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Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 23, 1992Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 23, 1992, 6:17 PM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 23, 1992, 6:17 PM MDT (00:17 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 1992, 12:15 AM MDT
In force
6 hr
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, 0.3 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 1992-05-24Temperature 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 1992-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 181 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1289 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
181 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
264 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 240101
FFWMAF
NMC025-240615-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
717 PM CDT (617 PM MDT) SAT MAY 23 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  115 AM CDT (1215 AM MDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
 
   ...LEA COUNTY
 
AT 715 PM CDT...MIDLAND RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO
SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY FROM WESTERN TEXAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY
WINDS.
 
THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL
ONLY ADD TO AN EXISTING PROBLEM. FRIDAYS RAINFALL TOTALS WERE IN
EXCESS OF 5 INCHES. WATER IS STILL STANDING OVER MOST OF THE
COUNTY.
 
BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF THE WATER STARTS TO RISE.
DO NOT TRY TO TRAVEL UNLESS TRAVEL IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION AND EXTREME CAUTION SHOULD BBE
EXERCISED BY ALL PERSONS.

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, 4:45 PM MDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
TXZ013-014-016-051-053-NMZ013-232330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
545 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 1992

...THE FLOOD WARNING FOR LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 544 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAINS THAT HAVE BEEN
IN LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO HAVE DECREASED IN AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY...
THEREFORE THE THREAT OF FLOODING HAS DIMINISHED.

HOWEVER...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS STILL IN EFFECT FOR LEA COUNTY NEW
MEXICO THROUGH TONIGHT...AND HEAVY RAINS MAY STILL DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT.

IF NEW STORMS BEGIN TO DEVELOP...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.  STAY TUNED TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 23, 4:46 PM MDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
TXZ013-014-016-051-053-NMZ013-232330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
545 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 1992

...THE FLOOD WARNING FOR LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 544 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAINS THAT HAVE BEEN
IN LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO HAVE DECREASED IN AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY...
THEREFORE THE THREAT OF FLOODING HAS DIMINISHED.

HOWEVER...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS STILL IN EFFECT FOR LEA COUNTY NEW
MEXICO THROUGH TONIGHT...AND HEAVY RAINS MAY STILL DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT.

IF NEW STORMS BEGIN TO DEVELOP...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.  STAY TUNED TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 5:10 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFLea6 hr
May 24, 5:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy69 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 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.