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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 21, 1986, 4:55 PM CDT for Borden County, Howard County, Martin County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 21, 1986, 4:55 PM CDT (21:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 1986, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Borden County, TX, Howard County, TX, Martin 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 12:00Z, 9.9 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1235 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 762 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 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 212155
FFWMAF
TXC033-227-317-220200-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
455 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 1986
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
..SOUTHERN BORDEN..HOWARD..EASTERN MARTIN
AT 456 PM CDT THE BIG SPRING POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED ALL MAJOR
STREETS IN BIG SPRING WERE FLOODED.
RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MOST
OF HOWARD COUNTY WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVER ALREADY SATURATTED
GROUND EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL AND SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS..THIS CREATES A VERY SERIOUS SITUATION IN THE WARNED
AREA..ESPECIALLY FOR THE CITY OF BIG SPRING.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS 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. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.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 21, 11:37 AM CDT, 5 hours 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1133 AM CDT SAT JUN 21 1986 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN... AT 1128 AM CDT..SCATTERED RAINSHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTH PLAINS..PERMIAN BASIN..BIG COUNTRY..CONCHO VALLEY..AND BIG BEND. A HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WAS OCCURRING 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAMESA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WITH HEAVY RAINS POSSIBLE. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 12:38 PM CDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1235 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 1986 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN... AT 1227 PM CDT..SCATTERED RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE INCREASING WITH SOME VERY HEAVY OVER THE SOUTH PLAINS..PERMIAN BASIN..BIG COUNTRY ..CONCHO VALLEY..AND TRANS-PECOS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WITH HEAVY RAINS POSSIBLE. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 1:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 144 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 1986 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN AND PART OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS INCLUDING DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND BIG BEND... AT 133 PM CDT..SCATTERED RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS..SOME VERY HEAVY.. WERE OCCURRING OVER THE SOUTH PLAINS..PERMIAN BASIN..BIG COUNTRY ..CONCHO VALLEY..AND TRANS-PECOS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. MUCH OF THE AREA HAS SATURATED GROUND AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION AND AVOID DRIVING INTO FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER9 RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 2:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 230 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 1986 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN AND PART OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS INCLUDING DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND BIG BEND... AT 225 PM CDT..SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN AN AREA 130 MILES WIDE FROM NEAR MARFA TO 100 MILES NORTH OF ABILENE..SOME VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS BEEN OCCURRING IN THE PERMAIN BASIN..THE SOUTH PLAINS..THE CONCHO VALLEY AND IN PORTIONS OF THE TRANS-PECOS REGION. HERE AT THE MIDLAND REGION AIRPORT 0.75 INCHES HAS BEEN RECORED SINCE 2 PM CDT. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. MUCH OF THE AREA HAS SATURATED GROUND AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION AND AVOID DRIVING INTO FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINrGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 3:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 330 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 1986 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN AND PART OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS INCLUDING DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND BIG BEND... AT 325 PM CDT..SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN AN AREA 210 MILES WIDE FROM THE BIG BEND REGION NORTHEASTWARD TO NORTHEAST OF LUBBOCK..SOME VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS BEEN OCCURRING IN THE PERMIAN BASIN..SOUTH PLAINS.. CONCHO VALLEY AND IN PORTIONS OF THE TRANS-PECOS REGION. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. MUCH OF THE AREA HAS SATURATED GROUND AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION AND AVOID DRIVING INTO FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 4:32 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 433 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 1986 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN AND PART OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS INCLUDING THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND BIG BEND AREA... AT 425 PM CDT..SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN AN AREA 165 MILES WIDE FROM THE BIG BEND REGION NORTHEASTWARD TO THE GUTHRIE AREA. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED IN AND AROUND THE BIG SPRING AREA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. MUCH OF THE AREA HAS SATURATED GROUND AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION AND AVOID DRIVING INTO FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
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 20, 11:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Andrews, Gaines | 4 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.