Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Jun 20, 1997, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)

Expired

Jun 20, 1997, 10:30 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Dawson County, TX

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TTAA00 KMAF 210030
FFWMAF
TXC115-210330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
730 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND TX HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHWESTERN TEXAS

   ...EASTERN DAWSON COUNTY
 
PERSISTENT HEAVY RAINS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN AN HOUR HAVE CAUSED ROADS
TO FLOOD TO SIGNIFICANT LEVELS OVER EASTERN AND NORTHEASTERN DAWSON
COUNTY. REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY WEATHER SPOTTERS OF A 400 TO
500 YARD STRETCH OF HWY 87 COVERED BY WATER AND THIS HAS STRANDED
SOME AUTOMOBILES JUST SOUTH OF O'DONNELL
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE 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.

&

JCP

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 20, 1:48 PM CDT, 5 hours 42 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
148 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 1997

KMAF 88D INDICATES CONVECTION DEVELOPING W OF THE PECOS INVOF OF
EVOLVING DRYLINE AND IN AREA OF LOW-LEVEL MSTR CONVERGENCE PER 12Z
RUC. DWPNTS AT KMRF HAVE DROPPED IN THE 40S WITH WLY WINDS...FURTHER
E DWPNTS ARE SLOWLY FALLING INTO THE M50S WITH CAPES AROUND 1500
J/KG. WILL LOOK FOR WIDELY SCATTERED HIGH-BASED STORMS TO CONTINUE
DEVELOP THRU THE AFTERNOON WITH THREAT SLOWLY SHIFTING E AS TEMPS
CLIMB INTO THE MID TO U90S. LOW-LEVEL WINDS SWLY ATTM ACROSS MOST OF
THE AREA...HOWEVER WINDS EXPECTED TO BACK TO THE S EARLY THIS
EVENING AND STRENGTHEN IN RESPONSE DEEPENING SURFACE LOW INVOF WRN
KS. THEREFORE WILL LOOK FOR MSTR TO GENERALLY REMAIN IN PLACE OR
RETURN WARRANTING WIDELY SCATTERED POPS ACROSS THE PB AS FAR E AS
KMAF THRU THIS EVENING. 7H SHEAR AXIS EVIDENT ON GRIDDS TO THE NW TO
REMAIN IN PLACE THRU TMRW WITH INDICATIONS OF LESS INSTABILITY...7H
THERMAL RIDGE TO PERSIST AS WELL AND WILL OPT TO KEEP DRY FCST GOING.

MAF 69/97 20/-
CNM 66/99 20/-
MRF 58/92 20/-
P07 70/95 10/-

MURDOCH/BRITE

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