Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Jul 10, 1997, 10:07 PM CDT (03:07 UTC)

Expired

Jul 11, 1997, 12:05 AM CDT

In force

118 min

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Ector County, TX

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KMAF 110309
FFWMAF
TXC135-110505-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1007 PM CDT THU JUL 10 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND TX HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1205 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS

   ...SOUTHEASTERN ECTOR COUNTY
 
AT 10 PM CDT...MIDLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN
OVER SOUTHEAST ECTOR COUNTY AND OVER WEST ODESSA AND ALONG I20.
SPOTTER REPORTS AND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATE OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN
AN HOUR HAVE BEEN FALLING OVER THIS AREA.

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

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NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 10, 8:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
850 PM CDT THU JUL 10 1997

A QUIETER NIGHT THAN THE PREVIOUS 24 HRS OVER MOST OF THE CWA.
LATEST WV SATL ANIMATION HAS A FEW UPPER DISTURBANCES..WITH THE ONE
OVER THE TX SOUTH PLAINS PLACING MUCH OF THE CWA IN AN AREA OF
SUBSIDENCE. THIS IS KEEPING MOST CONVECTION AT BAY. STORMS THAT DO
MANAGE TO FIRE HAVE TENDED TO BE SHORT LIVED..AND REMAINED BELOW SVR
LIMITS SO FAR. THE OTHER GOOD NEWS..THEY ARE MOVING AROUND 20 MPH TO
THE NNE. HOWEVER..A LOOK AT OUR RADAR AND PCPN TREND OVER OUR NRN
FOUR COUNTIES SHOWS A TRAINING EFFECT OF REPEAT STORMS..WITH 88D
INDICATED AMOUNTS OF ABOUT 2 INCHES PARTS OF DAWSON AND BORDEN CNTYS.

ELSEWHERE..PCPN HAS PRETTY MUCH ENDED WEST OF THE PECOS. POPS WILL
BE DROPPED TO 20 PERCENT MOST OF THESE ZONES. UPDATES ON THE PERMIAN
BASIN WILL BE MADE..AS PCPN TRENDS DECREASE. THANKS FOR COOR WITH LBB
AND ABQ.

BOYD/FRAZAR

In the hours before

NMZ027>029-TX045>048-050>052-057>063-067>070-074-075-079>082-110300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
423 PM CDT THU JUL 10 1997

...A FEW FUNNELS MAY BE SEEN ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN...THE
TRANS-PECOS...AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO FOR THE REST OF THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

SINCE 4 PM CDT...A FEW REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED
FROM THE PUBLIC IN THE PECOS AND BARSTOW AREA. THE FUNNEL DID NO
DAMAGE AND DID NOT REACH THE GROUND. GENERALLY FUNNEL CLOUDS THIS
EVENING WILL BE OF A TROPICAL NATURE AND WILL LIKELY NOT TOUCH DOWN.

HOWEVER IF A FUNNEL CLOUD APPROACHES YOU SHOULD MOVE TO A SAFE
LOCATION SUCH AS A REINFORCED BUILDING. DAMAGE CAN BE INFLICTED AND
DEBRIS THROWN ABOUT IF A FUNNEL CLOUD TOUCHES THE GROUND.

CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF FUNNELS UNTIL
10 PM.

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