Flash Flood Warning 51, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Aug 8, 1996, 4:54 PM MDT (22:54 UTC)

Expired

Aug 8, 1996, 6:55 PM MDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Lea County, NM

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TTAA00 KMAF 082254
FFWMAF
NMC025-090055-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
554 PM CDT (454 PM MDT) THU AUG 8 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND TX HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 655 PM MDT (755 PM CDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO

   ...CENTRAL LEA COUNTY

AT 448 PM MDT...THE LOVINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED NEAR ZERO
VISIBILITIES IN VERY HEAVY RAIN. DOPPLER RADAR HAD ESTIMATED THAT
NEARLY 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER THIS AREA IN THE LAST HOUR.
WITH STREET FLOODING ALREADY OCCURRING...MORE SERIOUS FLOODING CAN BE
EXPECTED IN THE LOVINGTON-HOBBS AREA.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON
FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

&

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Aug 8, 1:42 PM MDT, 3 hours 12 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
242 PM CDT THU AUG 8 1996

SHORT TERM (0-6 HR):  KMAF 88D CONTINUES TO INDICATE CONVECTION
DEVELOPING OVER A LARGE PART OF THE PERMIAN BASIN AND TRANS-PECOS
REGION ATTM. THIS ACTIVITY IS DEVELOPING UNDER AN H5 DEFORMATION
AXIS AND ALONG AND NORTH OF THE SFC BOUNDARY.  AS OF 18Z...THIS
BOUNDARY EXTENDED ALONG A INK-SJT-S OF FTW LINE WITH LITTLE IN THE
WAY OF 3-HR PRES RISES BEHIND IT.  THEREFORE...BELIEVE THAT THE
FRONT WILL MOVE LITTLE UNTIL ENOUGH MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW IS
GENERATED TO PUSH THIS FEATURE SWD.

WITH LI/S IN THE -6 RANGE AND GOOD MOISTURE CONVERGENCE ALONG FRONTAL
ZONE...ONGOING CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN AREAL
COVERAGE OVER THE CWA WITH LOCALLY  HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS
BEING THE MAIN THREATS.  THUS...WILL WORD SHORT TERM FORECASTS
ACCORDINGLY.

LONG TERM (6-24 HR):  LOW-LEVEL CONVERGENCE ALONG SFC FRONT AND
AFOREMENTIONED UPR SHEAR/DEFORMATION AXIS WILL LIKELY ALLOW
CONVECTION TO SUSTAIN ITSELF AFTER SUNSET.  WITH PWATS REMAINING ABV
1 INCH AND GENERALLY WEAK STEERING FLOW...NEXT SHIFT WILL HAVE TO
MONITOR FLOOD-PRONE AREAS ACROSS THE CWA.  WILL RECOMMEND THAT POPS
BE RAISED TO 50 PERCENT FOR MOST OF THE PERMIAN BASIN FOR TONIGHT.

RAIN-COOLED AIR AND ASSOCIATED OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WILL MAKE IT HARD
TO GET A HANDLE ON TEMPS AND WINDS THIS EVENING.  FAN TEMPS LOOK
REASONABLE GIVEN THE CURRENT SITUATION WITH EAST WINDS OF J5-15 MPH
WITH STRONGER GUSTS NEAR THE TSRA. COORD LBB.

CNM 66/50
MAF 66/50
MRF 59/40
P07 71/20

MEAD

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