Flash Flood Warning 42, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Jun 7, 1999, 6:23 PM CDT (23:23 UTC)

Expired

Jun 7, 1999, 9:30 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Presidio County, TX

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND-ODESSA TX
623 PM CDT MON JUN 7 1999

THE MIDLAND-ODESSA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 618 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF CASA
  PIEDRA...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING INCLUDE...   
  BIG BEND RANCH STATE PARK...CASA PIEDRA...CANDELARIA...SHAFTER...  
  OCHOA...PRESIDIO AND MARFA.  INTERESTS ALONG ALAMITO CREEK SHOULD  
  BE AWARE OF RAPIDLY RISING WATER CONDITIONS.

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.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...
OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD
AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.

HIKERS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS ANY FLOODED WASHES. A FOOT `OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER CAN EASILY SWEEP YOU OFF YOUR FEET. MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND AND WAIT FOR THE FLOODWATERS TO RECEDE.

LAT...LON 3037 10383 3047 10479 2964 10481 2936 10426
          2920 10380

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 7, 2:09 PM CDT, 4 hours 14 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
209 PM CDT MON JUN 7 1999

TROF/DRYLINE BACKED AGAINST NM/TX MTNS TDA WITH DWPNTS IN 50S AND
60S ACRS CWA.  H5 SHRTWV TROF CONT NEWD FM NCNTRL TX PER WV STLT
IMAGERY.  H5 TROF CENTERED OVER PAC NW/SW BC WITH FLATTENED H5 RDG
ACRS MUCH OF SRN U.S. BUILDING WSWWD THRU TX.  UNMODIFIED 12Z KMAF
SNDG NOT AS IMPRESSIVE AS LAST COUPLE DAYS WITH -6 LI...CAPE ARND
1000 J/KG AND LTL TO NO CAP AGAIN.

AS H5 LOW EJECTS NEWD...OMEGA BLOCK FORMS OVER NWRN U.S. WITH BROAD
TROF UNDERCUTTING ACRS SWRN U.S. BY END OF PD.  END RESULT WILL BE
WEAK SHRTWV/S GRAZING MAINLY SERN N.M. THRU 00Z/10 IN WEAKER H5 FLOW.
LOW LVL MSTR WILL REMAIN ABUNDANT DURG THE SAME PD WITH
QUASI/STATIONARY TROF/DRYLINE PROVIDING FOCUS...MAINLY ACRS TX/N.M.
MTNS IN PERSISTENT LOW LVL SERN FLOW.  WEAK H7-5 LAYER Q/VECTOR
CONVERGENCE BCM EVIDENT OVER WRN TX/WRN NM TUE AFTN AND WITH
INCREASE IN MID LVL MSTR SHOULD BE ABLE TO DVLP/SUSTAIN CONVECTION.
H7-H5 Q VECTOR CONVERGENCE INCREASES SLGTLY THRU END OF WEEK...BUT
MID LVL THERMAL RDG ALSO BEGINS TO HEAT UP AND SHIFT EWD INTO AREA NR
END OF PD AND EXTENDED. THIS COULD SERVE TO SQUELCH SOME OF THE TSRA
CHC...SPCLY OVER ERN PORTIONS CWA. NOT SURE WHETHER 15-16C H7 TEMPS
ENUF TO HINDER TSRA OVER MTNS.

SLY/SELY WINDS WILL PERSIST THRU PD AT SFC WITH DIURNAL 20-30KT H85
JET.  XPC GENERALLY 5-15 MPH WINDS OVNGT/10-20 MPH DURG DAY WITH
BOUTS OF MORNING LOW CLDS MAINLY ACRS ERN SECTIONS CWA.

PREFER FAN TEMPS TO FWC...DESPITE INCREASE IN HIGH LVL SUBTROPICAL
MSTR AHD OF WRN TROF.  IN THE EXTENDED...WILL OPT FOR SLIGHT CHC POPS
AND LTL WARMER TEMPS AS H5 RDG/H7 THERMAL RDG BUILDS INTO AREA PER
CONSISTENCY IN MRF RUNS AND AGREEMENT IN OTHER MEDIUM RANGE MODELS.

MAF 68/92/67/93  2/1/2/1
CNM 67/93/66/94  3/2/2/2
MRF 58/89/58/90  3/2/3/2
P07 69/92/69/91  3/2/3/2

AKL

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