Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

May 1, 1999, 3:20 PM CDT (20:20 UTC)

Expired

May 1, 1999, 6:15 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Gaines County, TX

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KMAF 012024
FFWMAF
TXC165-012315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND-ODESSA TX
320 PM CDT SAT MAY 1 1999

THE MIDLAND-ODESSA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL AND EASTERN GAINES COUNTY IN TEXAS
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SEMINOLE

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 317 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN 16 MILES SOUTH OF FAIRVIEW...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF   
  ANDREWS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. RAINFALL RATES OF 1-3 INCHES 
  PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

* THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR...
  9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FAIRVIEW AT 345 PM CDT
  8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CEDAR LAKE AT 415 PM CDT

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR 
WEST TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3277 10269 3254 10268 3253 10221 3*291 10221

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at May 1, 1:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
145 PM CDT SAT MAY 1 1999

BLOCKING PATTERN OVER THE CENTRAL U.S. FINALLY BEGINNING TO BREAK UP.
MAIN CHALLENGE THIS PERIOD IS TO FIGURE OUT THE JUST HOW QUICKLY THE
UPPER LOW WILL LIFT OUT OF THE SWRN US...AND MUCH OF THIS WILL DEPEND
ON THE TIMING AND MOVEMENT OF THE OTHER LOW OFF THE SERN U.S. COAST.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE SERN LOW WILL FINALLY BEGIN TO PROGRESS EWD...AND
THIS SHOULD ALLOW THE LOW TO OUR WEST TO BEGIN LIFTING OUT ON
SUNDAY. FOR TONIGHT...SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION IS THE MAIN CONCERN. I
BELIEVE THE DRYLINE WILL CONTINUE TO ADVANCE EWD THIS AFTERNOON AND
KICK OFF STORMS. WITH THE LOW BEGINNING TO LIFT...I EXPECT A SERIES
OF SHORTWAVES TO EJECT OUT OF THE SYSTEM...AND THIS WILL PROBABLY
KEEP CONVECTION ACTIVE TONIGHT. TOMORROW THE LOW BEGINS TO LIFT...BUT
I STILL EXPECT SOME LINGERING CLOUDS AND PCPN DURING THE MORNING
HOURS. LOOKS LIKE SOME DRIER SFC AIR WILL SWEEP IN FROM THE WEST
DURING THE AFTERNOON TOMORROW AS THE SFC LOW LIFTS NORTH...BUT WINDS
SHOULD QUICKLY SWITCH BACK AROUND TO A SLY OR SELY DIRECTION LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT...AND THEN BECOME MORE SWLY DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY FOR
A BIT OF A WARMUP. UPPER LEVEL FLOW PATTERN ON MONDAY SHOULD BE
NEARLY ZONAL.

PRELIM TEMPS/POPS...
MAF 52/78/53/85 4200
CNM 52/81/52/87 3100
MRF 45/77/45/80 2100
P07 58/79/56/86 3100

DJK

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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.