Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 31, 1992, 11:49 PM CDT for Crane County, Texas. It was in force for 116 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 31, 1992, 11:49 PM CDT (04:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 1992, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 116 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Crane County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 65 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
- 144 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -172 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 972 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 282 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMAF 010450 FFWMAF TXC103-010645- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1149 PM CDT MON AUG 31 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 AT 1146 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAIN IN CRANE COUNTY. WITH THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER CRANE COUNTY...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS VERY LIKELY. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED FROM EARLIER RAINFALL...FLOODING IS THAT MUCH MORE LIKELY. THE THUNDERSTORMS CAUSING THE TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUING TO REDEVELOP OVER THE SAME AREA AND ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING jIS 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, Aug 31, 6:03 PM CDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-312350- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 555 PM CDT MON AUG 31 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS PO(RTIONS OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO... AT 528 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND RAINSHOWERS WERE SCATTERED OVER WEST AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE EAST OF BIG SPRING TEXA
Special weather statement, Aug 31, 6:58 PM CDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-010100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 657 PM CDT MON AUG 31 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO... AT 628 PM CDT...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NORTHEAST OF MARATHON...NORTH OF STANTON...NEAR ACKERLY AND SOUTHWEST OF SWEETWATER. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE WIDELY SCATTERED NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM SOUTH OF MARFA TEXAS TO NEAR CARLSBAD NEW MEXICO. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. SThAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Aug 31, 7:56 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-010150- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 749 PM CDT MON AUG 31 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO... AT 725 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND RAINSHOWERS WERE SCATTERED FROM NORTHEAST OF ABILENE TO SOUTHWEST OF SANDERSON. RAINSHOWERS WERE SCATTERED OVER THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF NEW MEXICO. HAIL WAS INDICATED WEST OF WINTERS AND WEST OF SANDERSON. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS CAN CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED PIN LOW-LYING AREAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Aug 31, 8:47 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-010250- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 843 PM CDT MON AUG 31 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO... AT 825 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND RAINSHOWERS WERE SCATTERED FROM NORTHEAST OF ABILENE TO SOUTHWEST OF SANDERSON. RAINSHOWERS WERE SCATTERED OVER THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF NEW MEXICO. VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS INDICATED NORTHEAST OF KERMIT AND SOUTHWEST OF ANDREWS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS CAN CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FLOODING M.AY OCCURR IN LOW-LYING AREAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Aug 31, 10:59 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-010450- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1049 PM CDT MON AUG 31 1992 ...SMALL HAIL AT THE MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT... AT 1028 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND RAINSHOWERS WERE SCATTERED FROM NORTHEAST OF ABILENE TO WEST OF SANDERSON. THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS WERE OCCURRING OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. HAIL WAS INDICATED WEST OF CRANE. 1/2 INCH HAIL FELL BRIEFLY AT THE MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT DURING THE PAST HOUR. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS CAN CONTAIN HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FLOODING MAY OCCURR IN LOW-LYING AREAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Local storm report, Aug 31, 11:40 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...FOR AUGUST 31ST 1992...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1139 PM CDT MON AUG 31 1992
TIME (CDT) COUNTY EVENT
2134 CRANE DIME SIZE HAIL 8 MILES WEST OF THE CITY
TXC 103 OF CRANE REPORTED BY THE CHIEF OF POLICE
OF CRANE.
2256 CRANE DIME SIZE HAIL 6 MILES WEST OF THE CITY
TXC 103 OF CRANE REPORTED BY THE CHIEF OF POLICE
OF CRANE.
2313 CRANE DIME SIZE HAIL 14 MILES WEST OF THE CITY
TXC 103 OF CRANE REPORTED BY THE CHIEF OF POLICE4
OF CRANE.The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane | 57 min |
| Aug 31, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane | 61 min |
| Sep 1, 12:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane | 56 min |
| Sep 1, 12:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Upton | 69 min |
| Sep 1, 1:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Crane | 2 hr |
| Sep 1, 4:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Gaines | 3 hr |
| Sep 1, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 66 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.