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Flash Flood Warning 48, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 11, 1999, 4:53 PM CDT for Reeves 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 11, 1999, 4:53 PM CDT (21:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 1999, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Reeves County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 2010 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 719 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 312 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.9
- Supercell composite
- 7.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMAF 112158 FFWMAF TXC389-120100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND-ODESSA TX 453 PM CDT FRI JUN 11 1999 THE MIDLAND-ODESSA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EASTERN REEVES COUNTY IN TEXAS * UNTIL 800 PM CDT * AT 451 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BALMORHEA... MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. PREVIOUS RAINS DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS HAVE SATURATED THE GROUND...FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY ACROSS THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF REEVES COUNTY. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING INCLUDE... TOYAH LAKE...TOYAVALE...VERHALEN...SARAGOSA...PECOS AND BALMORHEA CREEKS AND ARROYOS IN EASTERN PECOS COUNTY WILL LIKELY SEE RAPIDLY RISING WATER CONDITIONS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DE^PTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. MARTIN
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 Jun 11, 3:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 3:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 345 PM CDT THU JUN 10 1999 SHORT TERM... STRONG TO SEVERE CONVECTION HAS FIRED OVER THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS... WITH CONVECTION IMMINENT ALONG THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY EXTENDING FROM THE ABILENE AREA NORTHWEST TO AROUND LUBBOCK. SPC HAS PULLED TRIGGERS ON WATCHES EXTENDING INTO SOUTHERN REACHES OF THE CWA... PLEASE REFER TO WATCH STATUS MESSAGES FOR ADDITIONAL MESOSCALE INFO. SIGNIFICANT THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL DESPITE HIGH WBZ'S. IN ADDITION...HIGH PRECIP WATER VALUES AND SLOW MOVEMENT ARGUE FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...BUT BECAUSE THE ANTECEDENT PRECIP VALUES ARE LOW...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH DOES NOT APPEAR IMMINENT AT THIS TIME. PER LBB'S REQUEST...SCURRY COUNTY WILL BE FOLDED INTO A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WITH THE 430 PM ZONE ISSUANCE. PRECIP SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT...SUPPORTED BY GOOD LOW LEVEL INFLOW...A PLETHORA OF OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES...AN APPROACHING WEAK SHORTWAVE TROUGH...AND FAVORABLE UPPER JET DYNAMICS. INDEED... WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SUGGESTS A SIGNIFICANT JET STREAK PUNCHING ACROSS NORTHERN MEXICO. SIGNIFICANT HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT...HOWEVER...WILL REMAIN TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE CWA. LONG TERM... THE KEY TO THE LATTER PERIODS WILL BE WHERE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES SET UP. AGAIN...GIVEN FAVORABLE THERMODYNAMICS AND THE PRESENCE OF THESE BOUNDARIES...A REPEAT PERFORMANCE OF DIURNAL CONVECTION LOOKS REASONABLE SATURDAY AND AGAIN ON SUNDAY. GUIDANCE EXTREMA LOOK ACCEPTABLE WITH MINOR REVISIONS AT THIS END. REAL LONG TERM... LONG RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE BUILDING UPPER HEIGHTS OVER THE WESTERN U.S. AND A DEVELOPING LONGWAVE TROUGH OVER THE NORTHEAST. WITH SOME NORTHWESTERLY FLOW AND A CONTINUED UNSTABLE AIRMASS...WIDELY SCATTERED DIURNAL CONVECTION LOOKS TO BE A GOOD BET WITH NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. THAT'S A WRAP...LBB WZIS...ABQ SHORTLY...AND BOX SCORES FOLLOW...70. MAF 69/88/68/88 5332 CNM 68/92/67/92 2222 MRF 62/89/60/88 3333 P07 70/92/70/90 4333
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 12:08 PM CDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before
NMZ027>029-TXZ045>048-050>052-057>063-067>070-074-075-079>082-120500- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1205 PM CDT (1105 AM MDT) FRI JUN 11 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 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. THE PRIMARY RISK AREA IS GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF AN ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... ALPINE LINE. SYNOPSIS: THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. CONVERGENCE ALONG A SURFACE DRYLINE WILL SERVE AS ONE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS EXTREME EASTERN NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER FOCUS WILL BE A STRONG OUTLFOW BOUNDARY HEADING SOUTH FROM THE TEXAS PANHANDLE TOWARD THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN. A THIRD FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE UPSLOPE FLOW ACROSS THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS. IN ADDITION THE AIRMASS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION. THE WINDS ALOFT SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO ALLOW THUNDERSTORMS TO LAST INTO THE NIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL MOVE SLOWLY AND PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES EXCEEDING 1 INCH PER HOUR. THIS MAY RESULT IN LOCAL AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING. LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS...STORM SPOTTER GROUPS...AND OTHER INTERESTED CONCERNS SHOULD MONITOR THIS SITUATION AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN YOUR AREA. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. FOR THE WEST CENTRAL TEXAS OUTLOOK...PLEASE SEE PRODUCT LBBSPSSJT (WWUS35 KSJT). 12
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Winkler | 54 min |
| Jun 10, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 61 min |
| Jun 11, 12:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 67 min |
| Jun 11, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 56 min |
| Jun 11, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 47 min |
| Jun 11, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 50 min |
| Jun 11, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 47 min |
| Jun 11, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews | 45 min |
| Jun 11, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 43 min |
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.