Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Jun 26, 1986, 6:55 PM MDT (00:55 UTC)

Expired

Jun 26, 1986, 10:00 PM MDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties Chaves County, NM, Eddy County, NM

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
655 PM MDT THU JUN 26 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF
SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...WESTERN CHAVES...WESTERN EDDY...EASTERN
LINCOLN AND EASTERN OTERO

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS
ACTUALLY BEEN REPORTED. TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS FOR THE PROTECTION
OF LIFE AND PROPERTY IMEDIATELY.

HEAVY RAINS HAVE CONTINUED ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE SACRAMENTO
MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE RAINS WILL TAPER OFF LATER
TONIGHT BUT NOT BEFORE ADDING MORE RUNOFF TO ALREADY SWOLLEN STREAMS
IN THE AREA. SEVERAL REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECIEVED OF FLOODING ALONG THE
TRIBUTARIES OF THE PECOS RIVER FROM THE RUIDOSO AREA SOUTHWARD TO THE
TEXAS BORDER AND MORE OF THE SAME CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT FEW
HOURS OVER EASTERN LINCOLN AND EASTERN OTERO COUNTIES AND OVER THE
WESTERN PORTIONS OF CHAVES AND EDDY COUNTIES.

STREAMS, RIVERS AND NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY
RAINS. REMEMBER THAT MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO
NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES, DIPS OR ARROYOS IF WATER COVERS THE
RAODWAY. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS EVEN A SMALL FLOWING STREAM ON FOOT.

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.

MJF

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
740 PM CDT THU 26 JUN 1986

     ...HEAVY RAINFALL IN SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO...

AT 730 PM...VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN EDDY COUNTY MOVING
NORTH INTO CHAVES COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN A VERY SHORT TIME.

THE GROUND IN SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS IS SATURATED AFTER THE
HEAVY RAINS OF THE PAST SEVERAL DAY. VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR
CONTINUES OVER THE AREA CAUSING A THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING IN ANY
LOW LYING AREA OR STREAM.

AVOID ROADS THAT PRESENT KNOWN FLOOD PROBLEMS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK
ACTIONS AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 1986Every flash flood warning in 1986

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.