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Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 24, 1986Crane County, Ector County, Upton County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 24, 1986, 6:30 PM CDT for Crane County, Ector County, Upton County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 1986, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 1986, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Crane County, TX, Ector County, TX, Upton 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 47 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 12:00Z on 1986-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 555 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1986-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 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
555 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
613 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 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 242318
FFWMAF
TXC103-135-461-250115-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
630 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 1986
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
 
IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
          ..CRANE..ECTOR..UPTON

AT 625 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN FALLING FOR THE
PAST THREE HOURS IN THE WARNING AREA. THOUGH NO RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE
BEEN REPORTED TO THE WEATHER SERVICE, THESE RAINFALL RATES, IN
CONJUNCTION WITH THE AMOUNT OF RAIN THAT HAS SATURATED THE GROUND
DURING THE PAST FEW DAYS IS MORE THAN ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW
LYING AREAS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE 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 24, 12:30 PM CDT, 6 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1230 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 1986

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR A LARGE PORTION OF
   SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...

AT 1225 PM..SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED IN A 120
MILE WIDE AREA EXTENDING FROM NEAR ROSWELL NEW MEXICO TO SANDERSON
TEXAS.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHWEST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 1:41 PM CDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
145 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 1986

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR MOST OF
   WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...

AT 130 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING JUST WEST OF ODESSA AND
CRANE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE NORTH.

THUNDERSHOWERS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED  FROM ROSWELL SOUTH TO FORT
DAVIS OZONA AND BIG SPRING.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 2:31 PM CDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
230 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 1986

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR MOST OF
   WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...

AT 225 PM...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SOUTH EAST NEW
MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS ALONG THE PECOS RIVER. THE HEAVIER STORMS WERE
FROM SOUTHEAST OF HOBBS TO IRAAN. SOME OF THESE STORMS CAN PRODUCE VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL.  FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS LIKELY AND MOTORIST ARE
URGED NOT TO DRIVE INTO THESE AREAS.

MOVEMENT NORTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 3:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
330 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 1986

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR MOST OF
   WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...

AT 325 PM...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SOUTH EAST NEW
MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS ALONG THE PECOS RIVER. THE HEAVIER STORMS WERE
FROM HOBBS TO MC CAMEY. SOME OF THESE STORMS CAN PRODUCE VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL. MOTORIST QARE URGED TO EXCERISE CAUTION AN NOT DRIVE INTO
THESE LOW WATER AREAS.

MOVEMENT NORTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 4:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
445 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 1986

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ALL OF
WEST TEXAS WEST OF THE PECOS RIVER AS WELL AS THE WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN AND
ALSO INCLUDES LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO UNTIL 6PM MDT...

AT 429 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED FROM RANKIN
TO WEST OF ANDREWS.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE ALSO NOTED FROM SOUTHWEST OF TAHOKA TO
ARTESIA NEW MEXICO.

AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
PECOS.

THUNDERSHOWERS WERE SCATTERED FROM NEAR LANGTRY TO THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHWEST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR
FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD STAY ABREAST OF THE WEATHER TONIGHT
AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IN FLASH FLOODING THREATENS.
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 5:42 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
545 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 1986

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ALL OF
WEST TEXAS WEST OF THE PECOS RIVER AS WELL AS THE WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN AND
ALSO INCLUDES LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO...

AT 529 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED FROM NORTH-
WEST OF RANKIN TO JUST SOUTHEAST OF HOBBS.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE ALSO NOTED FROM SOUTH OF OZONA TO PECOS.

THUNDERSHOWERS WERE SCATTERED FROM NEAR LANGTRY TO THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS
AND ALSO FROM NEAR PRESIDIO TO NORTH OF SIERRA BLANCA.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHWEST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO.
PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD STAY ABREAST OF THE WEATHER TONIGHT
AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IN FLASH FLOODING THREATENS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 8:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFReeves2 hr
Jun 23, 8:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFGaines2 hr
Jun 23, 8:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFDawson2 hr

Nearby

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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.