Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1986
Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Oct 4, 1986, 3:10 PM CDT for Upton County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 4, 1986, 3:10 PM CDT (20:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 4, 1986, 7:10 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Upton 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 244 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -79 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 954 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.9
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Oct 4, 11:09 AM CDT, 4 hours 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1100 AM CDT SAT OCT 4 1986 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND PORTION OF THE CONCHO VALLEY... AT 1025 AM CDT SOME VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM NORTHEAST OF FORT STOCKTON TO NEAR COLORADO CITY. THE CITY OF BIG SPRING REPORTED 11/2 INCHES OF RAINWITHSOME STREET FLODDING. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED RUN OFF WILL BE QUICK.PERSON SHOULD BE ALERT AND TAKE QUICK ACTION. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. AREAS RECEIVING HEAVY RAIN ON TOP OF ALREADY SATURATED GROUND ARE IN DANGER OF FLASH FLOODING. BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER AND LISTEN FOR STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO.
Special weather statement, Oct 4, 11:34 AM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1135 AM CDT SAT OCT 4 1986 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND PORTION OF THE CONCHO VALLEY... ..A FALSH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR UPTON COUNTY UNTIL315 PM CDT.. AT 1125 AM CDT SOME VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM NEAR FORT STOCKTON TONEAR COLORADO CITY. THIS ACTIVITY IS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LOCAL FLOODING BEING REPOETED. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. AREAS RECEIVING HEAVY RAIN ON TOP OF ALREADY SATURATED GROUND ARE IN DANGER OF FLASH FLOODING. BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER AND LISTEN FOR STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE (WARNINGS ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO.
Special weather statement, Oct 4, 12:28 PM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1235 PM CDT SAT OCT 4 1986 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND PORTION OF THE CONCHO VALLEY... ..A FALSH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR UPTON COUNTY UNTIL315 PM CDT.. AT 1225 PM CDT SOME VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM NEAR ALPINE TO NORTH OF ABILENE. THE HEAVIER STORMS WERE IN A BAND FROM NEAR MC CAMEY TO RORAN. MC CAMEY REPORTED 4 INCHES OF RAIN IN 2 HOURS AND 15 MINUTES. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. AREAS RECEIVING HEAVY RAIN ON TOP OF ALREADY SATURATED GROUND ARE IN DANGER OF FLASH FLOODING. BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER AND LICSTEN FOR STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO.
Special weather statement, Oct 4, 1:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 135 PM CDT SAT OCT 4 1986 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND PORTION OF THE CONCHO VALLEY... ..A FALSH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR UPTON COUNTY UNTIL315 PM CDT.. AT 125 PM CDT SOME VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM NEAR ALPINE TO NORTH OF ABILENE. THE HEAVIER STORMS CONTINUED IN A BAND FROM NEAR ALPINE TO NEAR ROTAN. 1.95 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN FORSAN IN THE PAST 2 HOURS. A LARGE PORTION OF THE PERMAIN BASIN SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND THE CONCHO VALLEY HAVE BEEN RECIEVING HEAVY RAINS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. AREAS RECEIVINfG HEAVY RAIN ON TOP OF ALREADY SATURATED GROUND ARE IN DANGER OF FLASH FLOODING. BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER AND LISTEN FOR STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO.
Special weather statement, Oct 4, 2:33 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 235 PM CDT SAT OCT 4 1986 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND PORTION OF THE CONCHO VALLEY... ..A FALSH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR UPTON COUNTY UNTIL 315 PM CDT.. ..A FLASH WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR GLASSCOCK COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM CDT... AT 225 PM CDT SOME VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM NEAR BALMORHEA NORTH OF ABILENE. THE HEAVIER STORMS CONTINUED IN A BAND FROM NEAR FORT STOCKTON TO NEAR GAIL. SINCE THIS MORNING MC CAMEY HAS RECIEVED 7.8 INCHES OF RAIN. THE SHELL REFINERY NEAR MC CAMEY 6.1 INCHES. NEAR 5 INCHES AT GARDEN CITY IN GLASSCOCK} COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. AREAS RECEIVING HEAVY RAIN ON TOP OF ALREADY SATURATED GROUND ARE IN DANGER OF FLASH FLOODING. BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER AND LISTEN FOR STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane | 65 min |
| Oct 3, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 50 min |
| Oct 3, 9:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Upton | 64 min |
| Oct 3, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane | 65 min |
| Oct 4, 11:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Upton | 4 hr |
| Oct 4, 2:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 4 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1986Every flash flood warning in 1986
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.