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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 3, 1995Howard County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Apr 3, 1995, 11:00 PM CDT for Howard County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 3, 1995, 11:00 PM CDT (04:00 UTC)
Expired
Apr 4, 1995, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
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, 4.0 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 1995-04-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 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 1995-04-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3127 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, Apr 3, 5:43 PM CDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before
NMZ028-029-032335-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
443 PM CST (443 PM MDT) MON APR 3 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS RUMBLING ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...

AT 427 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A WIND GUST TO 50 MPH NEAR LAKEWOOD
IN EDDY COUNTY. VISIBILITIES HAVE BEEN REDUCED TO NEAR ONE MILE IN
BLOWING DUST. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS SECTIONS OF EDDY AND
LEA COUNTIES. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
50 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL. PATCHY BLOWING DUST WHICH
CAN REDUCE VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. MOVEMENT OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS WAS EAST AT 20 MPH.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION
STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 6:07 PM CDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before
NMZ028-029-032340-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
607 PM CDT (507 PM MDT) MON APR 3 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...

AT 500 PM MDT... A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...
POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL... AND VERY STRONG WINDS WAS MOVING EAST INTO
NORTHWEST LEA COUNTY WEST OF TATUM. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF
PRODUCING PEA SIZED HAIL AND WINDS OF 50 MPH.

THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS PART OF AN AREA OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM NORTH OF ROSWELL TO BETWEEN CARLSBAD
AND EUNICE.  OTHER THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND
STRONG GUSTY WINDS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN MALJAMAR AND CARLSBAD.

ALL MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS
UP TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING... AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF
RAIN.

AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING
SKIES...LIGHTNING... AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION REGARDING THIS STORMY SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 6:42 PM CDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ027>029-040045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
642 PM CDT (542 PM MDT) MON APR 3 1995

...THUNDERSTORM ROLLING ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND PARTS OF WEST
TEXAS...

AT 630 PM CDT (530 MDT)... THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL... POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL... AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WERE MOVING
THROUGH LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE
LOCATED 25 MILES WEST OF TATUM... JUST SOUTHEAST OF MALJAMAR... AND
JUST SOUTHEAST OF HOBBS.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN
HOUR.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM WERE WIDLEY SCATTERED ACROSS SOUTHERN
SECTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS AND NORTHEASTERN SECTIONS OF THE
PERMAIN BASIN... MAINLY BETWEEN GAIL AND BIG SPRING.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OCCURRING BETWEEN FORT STOCKTON...
MARATHON... AND SANDERSON.

ALL MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY
WINDS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.
IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY
.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines67 min
Apr 3, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward63 min
Apr 3, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson44 min
Apr 3, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson64 min
Apr 3, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson, Martin58 min
Apr 3, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin62 min
Apr 3, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward65 min
Apr 3, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward69 min
Apr 3, 10:45 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFHoward45 min
Apr 3, 11:00 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFHoward2 hr
Apr 3, 11:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Howard69 min
Apr 3, 11:27 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFGlasscock, Howard44 min
Apr 4, 12:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFHoward2 hr
Apr 4, 12:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward55 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.