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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 9:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Gaines, Winkler | 55 min |
| May 24, 10:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Winkler | 58 min |
| May 24, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 55 min |
| May 24, 11:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Andrews, Ector | 29 min |
| May 24, 11:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Ector | 63 min |
| May 25, 12:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Midland | 61 min |
| May 25, 12:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Ector | 62 min |
| May 25, 1:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Howard | 50 min |
| May 25, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 60 min |
| May 25, 6:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving | 56 min |
| May 25, 7:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ward | 69 min |
| May 25, 9:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector, Midland | 60 min |
| May 25, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 58 min |
| May 25, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 58 min |
| May 25, 5:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Terrell | 68 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.