Flash Flood Warning 81, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Oct 6, 1997, 7:11 PM MDT (01:11 UTC)

Expired

Oct 6, 1997, 10:00 PM MDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Eddy County, NM

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TTAA00 KMAF 070111
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
811 PM CDT (711 PM MDT) MON OCT 6 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND TX HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM MDT (1100 PM CDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO

   ...NORTHERN EDDY COUNTY
 
AT 707 PM MDT...MIDLAND DOPPLER RADAR HAD ESTIMATED BETWEEN ONE AND
TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ARTESIA.  THE
STORMS CAUSING THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST AT 10
TO 15 MPH.  THEREFORE... AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL
CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT HOUR.

PEOPLE DRIVING ALONG HIGHWAYS 285 AND 82 IN NORTHERN EDDY COUNTY
SHOULD WATCH FOR WATER COVERED ROADS... ESPECIALLY IN THE VICINITY
OF ARTESIA.

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 Oct 6, 2:17 PM MDT, 4 hours 54 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
317 PM CDT MON OCT 6 1997

LATEST SATELLITE ANALYSIS INDICATES CONVECTION CONTINUING TO DEVELOP
AND MOVE INTO THE PB. KMAF WSR-88D STILL DOWN. HOWEVER...KSJT
WSR-88D DATA INDICATING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH
CENTRAL PB. SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS WINDS FROM THE SOUTHEAST DOMINATE
FA WITH GUSTS IN THE EASTERN ZONES AROUND 20 MPH. LATEST LDS DATA
SHOWING HITS ACROSS MUCH OF FA INCLUDING THE MOUNTAIN AREAS TO THE
SOUTHWEST.

MODELS CONTINUE TO MOVE SHORT WAVE TO THE NORTHEAST. WITH MID- AND
UPPER-LEVEL MOISTURE DRYING DURING NEXT 24 HOURS...EXPECT POPS TO
DIMINISH. LOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN MOIST. THUS...EXPECT A RETURN OF
LOW CLOUDS TO MOST ZONES EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS BY TOMORROW MORNING.
SOUTHEAST FLOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TOMORROW NIGHT (THIRD PERIOD)
FOR MOST OF FA. HOWEVER...WITH TROF APPROACHING FROM THE WEST
TOMORROW NIGHT...BELIEVE WINDS COULD SWING MORE SOUTHWEST LATE
TOMORROW NIGHT AND DRY LOWER LAYERS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
THUS...BELIEVE SOME CENTRAL PB ZONES COULD SEE MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES
WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH SKIES BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY LATER IN THE
AFTERNOON IN RESPONSE TO THE APPROACHING TROF FROM THE NORTHWEST.

FOR THE FIRST TWO PERIODS...BELIEVE TEMPERATURES CLOSE TO
PERSISTENCE BEST GIVEN LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE TO CONTINUE THROUGH
TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

THANKS TO KLBB FOR COORDINATION

MAF 65/77 30/20
CNM 62/80 10/10
MRF 51/75 20/10
P07 68/80 20/10

HUBER/GRIFFIN

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