RAINS..FLOODING OF STREAMS..ROADWAYS IN LOW WATER CROSSINGS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE AREAS OF THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS. BE ON THE ALERT TONIGHT FOR THE DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMTENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR NEAREST LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE MIDLAND WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. YOUR REPORT MAY SAVE A LIFE.
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 8:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 845 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 1986 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR WARD COUNTY AND COUNTIES WEST OF THE PECOS EXCEPT FAR WEST TEXAS... AT 829 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE NUMEROUS FROM THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TO BROWNFIELD AND TO WEST OF GAIL. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE NEAR LAMESA AND WEST OF JAL. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE ALSO WIDELY SCATTERED FROM 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF LUBBOCK TO JUST WEST OF ROBERT LEE. MOVEMENT WAS SLOW AND ERRATIC. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT AND HEAVY RAINS..FLOODING OF STREAMS AND ROADWAYS IN LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL LIKELY BE FLOODED IN THE AREAS OF THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS. BE ON THE ALERT TONIGHT FOR THE DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR NEAREST LOCAL LAW ENFsORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE MIDLAND WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. YOUR REPORT MAY SAVE A LIFE.
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 10:36 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1035 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 1986 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR WARD COUNTY AND COUNTIES WEST OF THE PECOS EXCEPT FAR WEST TEXAS... AT 1025 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED FROM NEAR PECOS TO SEMINOLE. THE GAINES COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS HIGHWAY 180 BETWEEN SEMINOLE AND LAMESA WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING CLOSED DUE TO WATER OVER THE ROAD. NUMEROUS RAINSHOWERS WERE FROM THE CARLSBAD NEW MEXICO AREA TO NEAR LUBBOCK. MOVEMENT WAS SLOWLY SOUTHEAST. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT AND HEAVY RAINS..FLOODING OF STREAMS AND ROADWAYS IN LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL LIKELY BE FLOODED IN THE AREAS OF THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR NEAREST LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE MIDLAND WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. YOUR REPORT MAY SAVE A LIFE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 56 min |
| Jun 20, 11:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ward, Winkler | 4 hr |
| Jun 21, 4:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Borden, Howard, Martin | 4 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1986Every flash flood warning in 1986
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.