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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

August 14, 200612 counties in Texas; Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood watch at Aug 14, 2006, 4:50 AM CDT for 12 counties in Texas; Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico. It took effect at Aug 14, 2006, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 14, 2006, 4:50 AM CDT (09:50 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 14, 2006, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
Aug 17, 2006, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
3 days
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Flood severity
None

Counties Eddy County, NM, Lea County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Crane County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Ector County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Loving County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Upton County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 watch went out at Aug 13, 2:33 PM CDT, 14 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 2:33 PM CDT, 14 hours 17 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 7:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEctor3 hr
Aug 13, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews67 min
Aug 13, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor60 min
Aug 13, 10:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEctor3 hr
Aug 13, 11:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFGaines3 hr
Aug 13, 11:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFDawson3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Texas, 2006Flash Flood Watches in New Mexico, 2006Every flash flood watch in 2006

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.