Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1986
Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 3, 1986, 6:44 PM CDT for Crane County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 3, 1986, 6:44 PM CDT (23:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 3, 1986, 10:45 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, 11.7 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
- 161 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 659 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 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 032344
FFWMAF
TXC103-040345-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
644 PM CDT WED SEP 3 1986
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
..CRANE
AT 630 PM CDT THE CIVIL DEFENCE IN CRANE REPORTED 3 INCHES OF RAIN
IN THE PAST TWO HOURS.
AT 625 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF RAINSHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD CRANE.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED, ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
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, EVEN A SMALL ONE,
ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING 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, EVEN A SMALL ONE,
ON FOOT.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, Sep 3, 1:34 PM CDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 130 PM CDT WED SEP 3 1986 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS..FAR WEST TEXAS AND THE BIG BEND FOR TODAY AND FOR THE SOUTH PLAINS AND ALL OF THE PERMIAN BASIN TONIGHT... AT 125 PM CDT..THUNDERSTORMS..SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN..WERE SCATTERED IN A 130 MILE WIDE AREA EXTENDING FROM GUTHRIE TO NEAR VAN HORN. HEAVIEST RAIN WAS INDICATED BETWEEN BIG SPRING AND GARDEN CITY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE LATEST ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS TO PASS THROUGH THE MIDLAND/ODESSA AREA LEFT FOUR TENTHS OF AN INCH OF RAIN AT THE AIRPORT. THESE THUNDER- STORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE IMMEDIATE AREA..AND THERE SHOULD BE A BREAK IN THE HEAVY RAIN FOR MIDLAND AND ODESSA FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO..LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Sep 3, 2:35 PM CDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 235 PM CDT WED SEP 3 1986 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS..FAR WEST TEXAS AND THE BIG BEND FOR TODAY AND FOR THE SOUTH PLAINS AND ALL OF THE PERMIAN BASIN TONIGHT... AT 225 PM CDT..THUNDERSTORMS..SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN..WERE SCATTERED IN A 210 MILE WIDE AREA EXTENDING FROM NEAR VAN HORN TO 20 MILES SOUTH- EAST OF CHILDRESS. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS INDICATED 10 MILES EAST OF BIG SPRING. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE LATEST ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS TO PASS THROUGH THE MIDLAND/ODESSA AREA LEFT FOUR TENTHS OF AN INCH OF RAIN AT THE AIRPORT. THESE THUNDER- STORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE IMMEDIATE AREA..AND THERE SHOULD BE A BREAK IN THE HEAVY RAIN FOR MIDLAND AND ODESSA FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO..LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS A!ND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Sep 3, 3:28 PM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 330 PM CDT WED SEP 3 1986 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS..FAR WEST TEXAS AND THE BIG BEND FOR TODAY AND FOR THE SOUTH PLAINS AND ALL OF THE PERMIAN BASIN TONIGHT... AT 325 PM CDT..THUNDERSTORMS..SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN..WERE SCATTERED IN A 170 MILE WIDE AREA EXTENDING FROM NEAR VAN HORN TO 40 MILES SOUTH- EAST OF CHILDRESS. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS INDICATED 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORTSTOCKTON. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE LATEST ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS TO PASS THROUGH THE MIDLAND/ODESSA AREA LEFT FOUR TENTHS OF AN INCH OF RAIN AT THE AIRPORT. THESE THUNDER- STORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE IMMEDIATE AREA..AND THERE SHOULD BE A BREAK IN THE HEAVY RAIN FOR MIDLAND AND ODESSA FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO..LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR ADDITIONAL STATE;MENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Sep 3, 4:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 433 PM CDT WED SEP 3 1986 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF WEST TEXAS FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY AND TONIGHT... AT 445 PM CDT..THUNDERSTORMS..SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN..WERE SCATTERED OVER THE AREA BETWEEN GUTHRIE..RANKIN..MARFA AND THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF NEW MEXICO. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS INDICATED 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PECOS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. CONTINUED HEAVY RAINS IN ALREADY SATURATED AREAS WILL CAUSE RAPID RUNOFF AND POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH RUNNING WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WETHER RAhDIO..LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR LATEST INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Sep 3, 5:45 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 538 PM CDT WED SEP 3 1986 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF WEST TEXAS FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY AND TONIGHT... AT 525 PM CDT..THUNDERSTORMS..SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN..WERE SCATTERED OVER THE AREA BETWEEN GUTHRIE..RANKIN..ALPINE AND THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF NEW MEXICO. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS INDICATED OVER GRANDFALLS. OTHER VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS EAST OF GARDEN CITY AND SOUTH OF MALJAMAR NEW MEXICO. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. LIGHT RAIN HAD STARTED AT THE MIDLAND REGIONAL AIRPORT. MORE HEAVY RAINS IN SATURATED AREAS WILL CAUSE RAPID RUNOFF AND POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS AND AVOID KNOWN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SUCH AS DIPS AND UNDERPASSES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO..LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR LATEST INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
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.