Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Jun 8, 1997, 5:34 PM CDT (22:34 UTC)

Expired

Jun 8, 1997, 8:30 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Borden County, TX

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KMAF 082235
FFWMAF
TXC033-090130-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND TX HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHWESTERN TEXAS

   ...BORDEN COUNTY
 
INCREASING RIVER STAGES ON THE COLORADO RIVER UPSTREAM OF LAKE JB
THOMAS HAD REPORTED. ALTHOUGH RAIN HAD MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...
RUNOFF WILL MAKE FLOODING LIKELY THROUGH 830 PM CDT.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS
IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR
CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHO0ULD AVOID
CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 8, 2:23 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
222 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 1997

SEVERE WX AND FLASH FLOODING IN PROGRESS FROM THE NRN PERMIAN BASIN/
SOUTHERN SOUTH PLAINS..TO JUST WEST OF ODESSA..TO FST..TO THE BIG
BEND COUNTRY. A NEG TILT UPPER LOW OVER NE AZ WILL LIFT OUT AND
SLOWLY FILL OVERNIGHT. THIS SHUD HELP DIMINISH PCPN CHANCES FOR
TMRW. HOWEVER.. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THRU
TUESDAY. LOW CLOUDS HAVE HUNG TOUGH OVER THE NRN AND ERN CWA..
THEREFORE THE TEMPS HAVE NOT RISEN AS MUCH AS PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT.
ANOTHER UPPER SYSTEM OFF THE NRN CALIFORNIA COAST WILL DIG IN TO
REPLACE THE FIRST ONE FOR THE FIRST PART OF THIS WEEK. WILL STAY
CLOSE TO COOLER FAN NUMBERS.J THANKS FOR EARLIER COOR SJT..LBB..AND
ABQ.

MAF  62/87  70/30
CNM  60/94  50/20
MRF  55/85  40/20
P07  69/89  60/40

BOYD/BRITE

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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.