Flash Flood Warning 83, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Sep 4, 1996, 7:52 PM CDT (00:52 UTC)

Expired

Sep 4, 1996, 9:30 PM CDT

In force

98 min

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Pecos County, TX

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
752 PM CDT WED SEP 4 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND TX HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN WEST TEXAS

   ...CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY
 
AT 750 PM CDT... A STORM SPOTTER REPORTED MINOR FLOODING IN THE
WESTERN PORTIONS OF FORT STOCKTON.  THE STORM CAUSING THIS IS
BEGINNING TO WEAKEN.  HOWEVER... THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL OF
PRODUCING ANOTHER HALF INCH TO AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVER
THE NEXT 30 MINUTES AS IT MOVES SLOWLY SOUTH AT LESS THAN 10 MPH.
THIS IN COMBINATION WITH THE ALREADY MINOR FLOODING COULD LEAD TO
MORE AREAS OF FLOODING THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF FORT STOCKTON AND
VICINITY.

MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT
TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
NEVER TRY TO CROSSj A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.
 

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NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Sep 4, 2:07 PM CDT, 5 hours 45 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
207 PM CDT (107 PM MDT) WED SEP 4 1996

MORNING RAOBS PICKED UP A WEAK SOUTHERN STREAM JET EXTENDING FROM
EASTERN NEW MEXICO INTO WEST TEXAS...WHICH WAS ALSO INDICATED ON
THE 15Z MODEL UPDATE.  THIS UPPER LEVEL JET IS ON THE EASTERN PORTION
OF THE SOUTHWESTERN US UPPER RIDGE WHICH IS EXPECTED TO PUSH
EASTWARD TOWARD THIS AREA AS THE PACIFIC UPPER TROUGH AMPLIFIES
DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO...WITH WEAK EMBEDDED UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCES MOVING THROUGH THE AREA.  AFTERNOON LIFTED INDICIES HAVE
DECREASED TO -9 ACROSS THE AREA WITH TSRA ALREADY POPPING ACROSS THE
PERMIAN BASIN AND ALONG THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS...ALONG THE SURFACE
THETA-E RIDGE AND MOISTURE CONVERGENCE AXIS PER THE 18Z MAPS DATA.

THE 15Z RUC TRACKS THE UPPER LEVEL JET SLOWLY ACROSS THE FORECAST
AREA THIS WED EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.  WITH ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE ALREADY IN PLACE...65F DEW POINTS WESTWARD TO THE SOUTHWEST
TEXAS MOUNTAINS AND INTO SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...AND WEAK LOW LEVEL
BOUNDARIES SETTING UP...CONTINUED LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
CONVECTION A GOOD BET.  DESPITE THE UPPER LEVEL JET...MID/LOW LEVEL
WINDS ARE WEAK...SO EXPECT STORMS TO BE SLOW MOVERS TODAY...WITH
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS MENTIONED IN THE
LOCAL SHORT TERM FORECASTS.  POPS AND TEMPS BELOW ARE A BLEND OF
GUIDANCE VALUES AND PERSISTENCE.

THANKS MUCH TO LBB FOR AFTERNOON FORECAST COORDINATION.

CNM  63/30
MAF  64/30
MRF  58/10
P07  69/10

FAGEN

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