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Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 23, 1992Crane County, Ector County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 23, 1992, 9:45 PM CDT for Crane County, Ector County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 23, 1992, 9:45 PM CDT (02:45 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 1992, 1:45 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Crane County, TX, Ector County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 46 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 240247
FFWMAF
TXC103-135-240645-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
945 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  145 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...CRANE COUNTY...ECTOR COUNTY
 
AT 945 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS OVER CRANE COUNTY HAVE PRODUCED
HEAVY RAINS AND THE LOW LYING AREAS THAT WERE FLOODED EARLIER
TODAY HAVE BEGUN TO OVERFLOW. THIS STORM IS MOVING INTO ECTOR
COUNTY.
 
IF RISING WATER IS SIGHTED...GET TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
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, 5:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 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 59 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 23, 9:17 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFAndrews, Gaines4 hr
May 23, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell61 min
May 23, 11:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland2 hr
May 24, 3:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor69 min
May 24, 4:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLoving60 min
May 24, 5:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos60 min
May 24, 6:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos57 min
May 24, 7:17 AM CDTTornado WarningMAFCrane, Pecos58 min
May 24, 7:43 AM CDTTornado WarningMAFUpton62 min
May 24, 8:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton59 min
May 24, 8:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane67 min
May 24, 10:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFCrane, Ector, Midland, Upton3 hr
May 24, 10:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton68 min
May 24, 12:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFGlasscock, Howard3 hr
May 24, 1:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFCrane, Upton3 hr
May 24, 3:50 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFPecos55 min
May 24, 5:32 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFPecos58 min

Nearby

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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.