Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Oct 16, 2000, 8:55 PM CDT (01:55 UTC)

Expired

Oct 17, 2000, 12:00 AM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Pecos County, TX

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 175 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WUUS54 KMAF 170157
SVRMAF
TXC371-170500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
855 PM CDT MON OCT 16 2000

THE MIDLAND-ODESSA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN PECOS COUNTY IN TEXAS

* UNTIL 1200 AM CDT

* SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PASSED ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN PECOS 
  COUNTY TONIGHT...PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL. RADAR IS ESTIMATING 
  THAT THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED A WIDE SWATH OF 3 TO 6 INCH 
  RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 385...ABOUT 20 TO 
  35 MILES SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF FORT STOCKTON. 

* SOME OF THE AREAS THAT ARE AFFECTED BY THIS WARNING INCLUDE...
  U.S. 385 SOUTH OF FORT STOCKTON...LOCAL RANCH ROADS 20-35 MILES
  SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF FORT STOCKTON...AND SEVERAL AREA CREEKS 
  AND DRAWS...ESPECIALLY SIXSHOOTER DRAW. 

HEAVY RAINS HAVE FALLEN IN A BAND ABOUT 20 TO 35 MILES SOUTH AND 
SOUTHWEST OF FORT STOCKTON...IN SOUTHWESTERN PECOS COUNTY. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA LATER TONIGHT...WHICH COULD 
CONTRIBUTE AN EXTRA INCH OR TWO OF PRECIPITATION.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT
QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY
IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE MIDLAND-ODESSA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.

LAT...LON 3052 10323 3038 10304 3046 10288 3053 10283
          3071 10278 3070 10319 3063 10323

DJK

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Oct 16, 3:20 PM CDT, 5 hours 35 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
320 PM CDT MON OCT 16 2000

MUCH OF THE SAME AS THE LAST FEW DAYS.  ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
REMAINS OVER THE AREA.  AREAS ACROSS THE WRN ZONES RECEIVING PLENTY
OF SUNSHINE AND THIS HAS HELP CREATE ENOUGH INSTABILITY FOR SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.  THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
LIKELY DIE OFF DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS TONIGHT AS ATMOSPHERE
WILL STABILIZE AGAIN.  WILL LIKELY SEE A RETURN OF LOW CLOUDS
AND FOG TO MANY AREAS EAST OF THE PECOS AS EASTERLY COMPONENT
OF WIND CONTINUES.  FOG WILL LIKELY HANG AROUND THROUGH MIDDAY
TOMORROW.  BEYOND THAT A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY IN THE MODELS AS THEY
COMBINE A S/WV MOVING THROUGH THE FOUR CORNERS REGION AND A S/WV
MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN MEXICO.  THESE TWO S/WVS END UP STALLING OUT
OVER WEST TEXAS.  GIVEN THAT AND THE AMOUNT OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IN
PLACE...HAVE INCLUDED SLIGHT CHANCE POPS THROUGH WEDNESDAY FOR WRN
AREAS.

FOR THE EXTENDED...UNTIL THE MOISTURE LEAVES THE AREA AND MEAN UPR
LVL FLOW PATTERNS CHANGE...CONTINUED S/WV ACTIVITY AND MIX OF SUN
AND CLOUDS WILL PROVIDE THE LIFT FOR SLIGHT CHANCE POPS EACH DAY OVER
THE ENTIRE AREA.

MAF  53/74/53/77    22--
LSA  47/73/46/75    22--
E41  57/75/57/77    22--
6R6  61/75/62/77    22--
MRF  50/75/50/76    3322
CNM  48/75/49/77    2222

.MAF...
TX...NONE.
NM...NONE.

MARTIN

In the hours before

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-162200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
322 PM CDT MON OCT 16 2000

.SYNOPSIS...
THE COMBINATION OF A WEAK COLD FRONT NEAR THE AREA...ABUNDANT LOW
AND MID LEVEL MOISTURE...AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVING ACROSS
THE AREA... WILL RESULT IN A CONTINUATION OF WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO THIS
AFTERNOON...TONIGHT...AND TOMORROW.

.THREATS...

THUNDERSTORMS...
WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ACROSS WEST
TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO THROUGH TONIGHT.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL DEVELOP MAINLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS.  THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO
DEVELOP ARE EXPECTED TO STAY BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...ALTHOUGH SMALL
HAIL AND BRIEF WIND GUSTS TO 50 MILES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.  SINCE THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE
HEAVY RAIN...LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

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