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Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 14, 1997, 7:02 PM CDT for Brewster County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 1997, 7:02 PM CDT (00:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 1997, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Brewster County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 238 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 4724 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 635 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.2
- Supercell composite
- 10.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMAF 150002 FFWMAF TXC043-150305- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 702 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND TX HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WESTERN TEXAS ...EASTERN BREWSTER COUNTY SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER BREWSTER COUNTY OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS BETWEEN 4 PM AND 7 PM. 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. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS...YOUR CABLE TELEVISION OUTLET...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 14, 2:19 PM CDT, 4 hours 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 2:19 PM CDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 218 PM CDT (118 PM MDT) SAT JUN 14 1997 DEEP LAYER MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM BLANCA IS PRODUCING SCATTERED CONVECTION OVER THE TRANS PECOS REGION OF WEST TEXAS NORTHWARD INTO EDDY COUNTY OF NEW MEXICO. CONVECTION IS ALSO BEGINNING TO FIRE OVER THE NORTHERN/CENTRAL PERMIAN BASIN ASSOCIATED WITH LIFTED INDICIES OF -10...CAPE VALUES UP TO 5000 J/KG AND HIGH DEW POINTS...SJT AND ABI DEW POINTS HAS RISEN TO 74F WITH A HEAT INDEX OVER 100F AT 19Z. DUE TO CURRENT HIGH AFTERNOON INSTABILITIES...THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER REMAINS INTO THE EVENING HOURS...DIME SIZED HAIL HAS RECENTLY BEEN REPORTED NEAR CNM. THE FORECAST CONCERN WILL THEN QUICKLY SHIFT TO THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINS THIS EVENING WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING OVERNIGHT AS THE CONVECTION POSSIBLY EVOLVES INTO A MCS. SATELLITE IMAGERY CONTINUES TO INDICATE PRECIP WATER VALUES OVER 2 INCHES UPSTREAM OVER OLD MEXICO...DRT SOUNDING AT 12Z INDICATED PRECIP WATER VALUES OVER 1.75 INCHES...AND KMAF RADAR WIND PROFILES INDICATE TROPICAL SOUTHERLY WINDS EXTENDING TO 500MB. MODELS ALSO SHOW A WEAK MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVING ACROSS WEST TEXAS OVERNIGHT...WITH THE ENHANCED LIFT RESULTING IN SOME AREAS OF TWO INCH RAINS WITH ISOLATED AREAS UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN BY SUNRISE SUNDAY...EXCEEDING CURRENT FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE THRESHOLDS. FOR SUNDAY...UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER NEVADA WILL PUSH SOUTHEASTWARD INTO NEW MEXICO...IMPROVING VERTICAL WIND PROFILES WHICH MAY ENHANCE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POSSIBILITIES FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING. MAF 70/90 70/30 CNM 70/93 60/10 MRF 63/86 50/20 P07 78/92 60/20 FAGEN/BRITE/EARLE
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 5:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
NMZ027>029-TXZ045>048-050>052-057>063-067>070-074-075-079>082-142320- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 528 PM CDT (428 PM MDT) SAT JUN 14 1997 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR REEVES...WINKLER..WARD AND LOVING COUNTIES OF WEST TEXAS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EDDY AND LEA COUNTIES OF NEW MEXICO. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 430 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SCURRY...BORDEN...GAINES...MITCHELL...HOWARD...MARTIN...ANDREWS... DAWSON...ECTOR...MIDLAND...GLASSCOCK...CRANE...UPTON AND REAGAN COUNTIES UNTIL 8 PM CDT.
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 6:31 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
NMZ027>029-TXZ045>048-050>052-057>063-067>070-074-075-079>082-150020- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 630 PM CDT (530 PM MDT) SAT JUN 14 1997 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 435 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN WEST TEXAS: TERRELL...REAGAN...GLASSCOCK...HOWARD...BORDEN...SCURRY...MITCHELL... AND PECOS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR GAINES...DAWSON...ANDREWS...MARTIN...LOVING...WINKLER...ECTOR... MIDLAND...UPTON...CRANE AND WARD COUNTIES. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREAS. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS...YOUR CABLE TELEVISION OUTLET...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 33 min |
| Jun 15, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis | 50 min |
| Jun 15, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Presidio | 47 min |
| Jun 15, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Presidio | 47 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1997Every flash flood warning in 1997
Sources
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.