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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

September 1, 1992Gaines County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 1, 1992, 4:18 AM CDT for Gaines County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 1, 1992, 4:18 AM CDT (09:18 UTC)
Expired: Sep 1, 1992, 7:15 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Whole counties

County Gaines County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 010919
FFWMAF
TXC165-011215-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
418 AM CDT TUE SEP 1 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...GAINES COUNTY
 
AT 415 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
OVER MOST OF GAINES COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE
NEXT 2 TO 3 HOURS WITH SOME RAINFALL AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN EXCESS OF 2
INCHES.
 
THE THUNDERSTORMS 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, Aug 31, 10:59 PM CDT, 5 hours 19 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, 4 hours 38 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.

Special weather statement, Sep 1, 2:37 AM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-010840-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
235 AM CDT TUE SEP 1 1992

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO IS
CANCELLED...
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CRANE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

AT 226 AM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE
EAST OF CRANE...SOUTH OF MCCAMEY...WEST OF SEMINOLE...WEST OF
LUBBOCK...NORTH OF PLAINS AND NORTHWEST OF TATUM NEW MEXICO.

MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED ACROSS MUCH OF THE REST
OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO.

HEAVIER RAIN WAS INDICATED WEST OF LUBBOCK...NEAR PLAINS...AND
AROUND HOBBS NEW MEXICO.

MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

WATER RUNNING ACROSS ROADS HAS BEEN KNOWN TO PUSH AUTOMOBILES AND
PICKUPS INTO DITCHES. USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING IN FLOODED AREAS
AND IF THE ANY DOUBT EXISTS THAT YOU CAN MAKE IT ACROSS A FLOODED
AREA...STOP AND WAIT FOR IT TO SUBSIDE OR GO ANOTHER WAY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

Special weather statement, Sep 1, 2:38 AM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-010840-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
235 AM CDT TUE SEP 1 1992

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO IS
CANCELLED...
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CRANE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

AT 226 AM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE
EAST OF CRANE...SOUTH OF MCCAMEY...WEST OF SEMINOLE...WEST OF
LUBBOCK...NORTH OF PLAINS AND NORTHWEST OF TATUM NEW MEXICO.

MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

Special weather statement, Sep 1, 3:35 AM CDT, 43 minutes before

TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-010940-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
335 AM CDT TUE SEP 1 1992

AT 326 AM CDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
EXTENDED FROM NORTHEAST OF LUBBOCK TO NORTHWEST OF HOBBS NEW
MEXICO. ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
EXTENDED FROM WEST OF LUBBOCK TO SEMINOLE.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

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, 1:43 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Crane	2 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.