Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Jun 2, 1989, 12:56 AM CDT (05:56 UTC)

Expired

Jun 2, 1989, 2:30 AM CDT

In force

94 min

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Howard 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
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1256 AM CDT FRI JUN 2 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  230 A3 CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
          ...SOUTHERN HOWARD
 
AT 1250 AM CDT A SKYWARN SPOTTER IN BIG SPRING REPORTED OVER 2 INCHES
OF RAIN DURING THE LAST HOUR. ALSO REPORTED WAS WATER RUNNING 3 TO 4
FEET DEEP IN STREET AT CORNER OF ALAMESA AND PARKWAY THAT HAD WASHED
AT LEAST ONE CAR OFF THE ROAD.
 
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT DROPPED ALL THIS WATER IS NOW MOSTLY SOUTH OF
BIG SPRING AND MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. NO FURTHER
ADDITIONAL RAIN IS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS BUT WHAT HAS
ALREADY FALLEN WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR THE NEXT HOUR AND A
HALF.
 
 
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 COVERS
THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A
SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
845 PM CDT THU JUN 1 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR MOST OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WEST TEXAS
   AND LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO UNTIL 10 PM CDT...

AT 830 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE SCATTERED
FROM SOUTH OF FORT STOCKTON TO SOUTH OF ALPINE TO SOUTHWEST OF MARFA
THEN NORTH TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PECOS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS...WITH
VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE SCATTERED FROM STERLING CITY TO SOUTH OF GUTHRIE
TO NORTH OF LUBBOCK THEN SOUTHWEST TO WEST OF TATUM NEW MEXICO AND
SOUTHEAST TO NORTH OF SEMINOLE TEXAS.

HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALPINE...10 MILES
EAST OF BIG SPRING...AND 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BROWNFIELD.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...AND HIGH WINDS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR
LATER STATEMENTS.

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1989Every flash flood warning in 1989

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.