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Flash Flood Warning 38, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

September 1, 1992Crane County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 1, 1992, 1:43 AM CDT for Crane County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 1, 1992, 1:43 AM CDT (06:43 UTC)
Expired: Sep 1, 1992, 3:45 AM CDT
In force: 2 hr
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, 6.7 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 010644 RRA
FFWMAF
TXC103-010845-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
143 AM CDT TUE SEP 1 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  345 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...CRANE COUNTY INCLUDING THE CITY OF CRANE
 
AT 138 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN MOVING TOWARD THE CITY OF CRANE. WITH THE ALREADY SATURATED
GROUND...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CAUSE MORE FLASH FLOODING. MOVEMENT
OF THE THUNDERSTORMS IS SOUTHEAST 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, Aug 31, 7:56 PM CDT, 5 hours 47 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, 4 hours 56 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, 2 hours 44 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, 2 hours 3 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
Aug 31, 11:49 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Crane	116 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, 4:18 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Gaines	3 hr
Sep 1, 6:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Gaines	66 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.