Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 12, 1994, 1:05 AM CDT for Midland County, Texas. It was in force for 115 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 1994, 1:05 AM CDT (06:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 1994, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 115 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, 6.1 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
- 428 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -214 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2596 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 411 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMAF 120606 FFWMAF TXC329-120800- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 105 AM CDT SUN JUN 12 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST TEXAS ...MIDLAND COUNTY AT 100 AM CDT...SPOTTER RREPORTS FROM MIDLAND INDICATE FLOODING IS STILL OCCURRING...ESPECIALLY AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 80 AND MIDLAND DRIVE. THE THUNDERSTORMS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING OUT OF ODESSA AND MIDLAND...HOWEVER RAIN WAS STILL OCCURRING IN THE AREA AND IT WILL TAKE A FEW HOURS FOR THE FLOODED AREAS TO SUBSIDE. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING 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. &
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, Jun 11, 8:35 PM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ029-120240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 835 PM CDT (735 PM MDT) SAT JUN 11 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN AND SOUTH PLAINS UNTIL MIDNIGHT... .AT 830 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WERE WEST OF BIG LAKE...NEAR RANKIN...NORTH OF BROWNFIELD...AND EXTENDED FROM NEAR PLAINS TO EAST OF HOBBS TO WEST OF JAL. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE EAST THROUGH SOUTH THROUGH WEST OF SAN ANGELO AND ALONG THE PECOS RIVER FROM NORTH OF FORT STOCKTON TO CARLSBAD. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY.
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 8:35 PM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ029-120240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 835 PM CDT (735 PM MDT) SAT JUN 11 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN AND SOUTH PLAINS UNTIL MIDNIGHT... .AT 830 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WERE WEST OF BIG LAKE...NEAR RANKIN...NORTH OF BROWNFIELD...AND EXTENDED FROM NEAR PLAINS TO EAST OF HOBBS TO WEST OF JAL. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE EAST THROUGH SOUTH THROUGH WEST OF SAN ANGELO AND ALONG THE PECOS RIVER FROM NORTH OF FORT STOCKTON TO CARLSBAD. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY.
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 9:32 PM CDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ029-120345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 932 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN AND SOUTH PLAINS AND LEA COUNTY UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 925 PM CDT...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... WAS LOCATED FROM NORTHWEST OF LUBBOCK TO NORTHEAST OF DEL RIO. THE HEAVIEST STORM WAS EAST OF IRAAN. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A EYE ON THE SKY.
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 9:36 PM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ029-120345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 932 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN AND SOUTH PLAINS AND LEA COUNTY UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 925 PM CDT...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... WAS LOCATED FROM NORTHWEST OF LUBBOCK TO NORTHEAST OF DEL RIO. THE HEAVIEST STORM WAS EAST OF IRAAN. MOVEMENT W AS SOUTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A EYE ON THE SKY.
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 10:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ029-120445-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1032 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 1994
...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN
UNTIL MIDNIGHT. LEA COUNTY IS NO LONGER IN THE WATCH...
AT 1025 PM CDT...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...
WAS LOCATED FROM NORTHWEST OF LUBBOCK TO EAST OF DEL RIO. THE HEAVIEST
STORM WAS WEST OF GOLDSMITH. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.
IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION AND KEEP A EYE ON THE SKY.
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TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ029-120445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1032 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN UNTIL MIDNIGHT. LEA COUNTY IS NO LONGER IN THE WATCH... AT 1025 PM CDT...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... WAS LOCATED FROM NORTHWEST OF LUBBOCK TO EAST OF DEL RIO. THE HEAVIEST STORM WAS WEST OF GOLDSMITH. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A EYE ON THE SKY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 11:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin | 59 min |
| Jun 11, 11:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Midland | 68 min |
| Jun 11, 11:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 68 min |
| Jun 11, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 65 min |
| Jun 11, 11:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ector | 2 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1994Every flash flood warning in 1994
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.