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Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Oct 5, 1986, 10:10 AM CDT for Upton County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 5, 1986, 10:10 AM CDT (15:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 5, 1986, 2:00 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, 3.2 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 700 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAAOO KMAF 051505
FFWMAF
TXC461-051900-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1010 AM CDT SUN OCT 5 1986
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
..UPTON
AT 1005 AM CDT FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES IN MC CAMEY. FROM 715 AM
UNTIL 10 AM THE SHELL PIPELINE REPORTED 4.21 INCHES OF RAIN. SINCE
700 AM YESTERDAY MORNING THIS BRINGS MC CAMEY'S TOTAL TO 16.21 INCHES
OF RAIN. THIS SITUATION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT.
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.
MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES, DIPS, OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER C_OVERS 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, Oct 5, 4:35 AM CDT, 5 hours 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 433 AM CDT SUN OCT 5 1986 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TILL NOON FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN.. THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS AND THE CONCHO VALLEY... AT 425 AM CDT...A 225 MILE WIDE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME VERY HAEVY...WAS LOCATED FROM 40 MILES EAST OF SWEETWATER TO 40 MILES WEST OF MARFA. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS 25 MILES SOUTH OF FORT STOCKTON. MOVEMEwNT WAS NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Oct 5, 5:37 AM CDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 538 AM CDT SUN OCT 5 1986 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TILL NOON FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN.. THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS AND THE CONCHO VALLEY... AT 525 AM CDT...A 285 MILE WIDE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME VERY HAEVY...WAS LOCATED FROM 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAN ANGELO TO 30 MILES WEST OF FORT DAVIS. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS 10 MILES SOUTH OF BAKERSFIELD. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Oct 5, 6:32 AM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 632 AM CDT SUN OCT 5 1986 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TILL NOON FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN.. THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS AND THE CONCHO VALLEY... AT 625 AM CDT...A 275 MILE WIDE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME VERY HAEVY...WAS LOCATED FROM 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF SAN ANGELO TO 30 MILES WEST OF MARFA. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS NEAR BAKERSFIELD. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Oct 5, 7:36 AM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 736 AM CDT SUN OCT 5 1986 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TILL NOON FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN.. THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS AND THE CONCHO VALLEY... AT 725 AM CDT...A 285 MILE WIDE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME VERY HAEVY...WAS LOCATED FROM 30 MILES EAST OF SAN ANGELO TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VAN HORN. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS NEAR RANKIN. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Oct 5, 8:43 AM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 835 AM CDT SUN OCT 5 1986 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TILL NOON FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN.. THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS AND THE CONCHO VALLEY... AT 825 AM CDT...RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN AN AREA 250 MILES WIDE FROM NEAR VAN HORN TO WELL EAST OF SAN ANGELO. SOME VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES THROUGHOUT A LARGE PORTION OF THE PECOS VALLEY..PERMAIN BASIN AND THE CONCHO VALLEY. THE HEAVIER AREA WAS IN A BAND FROM FORT DAVIS TO GARDEN CITY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. A 24 HOUR TOTAL RAINFALL REPORT FROM THE SHELL REFINERY NEAR MC CAMEY WAS 11.98 INCHES. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR WATER..MORTORIST ARE URGED TO EXCERCISE CAUTION. THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED SO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL BE QUICK TO RUN OFF. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNING.
Special weather statement, Oct 5, 9:29 AM CDT, 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 935 AM CDT SUN OCT 5 1986 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TILL NOON FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN.. THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS AND THE CONCHO VALLEY... AT 925 AM CDT...RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN AN AREA 240 MILES WIDE FROM NEAR VAN HORN TO WELL EAST OF SAN ANGELO. SOME VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES THROUGHOUT A LARGE PORTION OF THE PECOS VALLEY..PERMAIN BASIN AND THE CONCHO VALLEY. THE HEAVIER AREA WAS IN A BAND FROM BALMORHEA TO COLORADO CITY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. A 24 HOUR TOTAL RAINFALL REPORT FROM FORT STOCKTON WAS 6.25 INCHES. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE OEN THE ALERT FOR WATER..MORTORIST ARE URGED TO EXCERCISE CAUTION. THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED SO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL BE QUICK TO RUN OFF. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 10:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Crane, Upton | 4 hr |
| Oct 4, 10:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Pecos, Reeves | 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.