Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Jun 8, 1997, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)

Expired

Jun 8, 1997, 9:00 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Terrell County, TX

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 191 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 082331
FFWMAF
TXC443-090200-

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

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

IN WESTERN TEXAS

   ...NORTHERN TERRELL COUNTY
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN TERRELL COUNTY IS PRODUCING VERY
HEAVY RAINS. DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES OF
RAIN OVER NORTHERN TERRELL COUNTY. AS THIS STORM MOVES EAST AT 15
MPH...MORE RAINS PRODUCING FLOODING IS LIKELY.

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 CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 8, 2:23 PM CDT, 4 hours 7 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

In the hours before

NMZ027>029-TXZ045-050-059-060-082325-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
549 PM CDT (449 PM MDT) SUN JUN 8 1997

...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR GAINES... ANDREWS... WINKLER... LOVING...
LEA AND EDDY COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED EAST.  THEREFORE... THE
TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE ABOVE COUNTIES.

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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.