Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1986
Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 28, 1986, 9:44 AM CDT for Crane County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 28, 1986, 9:44 AM CDT (14:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 1986, 1:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Crane 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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 65 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
- 49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 636 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMAF 281444 FFWMAF TXC103-281845- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 944 AM CDT THU AUG 28 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS...CRANE AT 930AM, THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE STILL MOVING ACROSS CRANE COUNTY AND ARE CAUSING FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF CRANE. CIVIL DEFENSE DIRECTOR HAS REPORTED 2 FEET OF WATER IN THE CITY OF CRANE WITH WATER STILL RISING. PERSONS IN AND NEAR THIS AREA SHOULD SEEK HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO COULD FOR THE NE|XT THREE HOURS.
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, Aug 28, 4:33 AM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 435 AM CDT THU AUG 28 1986 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CONCHO VALLEY..PORTIONS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN..THE LOWER PECOS VALLEY AND THE BIG BEND FOR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... AT 425 AM CDT...A 210 MILE WIDE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME VERY HEAVY...WAS LOCATED FROM 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ABILENE TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALPINE. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MIDLAND. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHWEST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TELEVISION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Aug 28, 5:37 AM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 335 AM CDT THU AUG 28 1986 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CONCHO VALLEY..PORTIONS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN..THE LOWER PECOS VALLEY AND THE BIG BEND FOR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... AT 525 AM CDT...A 215 MILE WIDE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME VERY HEAVY...WAS LOCATED FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF ABILENE TO NEAR MARFA. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF SAN ANGELO. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHWEST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TELEVISION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Aug 28, 6:32 AM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 635 AM CDT THU AUG 28 1986 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CONCHO VALLEY..PORTIONS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN..THE LOWER PECOS VALLEY AND THE BIG BEND FOR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... AT 625 AM CDT...A 210 MILE WIDE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME VERY HEAVY...WAS LOCATED FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF ABILENE TO NEAR MARFA. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF SAN ANGELO. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHWEST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TELEVISION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Aug 28, 7:37 AM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 735 AM CDT THU AUG 28 1986 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CONCHO VALLEY..PORTIONS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN..THE LOWER PECOS VALLEY AND THE BIG BEND FOR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... AT 725 AM CDT...A 210 MILE WIDE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME VERY HEAVY...WAS LOCATED FROM 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF SNYDER TO NEAR MARATHON. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MIDLAND. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHWEST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TELEVISION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Aug 28, 8:37 AM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 834 AM CDT THU AUG 28 1986 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CONCHO VALLEY..PORTIONS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN..THE LOWER PECOS VALLEY AND THE BIG BEND FOR TODAY... AT 826 AM CDT...VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ROM FORT STOCKTON EAST TO GARDEN CITY WITH THUNDERSHOWERS SCATTERED FROM HOBBS SOUTH TO DEL RIO AND SAN ANGELO. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING WILL EXIST THROUGHOUT THE DAY. RESIDENTS SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR RISING WATER IN DRAINAGE STREETS..SMALL STREAMS AND UNDERPASSES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO..LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR7 UPDATES AND INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Aug 28, 9:37 AM CDT, 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 937 AM CDT THU AUG 28 1986 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CONCHO VALLEY..PORTION OF THE PERMIAN BASIN..THE PECOS VALLEY AND THE BIG BEND FOR TODAY... AT 925 AM CDT...VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM FORT STOCKTON EAST TO CRANE AND GARDEN CITY WITH THUNDERSHOWERS FROM CARLSBAD SOUTH ALONG THE PECOS RIVER TO DEL RIO. THUNDERSTORMS NORTH AND EAST OF SAN ANGELO HAVE NOT MOVED IN THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS. THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING WILL EXIST THROUGHOUT THE DAY. RESIDENTS SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR RISING WATER IN DRAINAGE STREETS..SMALL STREAMS AND UNDERPASSES. STAY TUNED TO NvOAA WEATHER RADIO..LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR UPDATES AND INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 1:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Crane | 4 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.