Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Sep 15, 1986, 6:11 PM CDT (23:11 UTC)

Expired

Sep 15, 1986, 9:00 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties Andrews County, TX, Gaines County, TX

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

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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
611 PM CDT MON SEP 15 1986
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
 
IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
          ..ANDREWS..GAINES

AT 610 PM CDT..RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 18 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF SEMINOLE TEXAS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT 5 MILES
AN HOUR.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE, SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND, LARGE HAIL, VERY HEAVY RAIN, AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.  STAY
INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH,
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL, DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
440 PM CDT MON SEP 15 1986

AT 425 PM CDT...VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE ENCLOSED
WITHIN A 170 MILE WIDE AREA FROM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARFA TEXAS TO
25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLOVIS NEW MEXICO.

HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED 20 MILES NORTH OF SEMINOLE..10 MILES
NORTHWEST OF SEMINOLE..5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOBBS..AND 15 MILES WEST OF
FORT STOCKTOlN.

HIGHS WINDS..SMALL HAIL..LIGHTNING..AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS CAN
BE EXPECTED. PLEASE SEEK SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

MOVEMENT  WAS TO THE NORTH AT 5 MILES AN HOUR.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
535 PM CDT MON SEP 15 1986

AT 525 PM CDT...VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE SACATTERED
FROM SOUTH OF MARATHON TO NEAR PLAINVIEW THEN SOUTHWEST TO VAN HORN.

HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST..AND 15 MILES NORTHEAST
OF SEMINOLE..AND FROM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOBBS NEW MEXICO TO 10 MILES
EAST OF HOBBS.

HIGHS WINDS..SMALL HAIL..LIGHTNING..AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS CAN
BE EXPECTED. SEAGRAVES HAS REPORTED FLOODING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 5 MILES AN HOUR.

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 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.