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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS El Paso, TX

October 2, 1990Brewster County, Jeff Davis County, Presidio County, Texas

NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Oct 2, 1990, 6:39 PM CDT for Brewster County, Jeff Davis County, Presidio County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 2, 1990, 6:39 PM CDT (23:39 UTC)
Expired
Oct 2, 1990, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Brewster County, TX, Jeff Davis County, TX, Presidio 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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 254 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1990-10-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1990-10-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
893 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KELP 022339
FFWELP
TXC043-243-377-030345-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
539 PM MDT (639 PM CDT) TUE OCT 2 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  945 PM MDT (1045 PM CDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...BREWSTER COUNTY...JEFF.DAVIS COUNTY...PRESIDIO COUNTY
 
OBSERVERS AT THE BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK REPORT HEAVY RAIN AND SOME
FLOODING OF ROADS AND LOW WATER CROSSING IN AND AROUND THE BIG BEND
NATIONAL PARK IN FAR WEST TEXAS. HEAVY RAIN IS OCCURING OVER BREWSTER
AND PRESIDIO COUNTIES UP TO MARFA...AN OBSERVER AT MARFA REPORTS IN
EXCESS OF 2 INCHES SO FAR TODAY AND THE RAIN CONTINUES...DAVIS
MOUNTAIN RESORT...8W OF FORT DAVIS...IN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY REPORTS
OVER 2 INCHES IN THE PAST 24 HOURS WITH LYMPIA CREEK AT FIVE FEET
AND RISING...
 
 
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 HTIGHER GROUND.
 
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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.