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Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 24, 1999, 8:30 PM CDT for Brewster County, Jeff Davis County, Presidio County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 1999, 8:30 PM CDT (01:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 1999, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Brewster County, TX, Jeff Davis County, TX, Presidio County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 252 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 826 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1566 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 268 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMAF 250132 FFWMAF TXC043-243-377-250430- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND-ODESSA TX 830 PM CDT MON MAY 24 1999 THE MIDLAND-ODESSA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN BREWSTER COUNTY IN TEXAS SOUTHERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY IN TEXAS PRESIDIO COUNTY IN TEXAS * UNTIL 1130 PM CDT * AT 822 PM CDT...A SPOTTER REPORTED A FLOODING 15 MILES WEST OF THE CITY OF MARFA. TWO INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN 16 MINUTES! THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS RAIN CONTINUES MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING INCLUDE... PAISANO PASS...ALTUDA...RYAN...CASA PIEDRA...VALENTINE...MARFA... FORT DAVIS AND ALPINE THE GROUND IN THIS AREA IS ALREADY SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS RAINS. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ONLY MAKE MATTERS WORSE. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS...AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES. NEVER DRIVE INTO A FLOODED STRETCH OF ROAD. THE DEPTH OF WATER MAY BE ENOUGH TO FLOAT YOUR VEHICLE. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. LAT...LON 3061 10471 2961 10409 3037 10318 3083 10400 RSB
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at May 24, 7:52 PM CDT, 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 24, 7:52 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 752 PM CDT MON MAY 24 1999 CONVECTION COMING TOGETHER WRN AREAS AS TSTMS THAT INITIATED IN MEXICAN MTNS DRIFTING E/NE WITH MEAN STEERING FLOW. EXPECT TSTMS TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE...ESPECIALLY W OF PECOS RIVER...AS WELL DEFINED OUTFLOW BOUNDARY NEARING THE PECOS RIVER LIKELY TO ENHANCE ONGOING CONVECTION. OTHERWISE N OF THE BOUNDARY TEMPS HAVE COOLED AND 00Z KMAF SOUNDING SHOWING CAPES 1400 J/KG BUT STILL A CAP TO OVERCOME. ATTM WOULD OPT TO MAINTAIN POPS N/E OF BOUNDARY WITH UPDATES POSSIBLY LATER. GPM
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 24, 2:32 PM CDT, 5 hours 58 minutes before
NMZ027>029-TXZ045>048-050>052-057>063-067>070-074-075-079>082-250000- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND-ODESSA TX 232 PM CDT MON MAY 24 1999 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN WEST TEXAS: ANDREWS CULBERSON GLASSCOCK MARTIN REAGAN UPTON BORDEN DAWSON HOWARD MIDLAND REEVES WARD BREWSTER ECTOR JEFF DAVIS PECOS SCURRY WINKLER CRANE GAINES LOVING PRESIDIO TERRELL AND IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO: EDDY LEA SYNOPSIS: DAYTIME HEATING ACTING ON A MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING... SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED AROUND NOON TODAY OVER THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN WHERE AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM LAST NIGHTS STORMS PROVIDED THE NEEDED LIFT. STORMS THAT DEVELOP EAST OF A KERMIT TO FORT STOCKTON LINE ARE EXPECTED TO BE SINGLE TO MULTICELL STORMS THAT ARE SLOW MOVING AND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED FLOODING AND STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS AND HAIL UP TO ABOUT NICKEL SIZE. STORMS THAT DEVELOP WEST OF A WINK TO FORT STOCKTON LINE ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE STRONGER AND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO GOLFBALL SIZE AND DAMAGING WIND. A FEW ROTATING SUPERCELLS MAY ALSO DEVELOP THAT COULD PRODUCE ISOLATED TORNADOES. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS. FOR THE WEST CENTRAL TEXAS OUTLOOK SEE THE PRODUCT LBBSPSSJT ISSUED BY NWS SAN ANGELO (WWUS35 KSJT).
Special weather statement, May 24, 2:32 PM CDT, 5 hours 58 minutes before
NMZ027>029-TXZ045>048-050>052-057>063-067>070-074-075-079>082-250000- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND-ODESSA TX 232 PM CDT MON MAY 24 1999 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN WEST TEXAS: ANDREWS CULBERSON GLASSCOCK MARTIN REAGAN UPTON BORDEN DAWSON HOWARD MIDLAND REEVES WARD BREWSTER ECTOR JEFF DAVIS PECOS SCURRY WINKLER CRANE GAINES LOVING PRESIDIO TERRELL AND IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO: EDDY LEA SYNOPSIS: DAYTIME HEATING ACTING ON A MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING... SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED AROUND NOON TODAY OVER THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN WHERE AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM LAST NIGHTS STORMS PROVIDED THE NEEDED LIFT. STORMS THAT DEVELOP EAST OF A KERMIT TO FORT STOCKTON LINE ARE EXPECTED TO BE SINGLE TO MULTICELL STORMS THAT ARE SLOW MOVING AND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED FLOODING AND STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS AND HAIL UP TO ABOUT NICKEL SIZE. STORMS THAT DEVELOP WEST OF A WINK TO FORT STOCKTON LINE ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE STRONGER AND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO GOLFBALL SIZE AND DAMAGING WIND. A FEW ROTATING SUPERCELLS MAY ALSO DEVELOP THAT COULD PRODUCE ISOLATED TORNADOES. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS. FOR THE WEST CENTRAL TEXAS OUTLOOK SEE THE PRODUCT LBBSPSSJT ISSUED BY NWS SAN ANGELO (WWUS35 KSJT).
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Presidio | 58 min |
| May 24, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 58 min |
| May 24, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews | 59 min |
| May 24, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Presidio | 30 min |
| May 24, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving, Reeves | 52 min |
| May 24, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 59 min |
| May 24, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 44 min |
| May 24, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 62 min |
| May 24, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Winkler | 49 min |
| May 24, 9:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 38 min |
| May 24, 10:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Reeves | 49 min |
| May 24, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 63 min |
| May 24, 10:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 63 min |
| May 24, 11:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin, Midland | 39 min |
| May 24, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 45 min |
| May 24, 11:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ector, Midland | 3 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
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.