Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 24, 1993, 7:32 PM CDT for Midland County, Texas. It was in force for 118 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 24, 1993, 7:32 PM CDT (00:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 24, 1993, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 118 min
- 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, 0.5 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
- 643 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1833 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 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 250033 FFWMAF TXC329-250230- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 732 PM CDT FRI SEP 24 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST TEXAS ...MIDLAND COUNTY AT 730 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED STREET FLOODING IN THE CITY OF MIDLAND. UP TO 3 FEET OF WATER IN SOME LOW SPOTS IN THE CITY OF MIDLAND HAVE BEEN REPORTED. WITH RAIN CONTINUING FOR THE NEXT 30 MINUTES TO AN HOUR...FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. &
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, Sep 24, 4:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-242245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 444 PM CDT (344 PM MDT) FRI SEP 24 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER THE TRANS-PECOS AREA... AT 430 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES WEST OF FORT STOCKTON...TO FORT DAVIS...AND NORTHWESTWARD INTO CENTRAL CULBERSON COUNTY. MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN ACCOMPANYING THESE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED AS FAR SOUTHWEST OF A MARFA-VAN HORN LINE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 10 MILES AN HOUR...WHICH MEANS THAT THE CITIES OF SARAGOSA...BALMORHEA...AND FORT STOCKTON COULD RECEIVE HEAVY RAIN BY 530 PM CDT. 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, Sep 24, 4:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-242245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 444 PM CDT (344 PM MDT) FRI SEP 24 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER THE TRANS-PECOS AREA... AT 430 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES WEST OF FORT STOCKTON...TO FORT DAVIS...AND NORTHWESTWARD INTO CENTRAL CULBERSON COUNTY. MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN ACCOMPANYING THESE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED AS FAR SOUTHWEST OF A MARFA-VAN HORN LINE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 10 MILES AN HOUR...WHICH MEANS THAT THE CITIES OF SARAGOSA...BALMORHEA...AND FORT STOCKTON COULD RECEIVE HEAVY RAIN BY 530 PM CDT. 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, Sep 24, 5:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-242345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 544 PM CDT (444 PM MDT) FRI SEP 24 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ALONG THE PECOS RIVER... AT 535 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM THE PECOS RIVER AT GRANDFALLS...TO JUST NORTHEAST OF FORT STOCKTON...TO 30 MILES NORTH OF MARATHON. HEAVY RAIN WAS ALSO LOCATED IN THE VICINITY OF ALPINE...BALMORHEA...AND SARAGOSA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. AT THIS RATE OF SPEED...THE CITIES OF CRANE...MCCAMEY...AND BAKERSFIELD CAN EXPECT POSSIBLY HEAVY RAIN BY 630 PM CDT. MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN ACCOMPANYING THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS SCATTERED FROM THE BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK AT PRESIDIO TO AS FAR NORTH AS HOBBS NEW MEXICO. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Sep 24, 5:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-242345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 544 PM CDT (444 PM MDT) FRI SEP 24 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ALONG THE PECOS RIVER... AT 535 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM THE PECOS RIVER AT GRANDFALLS...TO JUST NORTHEAST OF FORT STOCKTON...TO 30 MILES NORTH OF MARATHON. HEAVY RAIN WAS ALSO LOCATED IN THE VICINITY OF ALPINE...BALMORHEA...AND SARAGOSA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. AT THIS RATE OF SPEED...THE CITIES OF CRANE...MCCAMEY...AND BAKERSFIELD CAN EXPECT POSSIBLY HEAVY RAIN BY 630 PM CDT. MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN ACCOMPANYING THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS SCATTERED FROM THE BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK AT PRESIDIO TO AS FAR NORTH AS HOBBS NEW MEXICO. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 69 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.