Flash Flood Warning 66, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Aug 27, 1996, 5:13 PM CDT (22:13 UTC)

Expired

Aug 27, 1996, 8:15 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX

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TTAA00 KMAF 272212
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TXC317-329-280115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
513 PM CDT TUE AUG 27 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND TX HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHWEST TEXAS

   ...SOUTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTY

IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS

   ...NORTHEASTERN MIDLAND COUNTY
 
AS OF 510 PM DOPPLER RADAR IN MIDLAND SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING CONTINUED HEAVY RAINS OVER NORTHEAST MIDLAND COUNTY AND
SOUTHEAST MARTIN COUNTY. HEAVY RAINS UP TO 2 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED
OVER THE PAST 2 HOURS AS THUNDERSTORM CELLS WERE TRAINING OVER THE
SAME AREA WHILE DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST.

THE SOUTHBOUND SECTION OF HWY 137 WAS REPORTED UNDERWATER JUST SOUTH
OF STANTON...ALSO A LOW AREA OF HWY 307 WAS UNDERWATER JUST EAST OF
GREENWOOD.

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...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE
LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.

&
PENDERGRAST

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Aug 27, 1:49 PM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
149 PM CDT TUE AUG 27 1996

KMAF 88D REFL PRODUCT SHOWING AN EXTENSIVE AREA OF SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF THE FA WITH THE GREATEST
CONCENTRATION OVER JEFF DAVIS AND CULBERSON COUNTIES.  MOST OF THIS
ACTIVITY GENERALLY MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.  16Z WV
IMAGERY INDICATING A SPLIT MOISTURE PLUME WITH ONE OVER CENTRAL TX
AND ANOTHER OVER EXTREME WEST TEXAS AND WESTERN NM.  HOWEVER... THEY
APPEAR TO BE PROPAGATING EASTWARD.  LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS
DEWPOINTS PREDOMINANTLY BETWEEN 65 AND 70 OVER MUCH OF FA.

NGM SHOWING H85 THETA/E RIDGE AXIS BUILDING FROM TERRELL COUNTY INTO
THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN BY 28/12Z.  BELIEVE ETA
TRYING TO DRY THE AREA OUT A LITTLE TO QUICKLY SO PREFER NGM WHEN IT
COMES TO MOISTURE... OTHERWISE MODELS ARE IN GENERALLY AGREEMENT.
WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE OVER THE AREA... 12Z MAF RAOB PW 1.50
INCHES... AND AFOREMENTIONED FEATURES BELIEVE HEAVY RAINFALL IS A
GOOD POSSIBILITY OVER MUCH OF FA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.  WITH
GROUND ALREADY SATURATED OVER THE MOUNTAINS BELIEVE A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH IS WARRANTED FOR MOUNTAINOUS ZONES. WILL HAVE TO WATCH CLOSELY
TO SEE IF ANY OTHER COUNTIES WILL NEED TO BE INCLUDED.

APPEARS PERSISTENCE IS BEST ROUTE TO TAKE WITH TEMPERATURE FORECASTS
AND FOR POPS.  APPEARS MODELS ARE A LITTLE LOW ON POP FORECAST...
ESPECIALLY WHEN CONSIDERING AREAL COVERAGE AS DEPICTED BY THE KMAF
88D.

CNM 67/40
MAF 68/40
MRF 60/50
P07 76/40

EARLE

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