Flash Flood Warning 43, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Jul 9, 1997, 6:56 PM CDT (23:56 UTC)

Expired

Jul 9, 1997, 10:00 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties Brewster County, TX, Pecos County, TX

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 198 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
TTAA00 KMAF 092356
FFWMAF
TXC043-371-100300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
656 PM CDT WED JUL 9 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND TX HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN WESTERN TEXAS

   ...NORTHEASTERN BREWSTER COUNTY
   ...SOUTHWESTERN PECOS COUNTY

PERSISTENT HEAVY RAINS FROM TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS WAS FALLING OVER
PARTS NORTHEASTERN BREWSTER COUNTY AND SOUTHWESTERN PECOS...MAINLY
ALONG HIGHWAY 385. DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED BETWEEN TWO AND THREE
INCHES OF RAIN JUST NORTHEAST OF MARATHON...ALONG THE PECOS/BREWSTER
COUNTY LINE NEAR HIGHWAY 385...AND 20 MILES SOUTH OF FORT STOCKTON.
 
 
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 TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT
TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS...OR YOUR
CABLE TELEVISION OUTLET FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS
WEATHER SITUATION.

$$
RBF

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 9, 2:15 PM CDT, 4 hours 41 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
215 PM CDT WED JUL 9 1997

TSTMS FIRING WITHIN THTE RIDGE AXIS ACROSS HIER TERRAIN OF W TX AND
SRN NM. WATER VAPOR AND VISIBLE IMAGERY INDICATE WAVE/MCV OVER NRN
MEXICO IS LIFTING N WITH CONVECTIVE ENHANCEMENT NOTED JUST S OF THE
BB RGN. OTHERWISE CLOSED CIRCULATION OVER SRN CA NOT EXPECTED TO
HAVE DIRECT IMPACT. SCATTERED STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS
THE MTNS THIS AFTERNOON/EVE AS AFOREMENTIONED WAVE/MCV SPREADS
ENERGY N. GRIDDS SUPPORTS WEAK ENERGY LIFTING N THROUGH THE PB DURING
THE NIGHT. DESPITE GOOD AGREEMENT AMONG GUIDANCE WITH SCATTERED POPS
WILL OPT TO MAINTAIN WIDELY SCATTERED POPS N OF THE PECOS DUE TO
UNCERTAINTIES ASSOCD WITH WAVE/MCV OVER N MEXICO. BY THURSDAY SURFACE
TROF BECOMES BETTER ORGANIZED AND MOVES E AS UPPER TROF OVER THE WRN
USA SHIFTS E TONIGHT/TMRW. THIS COMBINED WITH LOW-LEVEL CONVERGENCE
INVOF TROF ALONG WITH CONTINUED PRESENCE OF MID-LEVEL THTE RIDGE
AXIS SUGGEST WIDELY SCATTERED TSTMS TO REMAIN IN THE FCST. MAY SEE
SOME PERIODS OF MOSTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS DUE TO ANTICIPATED
CONVECTION HOWEVER PARTLY CLOUDY SHOULD PREVAIL.

MAF 68/91 20/20
CNM 67/91 30/20
MRF 60/85 40/30
P07 73/93 20/20

MURDOCH/YOUNG

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