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Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 12, 1999, 5:06 AM CDT for Scurry County, Texas. It was in force for 4 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
- Jun 12, 1999, 5:06 AM CDT (10:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 1999, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Scurry County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 1134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -101 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2221 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMAF 121016 FFWMAF TXC415-121400- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND-ODESSA TX 506 AM CDT SAT JUN 12 1999 THE MIDLAND-ODESSA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SCURRY COUNTY IN TEXAS * UNTIL 900 AM CDT * AT 501 AM CDT...A RIVER GAUGE INDICATED THAT DEEP CREEK WAS RISING RAPIDLY. CURRENT STAGE IS 9 FEET. THE CREEK IS FORECAST TO RISE TO A STAGE BETWEEN 15 AND 20 FEET AROUND SUNRISE. MODERATE TO MAJOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. THE GAGE IS LOCATED NEAR 27TH STREET IN SNYDER. 26TH STREET BRIDGE IS LIKELY TO BECOME FLOODED AND BUSINESSES WITHIN A TWO BLOCK AREA OF THE CREEK ARE THREATENED INCLUDING THE FIRE STATION. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING INCLUDE... SNYDER EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE SERIOUS FLASH FLOODING OF CITY STEETS...SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...LOW SPOTS... UNDERPASSES...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND POSSIBLY SOME BUSINESSES ALONG DEEP CREEK. TAKE ACTION NOW! A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. LAT...LON 3293 10115 3256 10114 3259 10071 3294 10069 SD
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 12, 3:20 AM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 3:20 AM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 320 AM CDT SAT JUN 12 1999 LOTS TO CONSIDER THIS FORECAST CYCLE...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINS TO DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WEAK H5 ZONAL FLOW TO BECOME MORE NW BY TONIGHT. AS CURRENT S/W MOVES NE OUT OF W TX...SFC HIGH TO BUILD IN...PROVIDING ELY FLOW ACROSS FA. ETA FCST STRONG H5 DISTURBANCE TO MOVE DIRECTLY OVER FA TONIGHT. DRYLINE WILL BE FORCED FURTHER WEST AS ELY FLOW CONTINUES THROUGH SUNDAY. AMPLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IN PLACE WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES TO REMAIN BETWEEN 1-1.5 INCHES. CAPE VALUES ARE TO REMAIN HIGH WITH MINIMAL CAP FORECAST THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY. HPC HAS NEARLY THE ENTIRE AREA IN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OUTLOOK VALID THROUGH 12Z SUNDAY. BELIEVE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON IN MOIST UNSTABLE AIRMASS...PRIMARILY ACROSS MOUNTAINOUS AREAS DUE TO STRONG UPSLOPE FLOW. OTHER STORMS COULD FOCUS ALONG LEFTOVER TSTM OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. BELIEVE ONCE INITIATED...STORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE LATE NIGHT HOURS...AS 5H DISTURBANCE APPROACHES FROM THE NW. HEAVY RAINFALL IS VERY POSSIBLE...WITH MUCH OF THE CWA SATURATED FROM EXCESSIVE RAINFALL THE LAST FEW DAYS. WOULD RECOMMEND ISSUING FFA FOR ALL BUT ZONE 57 FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. BELIEVE MOST FLOODING RAINS WILL ACTUALLY COME DURING THE OVERNIGHT...BUT SOME FLOODING IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON DURING THE ONSET OF STORMS. MAF 88/66/83 364 CNM 90/64/87 353 MRF 84/62/81 343 P07 88/69/86 464 SD
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 12, 2:47 AM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
247 AM CDT SAT JUN 12 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0323 PM 2 E SARAGOSA TX 1 INCH HAIL
06/11/99 REEVES
0435 PM 7 S SARAGOSA TX 1.50 INCH HAIL
06/11/99 REEVES HAIL FELL FROM 435 TO
455 PM
0532 PM 7 W JAL NM 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/11/99 LEA
0625 PM 17 NW FRANKEL CITY TX 2.25 INCH HAIL
06/11/99 ANDREWS NICKEL TO OCNL LEMON
SIZED HAIL
0815 PM 26 SW FORT STOCKTON TX .75 INCH HAIL
06/11/99 PECOS
0852 PM 40 S FORT STOCKTON TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/11/99 PECOS
0900 PM MESQUITE TX WIND DAMAGE
06/11/99 BORDEN POWERLINES DOWN IN MESQUITE
0901 PM 15 NW GAIL TX FLASH FLOODING
06/11/99 BORDEN ONE FOOT OF WATER COVERING
FM 1054
0920 PM FLUVANNA TX .75 INCH HAIL
06/11/99 SCURRY
0920 PM FLUVANNA TX WIND DAMAGE
06/11/99 SCURRY HIGH WIND...HAIL CAR BLOWN
OFF THE ROAD
0940 PM 8 W SNYDER TX .75 INCH HAIL
06/11/99 SCURRY
0942 PM 21 SE GAIL TX WIND DAMAGE
06/11/99 BORDEN ROOF BLOWN OFF HOUSE
0943 PM 21 SE GAIL TX WIND DAMAGE
06/11/99 BORDEN POWER LINES DOWN NEAR LAKE
JB THOMAS
0945 PM 5 W SNYDER TX FLASH FLOODING
06/11/99 SCURRY 18 INCHES OF WATER OVER
HWY 180
1010 PM 4 S SNYDER TX .75 INCH HAIL
06/11/99 SCURRY
1015 PM 8 SW SNYDER TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/11/99 SCURRY
1029 PM 2 S SNYDER TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/11/99 SCURRY
1215 AM FLUVANNA TX FLASH FLOODING
06/12/99 SCURRY WATER MAKING ROADS
IMPASSABLE
0146 AM SNYDER TX FLASH FLOODING
06/12/99 SCURRY WATER COVERING HWY 84 FROM
DERMOTT TO SNYDER
RSBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Pecos | 61 min |
| Jun 11, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden | 49 min |
| Jun 11, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Pecos | 48 min |
| Jun 11, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 39 min |
| Jun 11, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden | 46 min |
| Jun 11, 9:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Borden, Scurry | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Pecos, Terrell | 51 min |
| Jun 11, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 66 min |
| Jun 11, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 35 min |
| Jun 11, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 77 min |
| Jun 12, 12:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Borden, Scurry | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 60 min |
| Jun 12, 1:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden | 24 min |
| Jun 12, 3:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Scurry | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 7:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 9:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Scurry | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 12:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Scurry | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 1:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Borden, Scurry | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 58 min |
| Jun 12, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 63 min |
| Jun 12, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Upton | 61 min |
| Jun 12, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Upton | 62 min |
| Jun 12, 6:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Upton | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Presidio | 46 min |
| Jun 12, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reagan | 62 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.