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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 2, 1991Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 2, 1991, 1:09 AM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 1991, 1:09 AM MDT (07:09 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1991, 2:15 AM MDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Lea County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 147 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 00:00Z on 1991-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 00:00Z on 1991-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 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
3343 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 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 KMAF 020710
FFWMAF
NMC025-020815-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
209 AM CDT (109 AM MDT) SUN JUN 2 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  315 AM CDT (215 AM MDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
 
   ...LEA COUNTY
 
AT 205 AM CDT...105 AM MDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS
JUST NORTH OF EUNICE NEW MEXICO. THE HOBBS SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTED
MARBLE SIZE-HAIL AND WATER 2 TO 3 INCHES DEEP 5 MILES SOUTH OF HOBBS
AT 106 AM MDT. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH 15 MILES AN HOUR.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

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 1, 11:35 PM MDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-020645-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1228 AM CST SUN JUN 2 1991

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT TILL 1 AM FOR THE NORTHERN
PERMIAN BASIN...

AT 1225 AM CDT...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
...WAS LOCATED FROM NORTH OF SEMINOLE TOWARD CHILDRESS. MOVEMENT WAS
NORTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 12:32 AM MDT, 37 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-020745-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
128 AM CST SUN JUN 2 1991

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN EXPIRED...

AT 125 AM CDT...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
...WAS LOCATED FROM WEST OF JAL NEW MEXICO TO EAST OF CHILDRESS.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 1991Every flash flood warning in 1991

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.