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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 11, 1994Howard County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 11, 1994, 7:17 PM CDT for Howard County, Texas. It was in force for 118 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 11, 1994, 7:17 PM CDT (00:17 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 1994, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
118 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Howard County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 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 00:00Z on 1994-05-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 453 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 00:00Z on 1994-05-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 242 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
453 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-222 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
997 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
242 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
272 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 120019
FFWMAF
TXC227-120215-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
717 PM CDT WED MAY 11 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST TEXAS
 
   ...HOWARD COUNTY
 
AT 715 PM CDT...SKYWARN SPOTTERS REPORTED OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE
CITY OF BIG SPRING DURING THE LAST HOUR . THIS RAINFALL COMBINED WITH
THE RAINS OF THE PAST FEW DAYS HAS CREATED THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOOD
GOVER MUCH OF HOWARD COUNTY.
 
MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE RO.ADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A
SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 11, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward58 min
May 11, 7:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFPecos3 hr
May 11, 7:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton68 min
May 11, 8:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFUpton3 hr
May 11, 9:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFGlasscock3 hr
May 12, 12:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFAndrews, Gaines3 hr
May 12, 1:18 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFEctor57 min
May 12, 1:49 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFCrane, Pecos56 min
May 12, 2:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor62 min
May 12, 3:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFPecos117 min
May 12, 3:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFUpton117 min
May 12, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines59 min
May 12, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor65 min
May 12, 4:52 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFMidland59 min
May 12, 5:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFPecos3 hr
May 12, 5:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFUpton3 hr
May 12, 5:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFMartin2 hr
May 12, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Howard62 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.