Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Jul 19, 1996, 2:31 AM MDT (08:31 UTC)

Expired

Jul 19, 1996, 5:30 AM MDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Eddy County, NM

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
331 AM CDT (231 AM MDT) FRI JUL 19 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND TX HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 AM MDT (630 AM CDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO

   ...NORTHERN EDDY COUNTY
 
AS OF 225 AM...THE ARTESIA POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTS THAT COTTONWOOD
CREEK CONTINUES TO CROSS LOW SPOTS ALONG A FEW ROADWAYS NORTH OF
ARTESIA. NO ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS ANTICIPATED IN NORTH
EDDY COUNTY AS NO RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED SINCE BEFORE 10 PM AND WITH
NO ADDITIONAL MORNING RAINS LIKELY WATER LEVELS ALONG COTTONWOOD
CREEK WILL BE DECREASING. RESIDENTS IN THE VICINITY OF COTTONWOOD
CREEK SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT
QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR
VEHICLE WHERE WATER COVER THE ROADWAY.
 
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.


MURDOCH/FRAZAR
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NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 19, 1:11 AM MDT, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
209 AM CDT FRI JUL 19 1996

ATMOSPHERE ACROSS WTX/SENM CONTINUES TO LOSE MSTR PER 00Z MAF
SOUNDING (DWPT AT MAF ACTUALLY DROPPED TO 54 AT ONE POINT YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON). ETA/NGM CONTINUE THE SLOW DRYING TREND THIS AFTERNOON AS
7H/5H HEIGHTS RISE. GRIDDED DATA INDICATES THAT ATMOSPHERE WILL BE
LESS UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON PER FCST CAPES AND LI'S...THIS COMBINED
WITH INCREASING 7H TEMPS INDICATES CONVECTION TO BE LESS IN COVERAGE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NONETHELESS STILL BELIEVE WIDELY
SCATTERED POPS ARE WARRANTED IN THE TRANS-PECOS REGION...SWRN
MOUNTAINS AND IN EDDY AND LEA COUNTIES WITH 7H THTE RIDGE STILL
APPARENT. BUILDING UPPER HIGH AND DRIER LOW LEVELS SUPPORTS WARM
GUIDANCE NUMBERS AND WILL STAY CLOSE.

TEND TO AGREE WITH CURRENT PACKAGE AND WOULD MAINTAIN MENTION OF
SLIGHT CHANCE AT LEAST ACROSS THE WRN PB THIS EVENING DUE TO
PROXIMITY OF THTE RIDGE AND SURFACE TROF. MAY BE DIFFICULT TO GET
STORMS TO MOVE AS THEY DEVELOP IN WEAK WINDS UNDERNEATH UPPER HIGH
AND THEREFORE BELIEVE MOST OF THE CENTRAL AND ERN PB WILL REMAIN DRY.
ATMOSPHERE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE A SLOW DRYING TREND AS UPPER HIGH
DOMINATES...6STILL WITH 7H THTE RIDGE HOLDING STRONG EXPECT THAT
SW-WRN AREAS WARRANT WIDELY SCATTERED POPS THRU SAT.

CNM 99 20
MAF 99 -
MRF 87 20
P07 98 -

MURDOCH/FRAZAR

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