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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 25, 1992Midland County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 25, 1992, 9:46 AM CDT for Midland County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 25, 1992, 9:46 AM CDT (14:46 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 1992, 12:45 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Midland County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 18 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 12:00Z on 1992-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 353 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1992-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 208 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
353 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
747 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
208 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
213 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 251446
FFWMAF
TXC329-251745-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
946 AM CDT MON MAY 25 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...MIDLAND COUNTY
 
AT 943 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE OCCURRING
OVER MIDLAND COUNTY. DURING THE PAST 12 HOURS OVER 2 INCHES OF
RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER MIDLAND COUNTY.
 
WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS RAINS...ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL WILL CREATE FLOODING PROBLEMS IN MIDLAND COUNTY. MOTORISTS
ARE URGED TO AVOID UNNECESSARY TRAVEL.
 
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS 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.7..ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

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

Local storm report, May 25, 4:12 AM CDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
330 AM CDT MON MAY 25 1992

TIME (CDT)         COUNTY          EVENT
0329               WARD            PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL 1 MILE
                   TXC 475         SOUTH OF MONAHANS.

0732               PECOS           STORM CHASER REPORTED TORNADO 5 NW OF
                   TXC 371         GIRVIN.

0740               CRANE           STORM CHASER REPORTED 1/2 MILE WIDE TORNADO
                   TXC 103         IN EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN CRANE COUNTY ABOUT
                                   10 MILES WNW OF MCCAMEY.

0901               CRANE           PUBLIC REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL IN CRANE.
                   TXC 103

0912               UPTON           STORM CHASER REPORTED NICKEL SIZE HAIL
                   TXC 461
0912               UPTON           STORM CHASER REPORTED NICKEL SIZE HAIL
                   TXC 461         10 MILES NORTH OF RANKIN.

1605               PECOS           STORM CHASER REPORTED TORNADO 30 MILES
                   TXC 371         WSW OF FORT STOCKTON.

1616               PECOS           FIREMAN REPORTED TORNADO 27 MILES WSW OF
                   TXC 371         FORT STOCKTON.

1735               PECOS           STORM SPOTTER REPORTED TORNADO AND HEN
                   TXC 371         EGG SIZE HAIL 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT
                                   STOCKTON.

2125               LEA             PUBLIC REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 5 MILES
                   NMC 025         EAST OF JAL.

2142               LEA             FIREMAN REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IN
                   NMC 025         HOBBS.

2144               LEA             PUBLIC REPORTED HEN EGG SIZE HAIL IN
                   NMC 025         HOBBS.

2135               LEA             PUBLIC REPORTED TORNADO 6 MILES WEST OF
                    NMC 025         EUNICE.

2203                LEA             SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZE
                    NMC 025         1 MILES WEST OF JAL.

2256                LEA             PUBLIC REPORTED SOFTBALL SIZE HAIL
                    NMC 025         2 MILES SOUTH OF JAL.

2305                WINKLER         PUBLIC REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 4
                    TXC 495         MILES WEST OF KERMIT.

2329                ECTOR           PUBLIC REPORTED WALNUT SIZE HAIL 3 MILES
                    TXC 135         WEST OF GOLDSMITH.

2333                ANDREWS         PUBLIC REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 2 MILES
                    TXC 003         SOUTH OF ANDREWS.

25/0035             ECTOR           SPOTTER REPORTED HEN EGG SIZE HAIL 5 MILES
                    TXC 135         NORTH OF ODESSA.

25/0038             ECTOR           PUBLIC REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 4 MILES
                    TXC 135         WEST OF ODESSA.
25/0056            ECTOR           PUBLIC REPORTED BASEBALL SIZE HAIL
                   TXC 135         3 MILES NORTH OF OD?ESSA.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 9:35 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFGaines, Winkler55 min
May 24, 10:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFWinkler58 min
May 24, 11:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor55 min
May 24, 11:16 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFAndrews, Ector29 min
May 24, 11:42 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFEctor63 min
May 25, 12:14 AM CDTTornado WarningMAFMidland61 min
May 25, 12:43 AM CDTTornado WarningMAFEctor62 min
May 25, 1:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Howard50 min
May 25, 1:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland60 min
May 25, 6:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLoving56 min
May 25, 7:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFWard69 min
May 25, 9:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor, Midland60 min
May 25, 2:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos58 min
May 25, 3:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos58 min
May 25, 5:52 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFTerrell68 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.