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Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 8, 1992, 3:26 AM CDT for Borden County, Howard County, Martin County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 1992, 3:26 AM CDT (08:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1992, 6:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Borden County, TX, Howard County, TX, Martin County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 338 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2089 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMAF 080826 FFWMAF TXC033-227-317-081130- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 326 AM CDT MON JUN 8 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST TEXAS ...BORDEN COUNTY...NORTHERN HOWARD COUNTY...EASTERN MARTIN COUNTY AT 318 AM CDT...HOWARD COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING OF ROADWAYS BETWEEN ACKERLY AND BIG SPRING. THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED THESE FLOODING RAINS ARE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. 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.
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, Jun 7, 9:45 PM CDT, 5 hours 41 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-080445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 945 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 1992 ...A TORNDO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF FAR WEST AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND ALSO SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO UNTIL 300 AM CDT. AT 925 PM CDT...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDED SOUTH FROM ROSWELL...TO CARSLBAD NEW MEXICO AND INTO WEST AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS...FROM PECOS TO SOUTH OF ALPINE. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING NEAR CARLSBAD AND EAST OF WHITES CITY NEW MEXICO AND IN TEXAS NORTHEAST OF FORT DAVIS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 9:59 PM CDT, 5 hours 27 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-080800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 945 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO UNTIL 300 AM CDT (200 AM MDT)... AT 925 PM CDT...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDED SOUTH FROM ROSWELL...TO CARSLBAD NEW MEXICO AND INTO WEST AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS...FROM PECOS TO SOUTH OF ALPINE. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING NEAR CARLSBAD AND EAST OF WHITES CITY NEW MEXICO AND IN TEXAS NORTHEAST OF FORT DAVIS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. .
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 10:44 PM CDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-080800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1045 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO UNTIL 300 AM CDT (200 AM MDT)... AT 1025 PM CDT...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDED SOUTHEAST FROM FROM ROSWELL...TO HOBBS...TO WEST JAL NEW MEXICO AND EXTENDED SOUTHWARD INTO SOUTHWEST TEXAS FROM EAST OF GRANDFALLS TO SOUTH OF MARATHON. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING EAST OF HOBBS AND EUNICE NEW MEXICO AND IN TEXAS NORTHWEST OF MARATHON. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER FRADIO AND LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. .
Local storm report, Jun 7, 11:07 PM CDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TEXAS
1100 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 1992
DAY JUNE 7
TIME (CDT) COUNTY EVENT
1715 PECOS PECOS COUNTY DEPUTY REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD
TXC371 35 SOUTH OF FORT STOCKTON BETWEEN HIGHWAY
385 AND 285Special weather statement, Jun 7, 11:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-080800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1145 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO UNTIL 300 AM CDT (200 AM MDT)... AT 1125 PM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY RAIN... EXTENDED SOUTH FROM NORTHERN LEA COUNTY IN NEW MEXICO...TO CARLSBAD AND EXTENDED EAST TO NEAR SEMINOLE AND ANDREWS. THUNDERSTORMS ALSO EXTENDED SOUTH INTO WEST AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS FROM GUADALUPE PASS TO SOUTH OF LONGFELLOW. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING JUST WEST OF SEMINOLE AND ANDREWS AND JUST WEST OF MCCAMEY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES A4N HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 11:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Upton | 61 min |
| Jun 7, 11:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Upton | 61 min |
| Jun 8, 1:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Martin, Midland | 2 hr |
| Jun 8, 1:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard, Martin | 68 min |
| Jun 8, 2:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 2 hr |
| Jun 8, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 44 min |
| Jun 8, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 62 min |
| Jun 8, 5:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Reeves | 65 min |
| Jun 8, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 58 min |
| Jun 8, 5:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Loving, Reeves | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 60 min |
| Jun 8, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving, Reeves | 68 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.