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Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 22, 1986, 11:14 PM CDT for Borden County, Howard County, Texas. 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 Borden County, TX, Howard 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 96 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAAOO KMAF 230431 COR
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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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 7:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Dawson, Gaines | 4 hr |
| Jun 22, 7:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Andrews, Winkler | 4 hr |
| Jun 22, 11:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Andrews, Dawson, Gaines, Martin | 4 hr |
| Jun 23, 3:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Andrews, Crane, Ector | 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.