Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1996
Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 27, 1996, 6:57 PM CDT for Andrews County, Gaines County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 1996, 6:57 PM CDT (23:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 1996, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Andrews County, TX, Gaines County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 658 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 695 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMAF 272356 FFWMAF TXC003-165-280400- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 657 PM CDT THU JUN 27 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND TX HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST TEXAS ...ANDREWS COUNTY ...GAINES COUNTY AT 653 PM CDT... THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING SLOWLY THROUGH WESTERN ANDREWS AND CENTRAL GAINES COUNTIES. MORE ACTIVITY IS DEVELOPING TO THE WEST AND SLOWLY MOVING EAST AT LESS THAN 15 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES IN THESE AREAS HAVE APPROACHED 2 INCHES OVER THE LAST TWO HOURS. WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS... FLOODING IS LIKELY. TWO AREAS STAND OUT AS HAVING THE MOST RAINFALL OVER THE LAST HOUR... 18 MILES WEST OF ANDREWS AND 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF SEMINOLE. PEOPLE IN THESE LOCATIONS SHOULD SEEK HIGHER GRO:UND. 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.
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.
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 27, 3:14 PM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 3:14 PM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 313 PM CDT THU JUN 27 1996 ANALYSIS OF LATEST WV AND IR/VIS LOOPS INDICATES THE MOISTURE CONNECTION CONTINUES FROM THE SOUTH AND EAST. WITH STRONG EASTERLY FLOW OVER CENTRAL MEXICO...DEFORMATION ZONE IS CLEARLY EVIDENT OVER SOUTHERN BAJA. THIS DEFORMATION ZONE DOES APPEAR TO INDICATE A DECREASE IN MOISTURE FROM THE BAJA AREA. HOWEVER...WITH THE STRONG ANTICYCLONIC CIRCULATION TO THE EAST...EXPECT MOISTURE TO CONTINUE INTO THE PB FOR AT LEAST NEXT 24-48 HOURS. LOOKING AT THE MODELS...ETA SOLUTION LOOKS BEST. ETA SHOWING WAA OVER NORTHERN ZONES FOR THE 12-24 HOUR PERIOD. WITH GOOD VV IN THIS AREA AS WELL...RECOMMEND INCREASING POPS FOR ZONES 45 AND 50 FROM 30 TO 40 PERCENT. ETA ALSO SHOWS SOME VORTICITY IN THIS AREA FOR THE SAME PERIOD WHICH WILL ENHANCE DEVELOPMENT. AS FOR TEMPERATURES...HAVE GONE WITH GUIDANCE ON ALL BUT MRF. WITH MRF DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 50S...BELIEVE GUIDANCE IS TOO LOW. THANKS TO LBB FOR INPUT AND GUIDANCE. CNM 72 50 MAF 71 20 MRF 67 50 P07 75 20 HUBER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Winkler | 61 min |
| Jun 27, 5:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ward, Winkler | 4 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.