Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 23, 1992, 8:33 AM CDT for Crane County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 23, 1992, 8:33 AM CDT (13:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 1992, 11:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Crane County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 280 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 624 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 647 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMAF 231334 FFWMAF TXC103-231630- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 833 AM CDT SAT MAY 23 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS ...CRANE COUNTY AT 830 AM CDT...THE SHERIFFS OFFICE IN CRANE REPORTED FLOODING OF ROADS IN AND NEAR THE CITY OF CRANE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IN CURRENTLY OCCURRING IN THE CITY OF CRANE AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. WITH RAIN CONTINUING THIS MORNING FURTHER FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS. 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.
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, May 23, 4:44 AM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
TXZ013-014-016-051-053-NMZ013-231200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 435 AM CDT SAT MAY 23 1992 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WEST TEXAS TONIGHT... AT 430 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED FROM BAKERSFIELD TO CRANE AND FROM LAMESA TO BIG LAKE. RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTEREF FROM ROSWELL SOUTH TO ALPINE... ANT INTHE THE BIG BEND. MOVEMENT WAS NORT HEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND THE LOCAL RADIO FOR UPDATED INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 23, 6:39 AM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
TXZ013-014-016-051-053-NMZ013-231245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 640 AM CDT SAT MAY 23 1992 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT MUCH OF WEST TEXAS TODAY... AT 634 AM CDT...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... WERE OCCURRING FROM NEAR LUBBOCK TO THE BIG BEND. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS FALLING ALONG A LINE BETWEEN JAL NEW MEXICO AND GRANDFALLS TEXAS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND THE LOCAL RADIO FOR UPDATED INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 23, 6:58 AM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-231245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 640 AM CDT SAT MAY 23 1992 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT MUCH OF WEST TEXAS TODAY... AT 634 AM CDT...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... WERE OCCURRING FROM NEAR LUBBOCK TO THE BIG BEND. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS FALLING ALONG A LINE BETWEEN JAL NEW MEXICO AND GRANDFALLS TEXAS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND THE LOCAL RADIO FOR UPDATED INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 23, 7:40 AM CDT, 53 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-231345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 740 AM CDT SAT MAY 23 1992 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT MUCH OF WEST TEXAS TODAY... AT 734 AM CDT...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... WERE OCCURRING FROM NEAR LUBBOCK TO THE BIG BEND. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS FALLING ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR SEMINOLE TO NORTH OF DRYDEN. SOME OF THE STORMS ALONG TwHIS LINE MAY CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND THE LOCAL RADIO FOR UPDATED INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 23, 8:18 AM CDT, 15 minutes before
TXZ013-014-016-051-053-NMZ013-231430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 817 AM CDT SAT MAY 23 1992 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO THE MIDLAND-ODESSA AREA FROM THE NORTH... AT 815 AM CDT RADAR REPORTS SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE CITY OF MIDLAND. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY INH ODESSA AND MIDLAND DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. GUSTY WINDS AND URBAN FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 23, 8:19 AM CDT, 14 minutes before
TXZ013-014-016-051-053-NMZ013-231430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 817 AM CDT SAT MAY 23 1992 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO THE MIDLAND-ODESSA AREA FROM THE WEST... AT 815 AM CDT RADAR REPORTS SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE CITY OF MIDLAND. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY IN ODESSA AND MIDLAND DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. GUSTY WINDS AND URBAN FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINNGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 7:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Reeves | 3 hr |
| May 22, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 59 min |
| May 22, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 63 min |
| May 22, 8:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Gaines | 3 hr |
| May 22, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard | 67 min |
| May 23, 5:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 60 min |
| May 23, 9:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Andrews, Gaines | 12 hr |
| May 23, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 64 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1992Every flash flood warning in 1992
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.