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Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 28, 1986, 1:36 PM CDT for Crane County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 28, 1986, 1:36 PM CDT (18:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 1986, 5:30 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, 6.6 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.
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TTAAOO KMAF 281836
FFWMAF
TXC103-282230-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
136 PM CDT THU AUG 28 1986
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
..CRANE
AT 140PM THE CITY OF CRANE HAS REPORTED OVER SEVEN INCHES OF RAIN IN
THE PAST 24 HOUR PERIOD. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS REPORTED THE
STREETS IN CRANE ARE COMPLETELY UNDERWATER WITH SOME HOUSES BEING
FLOODED. RADAR SHOWS THAT VERY HEAVY RAINFALL PERSISTS IN THE AREA
AND PERSONS IN CRANE COUNTY SHOULD SEEK HIGHER GROUND. MOTORISTS ARE
URGED NOT TO TRAVEL IN OR AROUND THE CRANE AREA.
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.
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,5 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, Aug 28, 8:37 AM CDT, 4 hours 59 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, 3 hours 59 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.
Special weather statement, Aug 28, 10:35 AM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1038 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 1025 AM CDT..VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM FORT STOCKTON EAST TO CRANE AND GARDEN CITY WITH THUNDERSTORMS FROM PECOS SOUTH ALONG THE PECOS RIVER TO PANDALE. THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED SOUTH OF MIDLAND/ODESSA AND FROM ROBERT LEE SOUTH TO SAN ANGELO AND OZONA. 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 FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Aug 28, 11:41 AM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1135 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... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CRANE COUNTY UNTIL 145 PM... AT 1125 AM CDT..VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM MONOHANS EAST TO CRANE..BIG LAKE AND CHRISTOVAL. THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS EAST TO ODESSA AND BALLINGER ALSO BETWEEN SONORA AND MARATHON. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT LESS THAN 10 MILES AN HOUR. HEAVY RAINS ON ALREADY SOAKED GROUND WILL CONTINUE THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED VERY LITTLE THIS MORNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO..LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Aug 28, 12:36 PM CDT, 1 hour before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1235 PM 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... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CRANE COUNTY UNTIL 145 PM... AT 1225 PM CDT..HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN CRANE AND UPTON COUNTIES..NEAR BIG LAKE AND NORTH OF RORT STOCKTON. THUNDERSHO WERS WERE SCATTERED FROM THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS EAST TO MIDLAND/ODDESSA..SANDERSON AND SAN ANGELO. LIGHT RAINSHOWERS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN SEMINOLE AND SNYDER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Aug 28, 1:25 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
URBAN FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 113 PM CDT THU AUG 28 1986 ...RAIN CONTINUES OVER THE PERMIAN BASIN INCLUDING THE MIDLAND/ODESSA AREA... HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE THE THREAT OF FLOODING IN THE PERMIAN BASIN THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE MIDLAND REGIONAL AIRPORT HAS RECEIVED .93 OF AN INCH OF RAIN SINCE 4AM THIS MORNING. ODESSA FIRE STATIONS HAVE RECEIVED AS MUCH AS 2.76 INCHES IN ABOUT THE SAME PERIOD OF TIME. MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID ALL TRAVEL ON THOSE DRAINAGE STREETS PRONE TO FLOODING. BE ESPECIALLY CAREFULL WHERE RUNNING WATER IS CROSSING THE ROADWAY. LOW AREAS..UNDERPASSES..UNPAVED ROADS AND ACCESS ROADS WILL BE DANGEROUS AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED. STAY TUNED )TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO..LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR LATEST DETAILS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 9:44 AM 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.