Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 1993, 10:26 PM CDT for Midland County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 1993, 10:26 PM CDT (03:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 1993, 1:30 AM 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 00:00Z, 3.4 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
- 257 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1062 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 221 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 320 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMAF 150330 FFWMAF TXC329-150630- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1026 PM CDT WED JUL 14 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST TEXAS ...MIDLAND COUNTY AT 1024 PM CDT...MIDLAND DPS REPORTED SOME WATER OVER THE ROADWAYS IN THE VICINITY OF GREENWOOD ON HIGHWAY 307 AND FM 1379. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS STILL OCCURRING IN THIS AREA AND FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED IN THIS AREA...ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS LIKELY TO CAUSE MORE FLOODING. AT THIS TIME...RADAR WAS INDICATING AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING MIDLAND COUNTY FROM THE WEST. THIS AREA IS EXPECTED TO PASS OVER THE COUNTY DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE FLOODING IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTY. 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, Jul 14, 5:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-150045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 543 PM CDT (443 PM MDT) WED JUL 14 1993 AT 535 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS WERE LOCATED JUST NORTH OF BIG SPRING NEAR ANDREWS AND 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EUNICE NEW MEXICO. THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY FROM NEAR CARLSBAD TO SOUTH OF HOBBS IN NEW MEXICO AND INTO TEXAS FROM KERMIT AND WINK TO SWEETWATER AND POST. THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED SOUTH OF FORT STOCKTON AND NEAR PECOS. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING MAY STRIKE SOME MILES AWAY FROM THE PARENT CLOUD. PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN EVEN THOUGH THE THUNDERSTORM IS NOT DIRECTLY OVERHEAD. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 5:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-150045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 543 PM CDT (443 PM MDT) WED JUL 14 1993 AT 535 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS WERE LOCATED JUST NORTH OF BIG SPRING NEAR ANDREWS AND 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EUNICE NEW MEXICO. THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY FROM NEAR CARLSBAD TO SOUTH OF HOBBS IN NEW MEXICO AND INTO TEXAS FROM KERMIT AND WINK TO SWEETWATER AND POST. THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED SOUTH OF FORT STOCKTON AND NEAR PECOS. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING MAY STRIKE SOME MILES AWAY FROM THE PARENT CLOUD. PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN EVEN THOUGH THE THUNDERSTORM IS NOT DIRECTLY OVERHEAD. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 7:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-150135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 730 PM CDT (630 PM MDT) WED JUL 14 1993 AT 730 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ...SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED FROM ODESSA TO GRANDFALLS AND CRANE. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED NEAR ANDREWS AND LAMESA. THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS WERE SCATTERED FROM THE BIG BEND TO SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...THE PERMIAN BASIN AND THE SOUTH PLAINS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 7:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-150135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 730 PM CDT (630 PM MDT) WED JUL 14 1993 AT 730 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ...SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED FROM ODESSA TO GRANDFALLS AND CRANE. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED NEAR ANDREWS AND LAMESA. THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS WERE SCATTERED FROM THE BIG BEND TO SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...THE PERMIAN BASIN AND THE SOUTH PLAINS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Local storm report, Jul 14, 9:40 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
940 PM CDT WED JUL 14 1993
...REPORTS OF SEVERE EVENTS OCCURRING ON JULY 14 1993...
TIME COUNTY EVENT
315 PM CDT ANDREWS PUBLIC REPORTED TREES DOWN 1 MILE
TXC003 SOUTH OF ANDREWS.
630 PM CDT WARD SHERIFF`S OFFICE REPORTED ROOF
TXC475 BLOWN OFF OF SHED AND WIND GUSTING
TO 60 MPH IN MONAHANS.
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LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
940 PM CDT WED JUL 14 1993
...REPORTS OF SEVERE EVENTS OCCURRING ON JULY 14 1993...
TIME COUNTY EVENT
315 PM CDT ANDREWS PUBLIC REPORTED TREES DOWN 1 MILE
TXC003 SOUTH OF ANDREWS.
630 PM CDT WARD SHERIFF`S OFFICE REPORTED ROOF
TXC475 BLOWN OFF OF SHED AND WIND GUSTING
TO 60 MPH IN MONAHANS.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.