Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1986
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 2, 1986, 6:07 PM CDT for Upton County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 1986, 6:07 PM CDT (23:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1986, 10:00 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, 11.1 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
- 1311 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 557 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMAF 022307 FFWMAF TXC461-030300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 607 PM CDT MON JUN 2 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS...UPTON A SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTER NEAR MCCAMEY HAS REPORTED WATER TWO INCHES DEEP OVER THE HIGHWAY 385 JUST NORTH OF THE CITY OF MCCAMEY. GULLIES ARE FLOODED AND VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES IN THIS AREA AND MORE VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS AREA HEADED FOR THIS REGION. FOR PERSONS IN AND AROUND THESE STORMS PLEASE SEEK HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. THIS STORM IS ACCOMPANIED BY INTENSE LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.
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, Jun 2, 12:42 PM CDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1240 PM CDT MON JUNE 2 1986 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF WEST TEXAS..EXCEPT FAR WEST..THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... AT 1230 PM..SCATTERED VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS REMAINED OVER PORTIONS OF NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS MAINLY OVER THE PERMIAN BASIN ALONG THE TEXAS..NEW MEXICO BORDER. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE BETWEEN JAL NEW MEXICO AND LAMESA TEXAS. OTHER VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEST OF GARDEN CITY AND NORTH OF STERLING CITY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. SMALL HAIL..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. WITH THE PAST FEW DAYS OF RAIN..THE GROUND IS SATURATED OVER MUCH WEST TEXAS AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. PERSONS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR HEAVY RAINS AND RAPIDLY RISING WATERS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT LET YOUR CHILDREN PLAY IN THE RISING WATERS AND DO NOT TRY TO DRIVE THROUGH HIGH WATER OVER THE ROADWAYS. REMEMBER..QUICK ACTION MAY SAVE YOUR LIFE! STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 1:40 PM CDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 140 PM CDT MON JUNE 2 1986 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF WEST TEXAS..EXCEPT FAR WEST..THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... AT 128 PM..NUMEROUS VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO..THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS AND PERMIAN BASIN BETWEEN LUBBOCK..MIDLAND..ORLA AND BLEDSOE TEXAS. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE FROM WEST OF GOLDSMITH TO NORTH OF LAMESA AND 20 MILES NORTH OF MENTONE TEXAS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS..SOME VERY HEAVY..WERE BETWEEN MIDLAND AND ABILENE AND BETWEEN LUBBOCK AND ABILENE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. SMALL HAIL..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THE GROUND IS SATURATED OVER MUCH OF WEST TEXAS AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. PERSONS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR HEAVY RAINS AND RAPIDLY RISING WATERS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT LET YOUR CHILDREN PLAY IN THE RISING WATERS AND DO NOT TRY TO DRIVE THROUGH HIGH WATER OVER THE ROADWAYS. REMEMBER..QUICK ACTION MAY SAVE YOUR LIFE! STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 4:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 440 PM CST MON JUN 2 1986 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WEST TEXAS..EXCEPT THE FAR WEST..THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... AT 430 PM CST NUMEROUS VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE SOUTH PLAINS..THE PERMIAN BASIN..FAR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED AROUND COLORADO CITY..IN THE AREA OF BIG SPR_ING..NORTH OF FORT STOCKTON AND JUST SOUTH OF CARLSBAD CAVERNS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 5:41 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 540 PM CST MON JUN 2 1986 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WEST TEXAS..EXCEPT THE FAR WEST..THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... AT 530 PM CST NUMEROUS VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE SOUTH PLAINS..THE PERMIAN BASIN..FAR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED SOUTH OF COLORADO CITY.. BETWEEN MIDLAND AND SAN ANGELO..WEST OF CRANE AND WEST OF HOBBS NEW MEXICO. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND COULD CAUSE FLOODING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO..LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR LATER STATvEMENTS OF POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin | 55 min |
| Jun 1, 7:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Andrews | 55 min |
| Jun 1, 7:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Dawson | 55 min |
| Jun 1, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin | 64 min |
| Jun 1, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard | 55 min |
| Jun 1, 8:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Howard | 58 min |
| Jun 2, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin | 61 min |
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.