Flash Flood Warning 75, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

000 
WGUS74 KMAF 141804
FFSMAF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
101 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005

TXC329-142045-
MIDLAND-
101 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR
MIDLAND COUNTY...

AT 1255 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH
FLOODING IN MIDLAND.  FLOODING WAS OCCURRING ALONG LOOP 250 AND NEARBY
ROADS INCLUDING CUTHBERT AND ANDREWS HWY WITH WATER ABOUT A FOOT DEEP.
THE MIDLAND SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORT A CAR STRANDED IN HIGH WATER.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING
INCLUDE...MIDLAND...VALLEY VIEW AND GREENWOOD.

FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW
WATER CROSSINGS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE
ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.

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

LAT...LON 3167 10227 3167 10202 3168 10180 3206 10180
      3207 10227

$$

000 
WGUS74 KMAF 141826
FFSMAF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
124 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005

TXC329-142045-
MIDLAND-
124 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR
MIDLAND COUNTY...

AT 121 PM CDT...THE MIDLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT BATTALION CHIEF HAS REPORTED 
NUMEROUS VEHICLES STRANDED IN HIGH WATER AND HAS REQUESTED PERSONS IN MIDLAND 
STAY HOME AND OFF OF CITY STREETS.  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED 
ACROSS MIDLAND OVER THE NEXT HOUR WHICH WILL MAKE THE SITUATION WORSE.

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 3167 10227 3167 10202 3168 10180 3206 10180
      3207 10227

$$

000 
WGUS74 KMAF 141841
FFSMAF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
138 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005

TXC329-142045-
MIDLAND-
138 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR
MIDLAND COUNTY...

...A VERY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION IN MIDLAND...

...LOCAL OFFICIALS STRONGLY DISCOURAGE TRAVEL IN THE CITY...

NUMEROUS REPORTS ARE BEING RECEIVED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL AND 
THE MEDIA OF HIGH WATER RESCUES THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF MIDLAND. SOME 
REPORTS INDICATE UP TO 3 FEET OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER THROUGH SOME 
CITY STREETS.

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION. DO NOT VENTURE OUT 
ONTO THE CITY STREETS. 

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


LAT...LON 3167 10227 3167 10202 3168 10180 3206 10180
      3207 10227

$$

000 
WGUS74 KMAF 141859
FFSMAF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
153 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005

TXC329-142045-
MIDLAND-
153 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR
MIDLAND COUNTY...

...A LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOOD SITUATION CONTINUES IN MIDLAND...

...CITY OFFICIALS STRONGLY DISCOURAGE TRAVEL...

...CHILDREN SHOULD NOT PLAY IN FLOOD WATERS...

AT 152 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE PERIODS OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER MIDLAND. 
ADDITIONAL TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS SPREADING EAST OVER ECTOR 
COUNTY...AND WILL AFFECT MIDLAND BY 245 PM CDT. THIS WILL ONLY 
AGGRAVATE THE ALREADY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD.

THE MEDIA REPORTS CHILDREN PLAYING IN UP TO THREE FEET OF FLOOD 
WATERS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF GOLF COURSE ROAD AND GARFIELD. GET 
OUT OF FLOOD WATERS IMMEDIATELY MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO 
DRIVE ON CITY STREETS 

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

LAT...LON 3167 10227 3167 10202 3168 10180 3206 10180       
      3207 10227

$$

000 
WGUS74 KMAF 141915
FFSMAF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
213 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005

TXC329-142045-
MIDLAND-
213 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR
MIDLAND COUNTY...

...A VERY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING SITUATION CONTINUES IN MIDLAND...

...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING EAST TOWARD THE CITY...

AT 211 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A 
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL NEAR THE ECTOR AND 
MIDLAND COUNTY LINE. THIS VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE TOWARD THE 
MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BY 230 PM CDT...AND THE CITY OF 
MIDLAND BY 245 PM CDT. 

KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM CULVERTS... DITCHES... STORM DRAINS...AND
SWOLLEN CREEKS.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 
ROADWAY. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN.


LAT...LON 3167 10227 3167 10202 3168 10180 3206 10180
      3207 10227

$$

000 
WGUS74 KMAF 141934
FFSMAF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
231 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005

TXC329-142045-
MIDLAND-
231 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR
MIDLAND COUNTY...

...A LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOOD SITUATION CONTINUES IN MIDLAND...

...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AGAIN THREATENING THE CITY...

AT 226 PM CDT...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WAS FALLING OVER MIDLAND 
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...AND DOPPLER RADAR ADDITIONALLY INDICATES 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OVER THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CITY.

THIS TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE ALREADY DANGEROUS FLASH 
FLOOD CONDITIONS ACROSS THE CITY.

MOTORISTS ARE STRONGLY URGED TO REMAIN OFF CITY STREETS.

KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM CULVERTS... DITCHES... STORM DRAINS...AND
SWOLLEN CREEKS.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 
ROADWAY. MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE. TURN AROUND...DONT 
DROWN.


LAT...LON 3167 10227 3167 10202 3168 10180 3206 10180
      3207 10227

$$

000 
WGUS74 KMAF 141956
FFSMAF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
255 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005

TXC329-142045-
MIDLAND-
255 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR
MIDLAND COUNTY...

AT 250 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THAT THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL SUBSIDE OVER THE CITY OF MIDLAND BY 
330 PM CDT. RUNOFF THROUGH CITY STREETS WILL CONTINUE TO POSE A 
FLASH FLOOD THREAT THROUGH 345 PM CDT.

LOCAL EMERGENCY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO DISCOURAGE 
TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA. 

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.


LAT...LON 3167 10227 3167 10202 3168 10180 3206 10180
      3207 10227

$$

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.

&&

49/54

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