Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Aug 4, 1996, 7:15 PM CDT (00:15 UTC)

Expired

Aug 4, 1996, 10:10 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Pecos County, TX

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
TTAA00 KMAF 050018
FFWMAF
TXC371-050310-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
715 PM CDT SUN AUG 4 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND TX HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1010 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN WEST TEXAS

   ...PECOS COUNTY
 
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...CONTINUE TO REDEVELOP
ACROSS PECOS COUNTY. MIDLAND DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT A SMALL
AREA SOUTHWEST OF GIRVIN HAS RECEIVED OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 5
PM AND AS MUCH AS 2 INCHES JUST NORTH OF CHANCELLOR. THIS COMBINED
WITH ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT TO THE SOUTHWEST LEADS
TO THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING. THE MOST THREATENED AREA IS THE
AREA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM IMPERIAL...TO FORT STOCKTON...TO JUST
NORTH OF CHANCELLOR OF SOUTHWEST PECOS COUNTY.

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.
 
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

MURDOCH/FRAZAR

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Aug 4, 2:08 PM CDT, 5 hours 7 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
205 PM CDT SUN AUG 4 1996

LATEST NSAT WV IMAGERY SHOWS MID LEVEL MOISTURE PLUME OVER FA.
HARD TO SPOT WEAK VORT MAX INITIALIZED ON MORNING RUN OVER SOUTHERN
BORDER OF AZ/NM.  HOWEVER... MAY BE LOCATED IN SOUTH-CENTRAL NM. IR
IMAGERY SHOWS CLOUD TOPS CONTINUING TO WARM WITH ACTIVITY THAT
DEVELOPED EARLIER THIS MORNING... NOW LOCATED OVER NORTHERN LEA
COUNTY NM. THIS TREND IS ALSO NOTED WITH LATEST KMAF 88D REFL PRODUCT
SHOWING ONLY 35 TO 40 DBZ. HOWEVER... STORMS BEGINNING TO REDEVELOP
OVER DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND BIG BEND AIDED BY MORE INSOLATION AS SEEN
ON LATEST VIS.

ETA SHOWING ATMOSPHERE OVER FA A LITTLE MORE UNSTABLE THAN NGM WITH
H7 TO H5 LYR MEAN LAPSE RATES GREATER THAN 8.0 OVER PERMIAN BASIN
AND SOUTHEAST NM THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  SOME UPWARD MOTION FCST
OVER AREA THROUGH 05/12Z AND WITH ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IN
PLACE BELIEVE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS OVER
MOUNTAINS EAST INTO THE PERMIAN BASIN WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OVER
TERRELL COUNTY. THTE AXIS REMAINS OVER CENTER OF FA THROUGH 05/12Z
SO PLENTY OF MOISTURE.  THIS COMBINED WITH A MODERATE LLJ (ONE
DEVELOPED LAST NIGHT OF 30 TO 40 KNOTS) SHOULD SUSTAIN STORMS AFTER
MIDNIGHT. APPEARS BEST CHANCES FOR POPS WILL BE FROM 05/00Z TO
05/06Z AS BEST UVV EXISTS DURING THIS TIME PERIOD.

AS FOR TEMPERATURES... WILL GO A LITTLE WARMER THAN GUIDANCE AS
CLOUD COVER SHOULD KEEP TEMPERATURES UP TONIGHT.

CNM  73/30
MAF  75/30
MRF  63/30
P07  77/20

EARLE

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