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Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 8:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Reeves | 2 hr |
| Jun 23, 8:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Gaines | 2 hr |
| Jun 23, 8:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Dawson | 2 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.