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Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 24, 1999Brewster County, Jeff Davis County, Presidio County, Texas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1999-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 826 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1999-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 186 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPresidio58 min
May 24, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves58 min
May 24, 8:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews59 min
May 24, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPresidio30 min
May 24, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLoving, Reeves52 min
May 24, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves59 min
May 24, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos44 min
May 24, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster62 min
May 24, 9:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFWinkler49 min
May 24, 9:52 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFPecos38 min
May 24, 10:11 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFReeves49 min
May 24, 10:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines63 min
May 24, 10:27 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFPecos63 min
May 24, 11:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin, Midland39 min
May 24, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos45 min
May 24, 11:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEctor, Midland3 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.