Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Aug 21, 1989, 11:16 PM MDT (05:16 UTC)

Expired

Aug 22, 1989, 3:15 AM MDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Eddy County, NM

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 ROSWELL NM
ISSUED BY ALBUQUERQUE NM
1116 PM MDT MON AUG 21 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  315 AM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
          ...SOUTHEASTERN EDDY
 
AT 1100 PM MDT...RADAR REPORTS AND SATELLITE IMAGES SHOWED PERISTENT
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF EDDY COUNTY NEW
MEXICO...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS TO THE SOUTHEAST OF U.S. HIGHWAYS 62 AND
180.  THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST EDDY COUNTY
FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...PRODUCING ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL.
 
COMMUNITIES WHICH MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE BLACK RIVER
VILLAGE...LOVING...MALAGA...AND WHITES CITY.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS 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.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1100 PM CDT AUG 21 1989

...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS IN THE HOBBS NEW MEXICO AREA...

DURING THE LAST TWO HOURS THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPED IN
THE HOBBS AREA. HOBBS POLICE REPORTED SOME STREET FLOODING IN THE AREA
OF U.S. HIGHWAYS 62 AND 180. RADAR INDICATES A LESSENING OF INTENCITIES
DURING THE LAST FEW MINUTES.

PERSONS IN THE HOBBS AREA OR DRIVING TOWARD HOBBS SHOULD STAY ALERT TO
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1126 PM CDT AUG 21 1989

AT 1125 PM CDT...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
WAS LOCATED FROM 55 MILES NORTHWEST OF LUBBOCK TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF
MARFA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

DURING THE LAST THREE HOURS THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPED IN
THE HOBBS AREA. HOBBS POLICE REPORTED SOME STREET FLOODING IN THE AREA
OF U.S. HIGHWAYS 62 AND 180. RADAR INDICATES A LESSENING OF INTENCITIES
DURING THE LAST FEW MINUTES.

PERSONS IN THE HOBBS AREA OR DRIVING TOWARD HOBBS SHOULD STAY ALERT TO
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 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.