Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1999
Flash Flood Warning 98, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 2, 1999, 1:03 PM CDT for Loving County, Winkler 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
- Aug 2, 1999, 1:03 PM CDT (18:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 1999, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Loving County, TX, Winkler County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:02 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 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -203 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1458 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 Aug 2, 10:40 AM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 10:40 AM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1040 AM CDT MON AUG 2 1999 WILL UPDATE TO INCREASE POPS ACROSS NORTHWESTERN COUNTY WARNING... NORTHWEST PERMIAN BASIN...AND MENTION LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN BASED ON CURRENT RADAR TRENDS WITH TROPICAL LOW IN VICINITY. WILL TWEEK CLOUDS AND TEMPS ELSEWHERE BASED ON CURRENT TRENDS. .MAF... TX...NONE. NM...NONE. 12
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 2, 8:03 AM CDT, 5 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
803 AM CDT MON AUG 2 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0830 PM 12 NW GAIL TX WIND DAMAGE
08/01/99 BORDEN 2-3 TREE LIMBS DOWNED BY
THUNDERSTORM WINDSLocal storm report, Aug 2, 8:03 AM CDT, 5 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
803 AM CDT MON AUG 2 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0830 PM 12 NW GAIL TX WIND DAMAGE
08/01/99 BORDEN 2-3 TREE LIMBS DOWNED BY
THUNDERSTORM WINDSLocal storm report, Aug 2, 9:32 AM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
932 AM CDT MON AUG 2 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0923 AM SEMINOLE TX URBAN FLOODING
08/02/99 GAINES STREET FLOODING REPORTED
BY GAINES COUNTY SD
0927 AM 4 NW SEMINOLE TX FLASH FLOODING
08/02/99 GAINES WATER FLOWING OVER TX 214
REPORTED BY GAINES COUNTY
SDLocal storm report, Aug 2, 9:32 AM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
932 AM CDT MON AUG 2 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0923 AM SEMINOLE TX URBAN FLOODING
08/02/99 GAINES STREET FLOODING REPORTED
BY GAINES COUNTY SD
0927 AM 4 NW SEMINOLE TX FLASH FLOODING
08/02/99 GAINES WATER FLOWING OVER TX 214
REPORTED BY GAINES COUNTY
SDSpecial weather statement, Aug 2, 11:23 AM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
NMZ027>029-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-079>082-030500- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1123 AM CDT MON AUG 2 1999 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN WEST TEXAS: ANDREWS CULBERSON GLASSCOCK MARTIN PRESIDIO TERRELL BORDEN DAWSON HOWARD MIDLAND REAGAN UPTON BREWSTER ECTOR JEFF DAVIS MITCHELL REEVES WARD CRANE GAINES LOVING PECOS SCURRY WINKLER AND IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO: EDDY LEA SYNOPSIS: AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED NEAR LAMESA WILL MOVE ONLY SLOWLY NORTH TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS MOIST AND UNSTABLE...AFTERNOON HEATING AND LIFT PROVIDED FROM THIS LOW PRESSURE AREA ALONG WITH NUMEROUS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WILL TRIGGER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY INTO TONIGHT. THE HIGHEST THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PERMIAN BASIN CLOSEST TO THE TRACK OF THE LOW. THIS WOULD INCLUDE THE TOWNS OF GAIL... LAMESA...TARZAN...ANDREWS...SEMINOLE...AND HOBBS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING AND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...HOWEVER SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED IN SOME LOCALIZED AREAS ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PERMAIN BASIN TODAY INTO TONIGHT...MAINLY TO COORDINATE ANY FLASH FLOODING INFORMATION. FOR THE WEST CENTRAL TEXAS OUTLOOK SEE PRODUCT LBBSPSSJT. 12
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 11:23 AM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
NMZ027>029-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-079>082-030500- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1123 AM CDT MON AUG 2 1999 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN WEST TEXAS: ANDREWS CULBERSON GLASSCOCK MARTIN PRESIDIO TERRELL BORDEN DAWSON HOWARD MIDLAND REAGAN UPTON BREWSTER ECTOR JEFF DAVIS MITCHELL REEVES WARD CRANE GAINES LOVING PECOS SCURRY WINKLER AND IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO: EDDY LEA SYNOPSIS: AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED NEAR LAMESA WILL MOVE ONLY SLOWLY NORTH TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS MOIST AND UNSTABLE...AFTERNOON HEATING AND LIFT PROVIDED FROM THIS LOW PRESSURE AREA ALONG WITH NUMEROUS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WILL TRIGGER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY INTO TONIGHT. THE HIGHEST THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PERMIAN BASIN CLOSEST TO THE TRACK OF THE LOW. THIS WOULD INCLUDE THE TOWNS OF GAIL... LAMESA...TARZAN...ANDREWS...SEMINOLE...AND HOBBS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING AND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...HOWEVER SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED IN SOME LOCALIZED AREAS ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PERMAIN BASIN TODAY INTO TONIGHT...MAINLY TO COORDINATE ANY FLASH FLOODING INFORMATION. FOR THE WEST CENTRAL TEXAS OUTLOOK SEE PRODUCT LBBSPSSJT. 12
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 7:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Brewster | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 7:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Scurry | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 9:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Gaines | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 11:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Dawson | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1999Every flash flood warning in 1999
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.