Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Aug 4, 1990, 2:14 PM MDT (20:14 UTC)

Expired

Aug 4, 1990, 5:15 PM MDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Lea 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
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
314 PM CDT (214 PM MDT) SAT AUG 4 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM CDT (515 PM MDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
 
   ...SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY
 
AT 320 PM CDT...220 PM MDT...STREET FLOODING WAS BEING REPORTED IN THE
CITY OF HOBBS. WINDS OF 52 MPH WERE ALSO BEING REPORTED AT THE
AIRPORT.
 
THE THUNDERSTORMS CAUSING THIS ARE NOT MOVING AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS
COULD EXCEED 3-4 INCHES DURING THE NEXT THREE HOURS.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

In the hours before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
238 PM CDT SAT AUG 04 1990

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...

AT 230 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM NORTH OF
SEMINOLE TO SOUTHWEST OF HOBBS NEW MEXICO THEN SOUTH TO NORTHWEST
OF PECOS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE ALSO
SCATTERED FROM NORTHWEST OF IRAAN TO WEST OF OZONA AND NORTHWEST OF
SONORA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG
WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND SOME FLOODING OF LOW AREAS. THUNDERSTORMS
WERE WIDELY SCATTERED OVER THE SOUTH PLAINS...NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN...
SOUTHERN CONCHO VALLEY...SOUTHERN PERMIAN BASIN SOUTHWEST TO BIG BEND.
MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 1990Every flash flood warning in 1990

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.