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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 22, 19864 counties in Texas; Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 22, 1986, 11:14 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas; Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 22, 1986, 11:14 PM CDT (04:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 1986, 3:15 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lea County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Gaines 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 00:00Z, 4.2 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1986-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1064 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1986-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1064 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1312 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 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 
TTAAOO KMAF 230431 COR
FFWMAF
TXC003-033-115-165-227-317-NMC025-230815-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1114 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  315 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:

IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
          ..ANDREWS..BORDEN..DAWSON
          ..GAINES..HOWARD..MARTIN
IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
          ..SOUTHERN LEA

US 180 BETWEN SEMINOLE AND LAMESA IS CLOSE DUE TO FLOODING. WATER IS
OVER HIGHWAY 137 BETWEEN BROWNFIELD AND LAMESA.

AT 1115PM CDT RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN THROUGHOUT THE WARNING AREA WITH LITTLE MOVEMENT.



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 22, 5:40 PM CDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
540 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 1986

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR
MOST OF WEST TEXAS EXCEPT THE PANHANDLE AND FAR WEST...

AT 525 PM CDT NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO
DUMP ABUNDANT MOISTURE FROM THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS NORTHEASTWARD TO THE
SOUTH PLAINS NEAR LUBBOCK.

THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED..15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONAHANS AND
JUST WEST OF SEMINOLE.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

HEAVY RAINS HAVE BEEN DUMPED OVER THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA DURING THE LAST
SEVERAL DAYS..MAKING FOR A VERY SERIOUS SITUATION. FLASH FLOODING CAN BE
EXPECTED ANYWHERE THERE IS A LOW LYING AREA..ALONG STREAM BEDS AND AT LOW
WATER CROSSINGS OF ROADWAYS.
THE PUBLIC SHOULD STAY ON THE ALERT THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING THREATENS.

MOST DEATHS DURING FLASH FLOODING OCCURS IN AUTOMOBILES WHEN MOTORISTS
TRY TO CROSS LOW WATER CROSSINGS OR WHEN CAMPERS CAMP ALONG STREAMS AND
FAIL TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

WE AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE URGE YOU TO LISTEN FOR FURTHER
\STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS AND ACT QUICKLY IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. THE LIFE
YOU SAVE MAY BE YOUR OWN.
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 6:39 PM CDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
640 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 1986

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN AND
SOUTHWEST TEXAS...

AT 625 PM CDT NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO
DUMP ABUNDANT MOISTURE FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT STOCKTON TO
SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO TO NEAR POST.

THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORM WAS NOTED JUST SOUTHWEST OF SEMINOLE.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.

THE PUBLIC SHOULD STAY ON THE ALERT TONIGHT AND LISTEN FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 7:51 PM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
640 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 1986

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR WINKLER..
ANDREWS..DAWSON AND GAINES COUNTIES..UNTIL 1030 PM MDT FOR SOUTHERN LEA..

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN AND
SOUTHWEST TEXAS...

AT 731 PM CDT NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO
FROM JUST NORTH OF KERMIT TO NEAR HOBBS TO NEAR LAMESA.

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE ALSO NOTED FROM EAST OF POST
TO EAST OF SNYDER.

AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS NEAR RED BLUFF DAM.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM EAST OF LENORAH TO EAST OF BIG LAKE AND
FROM MONAHANS TO CRANE.

THUNDERSHOWERS CONTINUED FROM VAN HORN TO KERMIT.

ALL MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.

STAY TUNE FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS. WE URGE YOU TO HEED THE WARNING.
FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNING AREA W7AS OCCURRING.
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 8:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
740 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 1986

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR WINKLER..
ANDREWS..DAWSON AND GAINES COUNTIES..UNTIL 1030 PM MDT FOR SOUTHERN LEA..

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN AND
SOUTHWEST TEXAS...

AT 827 PM CDT NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED
FROM NEAR CRANE TO SEMINOLE TO EAST OF SNYDER.

A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS WERE ALSO NOTED FROM GUADALUPE PASS TO 25 MILES WEST
OF HOBBS.

AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS 30 MILES EAST OF SANDERSON.

AN ISOLATED SHOWER WAS JUST SOUTH OF ALPINE.

MOVEMENT WAS SLOWLY NORTcH TO NEAR STATIONARY OVER THE NORTHERN PERMIAN
BASIN.

STAY TUNE FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS. WE URGE YOU TO HEED THE WARNING.
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 9:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
940 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 1986

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR WINKLER..
ANDREWS..DAWSON AND GAINES COUNTIES..UNTIL 1030 PM MDT FOR SOUTHERN LEA..

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN AND
SOUTHWEST TEXAS...

AT 928 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO BE SCATTERED
FROM NEAR GOLDSMITH TO NORTHWEST OF GAIL TO NEAR SNYDER.

THUNDERSHOWERS WERE ALSO NOTED FROM GUADALUPE PASS TO 25 MILES WEST
OF HOBBS.

AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS 20 MILES SOUTH OF MONAHANS.

ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE 12 MILES NORTH OF SANDERSON AND 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
SHEFFIELD.

LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS SHOWN.

STAY TUNE FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 10:43 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1045 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 1986

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR WINKLER..
ANDREWS..DAWSON AND GAINES COUNTIES..UNTIL 1030 PM MDT FOR SOUTHERN LEA..

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN AND
SOUTHWEST TEXAS...

AT 1028 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO BE SCATTERED
FROM NEAR JAL TO SNYDER AND FROM WEST AND SOUTH OF CRANE TO SOUTHEAST OF
BIG SPRING.

THUNDERSHOWERS CONTINUED FROM NEAR GUADALUPE PASS TO HOBBS.

LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS SHOWN.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 7:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFDawson, Gaines4 hr
Jun 22, 7:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFAndrews, Winkler4 hr
Jun 22, 11:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFBorden, Howard4 hr
Jun 23, 3:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFAndrews, Crane, Ector4 hr
Jun 23, 3:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFLea4 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1986Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 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.