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Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 26, 1999, 9:23 PM CDT for Martin County, Midland County, Texas. It was in force for 2 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 26, 1999, 9:23 PM CDT (02:23 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 1999, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 323 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
- 2444 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1347 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 5.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMAF 270225
FFWMAF
TXC317-329-270430-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND-ODESSA TX
923 PM CDT WED MAY 26 1999
THE MIDLAND-ODESSA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN MARTIN COUNTY IN TEXAS
NORTHERN MIDLAND COUNTY IN TEXAS
* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
* AT 921 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN MIDLAND
AND SOUTHERN MARTIN COUNTIES. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR FROM
THESE STORMS...WHICH WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING INCLUDE...
MIDLAND...MISSION DORADO...GREENWOOD...SPRABERRY...COTTON
FLAT...AND COURTNEY.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
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.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE MIDLAND-ODESSA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.
LAT...LON 3209 10230 3187 10230 3185 10178 3209 10178
3221 10194 3221 10221 3209 10221
DJKWhat 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 26, 9:03 PM CDT, 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 26, 9:03 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 903 PM CDT WED MAY 26 1999 AFTER A RESPITE YESTERDAY...ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE CONVECTION IS UNDERWAY FOR THIS PORTION OF W-TEXAS AND SE-NEW MEXICO. THUS FAR THIS EVENING...HAVE HAD REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL FROM A LEFT MOVING STORM OVER ODESSA...LARGE HAIL FROM A TORNADIC RIGHT MOVER NEARING MONAHANS. ALSO HAVE OTHER REPORTS FROM EARLIER STORMS OVER SE/NM. WW 324 SEVERE BOX FOR NEW MEXICO HAS EXPIRED AT 02Z...WITH CALMER WX EXPECTED FOR THOSE PARTS. TIMING ON BOXES FOR CURRENT TX BOXES LOOKS OK. 01Z SURFACE MAP INDICATED A NORTH/SOUTH TROF ALONG EASTERN NM TO THE WEST OF FST. A PREVAILING NELY LOW-LEVEL FLOW SHOULD PREVAIL ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN AND SE NM. NOT ENUF TIME FOR FURTHER DETAILS. WILL REVIEW ALL FORECASTS AND WILL SEND UPDATES AS NEEDED. RSB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 30 min |
| May 26, 7:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Loving, Reeves | 26 min |
| May 26, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Loving | 35 min |
| May 26, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 49 min |
| May 26, 7:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Loving | 49 min |
| May 26, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Ector, Midland | 59 min |
| May 26, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving, Ward, Winkler | 44 min |
| May 26, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Ector | 41 min |
| May 26, 8:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Ward, Winkler | 33 min |
| May 26, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Ector, Midland | 51 min |
| May 26, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin | 51 min |
| May 26, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Pecos, Ward | 43 min |
| May 26, 9:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos, Ward | 34 min |
| May 26, 10:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos, Ward | 30 min |
| May 26, 10:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 31 min |
| May 26, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 57 min |
| May 26, 11:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 39 min |
| May 27, 12:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 45 min |
| May 27, 12:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 30 min |
| May 27, 1:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Pecos | 117 min |
| May 27, 2:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 57 min |
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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.