Flash Flood Warning 82, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Oct 6, 1997, 8:17 PM MDT (02:17 UTC)

Expired

Oct 6, 1997, 11:00 PM MDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Eddy County, NM

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
917 PM CDT (817 PM MDT) MON OCT 6 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND TX HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM MDT (1200 AM CDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO

   ...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN EDDY COUNTY
 
AT 815 PM MDT...SEVERAL REPORTS OF FLOODING IN CARLSBAD HAD BEEN
RECEIVED WITH SOME ROADS HAVING UP TO 8 INCHES OF WATER RUNNING
OVER THEM.  DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW VERY HEAVY RAIN IN
CARLSBAD WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL EXPECTED
OVER THE NEXT HOUR.  THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CAUSING THE HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY EAST AT LESS THAN 10 MPH AND
SHOULD MOVE INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF EDDY COUNTY BY 9 PM
MDT. PEOPLE DRIVING THROUGH CARLSBAD AND ALONG HIGHWAYS 285 AND 31
SHOULD WATCH FOR WATER COVERING THE ROADWAYS.

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.
 

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NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Oct 6, 7:56 PM MDT, 21 minutes earlier.

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

CURRENT FORECASTS LOOK ON TRACK...NO SUGGESTED CHANGES ATTM.
HOWEVER... COULD LOWER POPS OVER SCURRY COUNTY.

01Z SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS SELY FLOW CONTINUING OVER MUCH OF FA WITH
DEWPOINTS IN THE 60S EAST OF MOUNTAINS.  WV LOOP SHOWS A POSSIBLE
VORT MAX SPINNING OVER SW NM MOVING SLOWLY EWD.  THIS MAY BE CAUSE
OF LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS AS SEEN ON 88D EXTENDING FROM CHAVES COUNTY
SWD INTO CULBERSON COUNTY.  ADVISE TO KEEP POPS AS IS OVER WRN ZONES
UNTIL AFOREMENTIONED CONVECTION BEGINS TO WEAKEN... HOPEFULLY LATER
TONIGHT.  DEPENDING ON EWD PROGESSION OF LINE MAY NEED TO INCREASE
POPS OVER ANDREWS AND GAINES COUNTY BUT WILL LEAVE UNCHANGED ATTM.
ELSEWHERE... AREAL COVERAGE HAS DROPPED CONSIDERABLY SO MIGHT LOWER
CHANCES INTO THE ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED VARIETY.

STILL EXPECTING LOW CLOUDS TO ENCOMPASS THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT EAST
OF MOUNTAINS.

EARLE

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