Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

May 28, 1999, 8:34 PM CDT (01:34 UTC)

Expired

May 28, 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

County Brewster County, TX

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 245 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KMAF 290139
FFWMAF
TXC043-290430-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND-ODESSA TX
834 PM CDT FRI MAY 28 1999

THE MIDLAND-ODESSA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BREWSTER COUNTY IN TEXAS

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 825 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED NUMEROUS    
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY. 

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING INCLUDE...     
  PERSIMMON GAP AND PORTIONS OF THE BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY 
ARE EXPECTED TO MERGE INTO ONE LARGE COMPLEX BETWEEN 845 AND 900 PM 
CDT. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY 
RAINFALL...WHICH WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 
STREAMS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS...AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES.

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.

DURING THE DARKNESS OF NIGHT...FLOODED SECTIONS OF ROAD MAY NOT BE
VISIBLE TO@ MOTORISTS. SOME ROADWAYS MAY EVEN BE CLOSED.

LAT...LON 3010 10265 3011 10379 2949 10378 2949 10282
          2991 10255

DJK

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at May 28, 2:22 PM CDT, 6 hours 12 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
222 PM CDT FRI MAY 28 1999

SHRA/TSRA CONTINUING TO MOVE/DISSIPATE SE ACROSS N/E PB ATTM IN
ASSOCN WITH WEAK SHRTWV TROF IN NW MID LEVEL FLOW. AS A RESULT
CONVECTIVE DEBRIS CLOUDS HAVE LIMITED SURFACE HEATING ACROSS AREAS N
OF PECOS RIVER AND INSTABILITY. INSOLATION WILL LIKELY INCREASE LATE
AFTERNOON AND WITH CAPES AROUND 1000 J/KG AND PWS AROUND 1 TSTMS
MAY DEVELOP. FULL SUN HOWEVER HAS BEEN ONGOING IN MTNS WHERE 85H-7H
THETA-E RIDGE AXIS IS POSITIONED. VISIBLE IMAGERY INDICATES CU/SHRA
DEVELOPING DAVIS/GDP MTNS AND WILL LOOK FOR WDLY SCT TSTMS THROUGH
EARLY EVENING. MAIN CONCERN FOR THE NIGHT IS POTENTIAL FOR CONVECTIVE
COMPLEX TO MOVE SE OUT OF NM MTNS SE NM/W TX. MODELS (EXCEPT AVN)
DEPICT A SHRTWV TROF MOVING SE ACROSS NM TONIGHT. STILL ETA/NGM
DIFFER ON WHERE BEST ENERGY WILL COME OUT WITH NGM BEING FARTHEST N.
IF COMPLEX DOES DEVELOP WOULD FEED INTO LOW LEVEL THETA-E RIDGE AXIS
WHICH WILL BE INVOF OR JUST E OF MTNS. ETA IS AGGRESSIVE WITH FEATURE
INDICATING DEEP LAYERED POSITIVE VERTICAL MOTIONS AND WITH PWS
AROUND 1...THEREFORE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT RAINS WOULD EXIST
WITHIN COMPLEX. HAVE COORD WITH ABQ/LBB AND WILL WORD LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN WITH LIKELY POPS SE NM AND NEARBY W TX COUNTIES. SCATTERED POPS
ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE POPS REFLECT INCREASED CHANCES LATE WITH
COMPLEX. WILL OPT TO HOLD OFF ON FFA ATTM BUT LATER SHIFTS WILL NEED
MONITOR. LONG RANGE PATTERN SUGGEST SIGNIFICANT WARMING AND DRIER PER
MID LEVEL RIDGE AND WARM 7H TEMPS.

MAF 60/89/62/93 40/20/20/20
CNM 60/90/61/94 60/30/20/10
MRF 52/86/55/86 20/20/20/-
P07 65/87/67/92 20/20/20/-

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