Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Jun 8, 1997, 9:09 AM CDT (14:09 UTC)

Expired

Jun 8, 1997, 12:10 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties Borden County, TX, Scurry County, TX

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KMAF 081411
FFWMAF
TXC033-415-081710-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
909 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND TX HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1210 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN NORTHWESTERN TEXAS

   ...BORDEN COUNTY
   ...SCURRY COUNTY
 
MIDLAND DOPPLER RADAR AND SATELLITE ESTIMATES INDICATE OVER 2 INCHES
OF RAINFALL IN THE PAST TWO HOURS FOR BORDEN  AND SCURRY COUNTIES
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF GAIL AND SNYDER.

THE HEAVY RAINS WILL BE MOVING INTO SCURRY COUNTY FROM BORDEN 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.

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 8, 3:35 AM CDT, 5 hours 34 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
334 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 1997

LATEST KMAF 88D DATA INDICATES ACTIVITY IN SOUTHEAST NM IS PULSING.
TRW MOVING INTO ANDREWS COUNTY HAS INTENSIFIED DURING THE LAST
20 MINUTES. MODELS INDICATE THIS AREA HAS BEST UPPER-LEVEL DIFLUENCE
IN THE WIND FIELD. THUS...WOULD EXPECT ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE FOR AT
LEAST THE NEXT 2 HOURS. MODELS CONTINUE A WEAKLY DEFINED SURFACE
TROF/CONVERGENCE ZONE ACROSS NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS THROUGH 48
HOURS. THUS...BELIEVE TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL BE SIMILAR TO LAST 24
HOURS. AGREE WITH KLBB DISCUSSION...CONTINUE POPS AS IN PREVIOUS
PACKAGE FOR MOST OF TEXAS ZONES DURING FIRST TWO PERIODS.
ALSO...WOULD RECOMMEND CONTINUING POPS FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO
AS IN PREVIOUS PACKAGE.

TEMPERATURE NUMBERS REPRESENT A MIX OF AVN AND NGM NUMBERS.

THANKS TO KLBB FOR COORDINATION!

MAF 81/63 40/40
CNM 84/57 30/20
MRF 82/53 30/20
P07 83/68 40/40

HUBER/GRIFFIN

In the hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
717 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

630  PM                              TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/07/97   CULBERSON

617 AM     IN FORT STOCKTON          TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/08/97   PECOS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
717 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

630  PM                              TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/07/97   CULBERSON

617 AM     IN FORT STOCKTON          TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/08/97   PECOS

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1997Every flash flood warning in 1997

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.