Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Jun 26, 1997, 9:48 PM MDT (03:48 UTC)

Expired

Jun 27, 1997, 12:00 AM MDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Lea County, NM

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:47 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.

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1048 PM CDT (948 PM MDT) THU JUN 26 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND TX HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1200 AM MDT (100 AM CDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO

   ...SOUTHEASTERN AND NORTHWESTERN LEA COUNTY
 
AT 1040 PM CDT (940 PM MDT)... MIDLAND DOPPLER RADAR HAD ESTIMATED
BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE PAST TWO HOURS IN
THE CITY OF HOBBS.  THE STORM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RAINFALL HAS MOVED
VERY LITTLE OVER THE LAST HOUR AND AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAINFALL
CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT HOUR.  MOTORISTS ALONG HIGHWAY 18
BETWEEN HOBBS AND NADINE SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AS WATER MAY
BE COVERING THE ROADWAY IN SPOTS.

ANOTHER AREA THAT HAS RECEIVED UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS IN 
NORTHWEST LEA COUNTY... ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF CAPROCK.
MODERATE RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL IN THIS AREA AND AN ADDITIONAL HALF
INCH CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT HOUR.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT
QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 26, 7:32 PM MDT, 2 hours 16 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
831 PM CDT THU JUN 26 1997

CURRENT FORECASTS LOOK ON TRACK... NO SUGGESTED CHANGES.

WV IMAGERY SHOWING NICE CIRCULATION OVER NORTHWESTERN MEXICO WITH
A POSSIBLE SPEED MAX ROTATING AROUND ITS EASTERN SIDE JUST ENTERING
THE BIG BEND ATTM.  KMAF 88D REFLECTIVITY HAS SHOWN A DECREASING
TREND IN CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY OVER DAVIS MOUNTAINS THE LAST SEVERAL
HOURS BUT RECOMMEND KEEPING SLIGHT POPS DUE TO AFOREMENTIONED
FEATURE AND ADEQUATE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IN PLACE.

ELSEWHERE... 88D CONTINUES TO SHOW WIDELY SCATTERED TO SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS OVER SE NM AND NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN AND SOUTHERN
SOUTH PLAINS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHWARD.  THIS AREA SHOWING A
DECREASING TREND ON ITS EASTERN SIDE BUT CONVECTION OVER LEA COUNTY
CONTINUES TO HOLD ITS OWN.  NICE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ALSO EVIDENT OVER
NORTHERN ANDREWS AND NORTHERN DAWSON COUNTIES.  WITH ONGOING
ACTIVITY AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WLILL MAKE NO CHANGES TO CURRENT
FORECASTS AS IT APPEARS ON TRACK.

EARLE

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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.