Flash Flood Warning 53, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Aug 11, 1996, 5:45 AM CDT (10:45 UTC)

Expired

Aug 11, 1996, 9:00 AM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Pecos County, TX

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TTAA00 KMAF 111045
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
545 AM CDT SUN AUG 11 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND TX HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN WEST TEXAS

   ...PECOS COUNTY
 
THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PECOS COUNTY HAS BEEN REISSUED TO
INCLUDE THE ENTIRE COUNTY. SINCE 2 AM THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN
HAVE PRODUCED RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS APPROACHING 4 INCHES.
AREAS RECEIVING THE MOST RAIN DURING THE NIGHT HAVE BEEN IN THE
EAST AND SOUTHEAST PART OF THE COUNTY FROM GIRVIN TO
BAKERSFIELD...AND IN THE FORT STOCKTON AREA. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE
SINCE MOVED TO THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE COUNTY. EVEN THOUGH
RAIN HAS ENDED IN AFOREMENTIONED AREAS SOME AREAS LIKELY STILL
REMAIN FLOODED WITH NORMALLY DRY CREEKS AND STREAMS CONTINUING TO
CATCH RUNOFF. NO REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED THIS
MORNING ACROSS PECOS COUNTY...NONETHELESS TRAVELERS SHOULD BE AWARE
OF THE HEAVY RAIN THAT FELL OVERNIGHT AND BE PREPARED FOR NORMALLY
LOW SPOTS TO BE WATER FILLED.

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/BRITE

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Aug 11, 3:10 AM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
309 AM CDT SUN AUG 11 1996

THUNDERSTORMS FINALLY MOVING OUT OF THE PB AS A BROKEN LINE EXTENDS
FROM NEAR CNM...TO FST...TO CONCHO VALLEY. CONVECTION ASCD WITH MID
LEVEL SPEED MAX DIVING S INTO WTX AND S/W ENERGY TRAILING ACROSS THE
AREA. ACCORDING TO WV IMAGERY MUCH DRIER AIR IS MOVING S TOWARD THE
PB AND SENM AND IN AGREEMENT WITH KMAF 88D CONVECTIVE THREAT IS
DIMINISHING FROM N TO S ACROSS THE PB. POPS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED A
FEW HOURS THIS MORNING ACROSS THE TP REGION AS CONVECTION ACROSS WRN
PB PUSHES W AND S INTO THTE RIDGE. WITH SATELLITE AND ETA INDICATING
SIGNIFICANT DRYING AHEAD FOR MUCH OF THE PB BELIEVE AFTERNOON
CONVECTIVE THREAT HAS DIMINISHED. HOWEVER POPS STILL WARRANTED IN NE
AND ERN CWA WHERE MIDWEST S/W SEEN ON WV IMAGERY AND STRENGTHENING
MID LEVEL SPEED MAX MAY GENERATE TSRA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. FCST CAPE AND LI'S ALSO SUPPORT CONTINUED MENTION ACROSS
THE NE AND E CWA. DRIER AIR AND INCREASING HEIGHTS SUPPORTS WARMER
TEMPS AND WILL STICK CLOSE TO NGM. COORD WITH LBB.

CNM 97 -
MAF 96 -
MRF 85 30
P07 96 40

MURDOCH/BRITE

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