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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 10, 1994Howard County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 10, 1994, 3:52 PM CDT for Howard County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 1994, 3:52 PM CDT (20:52 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 1994, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Howard County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 82 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1994-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 780 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1994-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 137 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
780 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
617 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
264 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
3.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 102053
FFWMAF
TXC227-110100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
352 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST TEXAS
 
   ...HOWARD COUNTY
 
AT 345 PM CDT...HOWARD COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPUTIES REPORTED WATER RUNNING
OVER THE ROADWAYS IN THE CITY OF BIG SPRING. THERE ARE REPORTS OF MORE
THAN 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN PORTION OF HOWARD COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON.
 
THUNDERSTORM AND RAINSHOWERS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE CONTINUING TO
MOVE NORTH INTO HOWARD COUNTY AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL HELP TO
AGGREVATE THIS POTENTIAL PROBLEM.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  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.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos66 min
May 9, 7:35 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFPecos55 min
May 10, 12:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor46 min
May 10, 1:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves67 min
May 10, 2:18 AM CDTTornado WarningMAFReeves42 min
May 10, 2:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves62 min
May 10, 3:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLoving, Ward63 min
May 10, 4:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFWinkler58 min
May 10, 1:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland63 min
May 10, 2:34 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFGlasscock, Midland56 min
May 10, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland55 min
May 10, 6:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFGlasscock3 hr

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.