Flash Flood Warning 72, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

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WGUS74 KMAF 141425
FFSMAF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
922 AM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005

NMC025-141700-
LEA-
822 AM MDT SUN AUG 14 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM MDT FOR
CENTRAL LEA COUNTY...

AT 818 AM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 
FLOODING ON SEVERAL ROADS IN HOBBS INCLUDING TURNER STREET.  THIS 
STORM WAS BETWEEN HOBBS AND LOVINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING 
INCLUDE...HOBBS AND LOVINGTON.

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. MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE. TURN
AROUND... DONT DROWN.

TO REPORT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.

LAT...LON 3296 10376 3253 10372 3252 10308 3301 10306

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECT FLOOD WATCH INFORMATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
332 AM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005

.SHORT TERM...
WATER VAPOR DEPICTS ABUNDANCE OF MID/UPR MSTR ACRS REGION. SW MID
LEVEL FLOW IS ESTABLISHED PER RIDGE ACRS NRN GULF AND BROAD
TROFFING ACRS SWRN STATES. WATER VAPOR DEFINITIVELY PLACES PRIMARY
UPPER LOW JUST S OF TUCSON WITH SECONDARY SHRTWV TROF ACRS ERN NM.
MEANWHILE 06Z MSAS DATA INDICATED LEADING EDGE OF COLD FRONT NEAR
AN ARTESIA TO POST LINE. 6HR ETA20 SFC WIND FCST IS SOMEWHAT CLOSE
TO THIS WHILE NOT BRINGING PRECIP FAR ENUF S. ACCORDING TO NAM
UPGLIDE ALONG I310K SFC IS RESPECTABLE ACRS SE NM AND PB WITH DEEP
S WINDS...KMAF VWP WINDS SUPPORTS THIS WITH SLY WINDS THRU 10KFT
AGL. 3H STREAMLINES INDICATE UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE ACRS NRN
MEXICO AND FAR W TX THRU MID MORNING AND SEE LITTLE REASON WHY
SHRA/TSRA WON/T CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THRU 15Z. OTHERWISE GFS/NAM
HANDLE LIFTING UPPER LOW S OF TUCSON DIFFERENTLY WITH GFS BRINGING
LIFT FARTHER E. WHILE BETTER AGREEMENT IN THAT FRONT WILL BE
DRAPED ACRS PB THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING AND THAT LOW LEVEL MSTR
CONVERGENCE ALONG/INVOF BOUNDARY WILL BE STRONG. MEANWHILE MID
LEVEL THETA-E RIDGE AXIS WILL BE JUXTAPOSITION SFC FRONT WITH
STEERING FLOW PROBABLY VEERING TO SW AND SETTING UP A TRAINING
CELL PATTERN LATER THIS EVENING. THUS CONCERNS FOR HEAVY/FLOODING
RAINS ARE HIGH AND WILL CONTINUE FLASH FLOOD WATCH. KMAF 88D STP
INDICATES THAT SE NM/NRN CWFA AND PARTS OF THE TRANS PECOS HAVE
HAD AT LEAST SCATTERED AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT RAINS LAST 24HRS AND
WITH HEAVY RAINS EXPECTED TO EVENTUALLY FOCUS ACRS PB TONIGHT WILL
OPT TO KEEP WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CWFA THRU SUN AM. ALSO
CONCERNED THAT RIO GRANDE RIVER LEVELS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED INTO
MON AS IR INDICATES HEAVY RAINS LATE SAT EVENING FELL ACRS THE
CONCHOS BASIN AND EXPECT THAT RUNOFF WILL BE GENERATED QUICKLY N
OF RIO GRANDE TODAY/TONIGHT. HIGH TEMPS CERTAINLY WELL BLO NORMAL.

.LONG TERM...
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE OVER THE CWA MONDAY AS A COLD FRONT REMAINS DRAPED ACROSS
THE AREA. UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVING THROUGH THE AREA WILL ALSO
CONTRIBUTE TO THE PRECIPITATION.

ON TUESDAY...THE NEXT UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CWA
INTERACTING WITH A MOIST UNSTABLE AIRMASS TO PRODUCE ANOTHER ROUND
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THEREFORE...WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS OVER
MOST OF THE REGION THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.

BY WEDNESDAY AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE EASTERN UNITED STATES
WILL BEGIN TO BUILD WESTWARD AND WILL PUSH THE PRECIPITATION TO THE
WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE AREA.  WILL KEEP SLIGHT POPS OVER THE
WESTERN AREAS OF THE CWA WITH THE HIGHEST POPS IN THE DAVIS
MOUNTAINS.  THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
OVER THE WESTERN CWA THROUGH FRIDAY.

MODELS HINT AT A COLD FRONT TRYING TO APPROACH THE CWA NEXT
WEEKEND...BUT WITH THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IN PLACE IT WILL HAVE A
DIFFICULT TIME GETTING THIS FAR SOUTH.  THEREFORE...WILL KEEP THE
HIGHEST POPS IN THE WESTERN CWA...ESPECIALLY THE MOUNTAINS...
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOL MONDAY DUE TO THE COOL AIRMASS AND
RAINFALL.  AS THE HIGH BUILDS INTO THE REGION...INCREASING HEIGHTS
WILL RESULT IN A WARMING TREND BEGINNING TUESDAY.  NEAR NORMAL
TEMPERATURES BY THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEK.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BIG SPRING TX              84  68  86  70 /  80  90  50  30
CARLSBAD NM                83  67  84  66 /  80  60  50  30
DRYDEN TX                  89  70  87  72 /  60  80  50  30
FORT STOCKTON TX           86  68  85  71 /  70  90  50  40
GUADALUPE PASS TX          76  63  80  65 /  70  60  50  30
HOBBS NM                   81  66  83  67 /  80  50  50  30
MARFA TX                   78  61  79  61 /  70  70  50  40
MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX    83  68  84  70 /  80  90  50  40
ODESSA TX                  84  69  87  71 /  80  90  50  40
WINK TX                    88  70  89  72 /  80  90  50  40

&&

.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM MONDAY FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: CENTRAL LEA COUNTY...EDDY COUNTY
     PLAINS...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY...NORTHERN LEA
     COUNTY...AND SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY.

TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 7 AM MONDAY FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: ANDREWS...BIG BEND
     AREA...BORDEN...CRANE...DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS
     AREA...DAWSON...ECTOR...GAINES...GLASSCOCK...GUADALUPE
     MOUNTAINS...HOWARD...LOVING...MARFA
     PLATEAU...MARTIN...MIDLAND...MITCHELL...PECOS...PRESIDIO
     VALLEY...REAGAN...REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS
     PECOS...SCURRY...TERRELL...UPTON...VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54
     CORRIDOR...WARD...AND WINKLER.

&&

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
454 AM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-142000-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-
NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-
DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL-
VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-
LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-
DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU-
BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
454 AM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005 /354 AM MDT SUN AUG 14 2005/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN
NEW MEXICO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS A LARGE PART OF THE AREA TODAY
AND TONIGHT. SOILS ARE NEAR SATURATION IN MANY PLACES AND
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL QUICKLY GENERATE RUNOFF. ACROSS
SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN SHOWERS AND
STORMS WILL BE FAVORED TO DEVELOP IN VICINITY OF A SLOW MOVING
COLD FRONT TODAY. AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTH INTO THE PERMIAN
BASIN BY EVENING THE CHANCE FOR HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO SHIFT SOUTH
AND EAST. ACROSS THE TRANS PECOS HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO
RESULT IN FLOODING OF CREEKS...ARROYOS...AND RIO GRANDE
TRIBUTARIES. RIO GRANDE RIVER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED BECOME ELEVATED
BY TONIGHT. ALSO LOCAL DOWNBURST WINDS TO 60 MPH AND SMALL HAIL
WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE
OUTLOOK AREA ON MONDAY. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE
SEVERE... HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE
STORMS. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED...FLOODING OF LOW LYING
AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
LOCAL SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY OFFICIALS SHOULD MONITOR THE
WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR POSSIBLE FLOODING PROBLEMS THROUGH MONDAY.

THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES...
AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
MIDLAND CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT /LOWER CASE/
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND