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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 23, 1992, 9:17 PM CDT for Andrews County, Gaines County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 23, 1992, 9:17 PM CDT (02:17 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 1992, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Andrews County, TX, Gaines County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMAF 240218 FFWMAF TXC003-165-240615- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 917 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST TEXAS ...ANDREWS COUNTY...GAINES COUNTY AT 915 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN THE PERMIAN BASIN BRINGING HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THESE STORM WILL PRODUCE RAINFALL ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND INCREASING THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING. STAY ALERT TO CHANGES IN YOUR LOCAL WEATHER. DO NOT TRAVEL UNLESS TRAVEL IS NECESSARY. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING M5EANS 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.
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, 5:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 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, 5:46 PM CDT, 3 hours 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 61 min |
| May 23, 9:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Crane, Ector | 4 hr |
| May 23, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 2 hr |
| May 24, 3:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 69 min |
| May 24, 4:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving | 60 min |
| May 24, 5:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 60 min |
| May 24, 6:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 57 min |
| May 24, 7:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Crane, Pecos | 58 min |
| May 24, 7:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Upton | 62 min |
| May 24, 8:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Upton | 59 min |
| May 24, 8:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane | 67 min |
| May 24, 10:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Crane, Ector, Midland, Upton | 3 hr |
| May 24, 10:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Upton | 68 min |
| May 24, 12:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard | 3 hr |
| May 24, 1:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Crane, Upton | 3 hr |
| May 24, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 55 min |
| May 24, 5:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 58 min |
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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.