Flash Flood Warning 177, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

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WGUS74 KMAF 022321
FFSMAF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
617 PM CDT THU AUG 2 2007

TXC043-377-030015-
BREWSTER-PRESIDIO-
617 PM CDT THU AUG 2 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
NORTHERN PRESIDIO AND NORTHERN BREWSTER COUNTIES...

AT 614 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT THUNDERSTORM ACROSS MUCH OF PRESIDIO AND BREWSTER COUNTIES.  
THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING AND ARE MOVING 
SOUTH AT 5 MPH.  THE HEAVIEST RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED ON SH 118 THIRTY
MILES SOUTH OF ALPINE. 

THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...EASTERN PRESIDIO COUNTY AND WESTERN BREWSTER COUNTY.

MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE... AND MANY OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS
DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. IT IS NEVER SAFE TO DRIVE ON FLOODED
ROADS. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER TO QUICKLY
CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN.

LAT...LON 2990 10454 3061 10495 3038 10382 3063 10345
      3006 10268 2981 10249
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 338DEG 7KT 3001 10385

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
231 PM CDT THU AUG 2 2007

.SHORT TERM...
UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER WEST TEXAS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY MOVE TO THE
SOUTHWEST TROUGH THE SHORT TERM.  IN ADDITION...A HIGH OVER
SOUTHEAST COLORADO WILL RIDGE INTO THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES.  UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE AROUND
THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE UPPER RIDGE INTO THE CWA.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP OVER THE CWA LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AS UPPER LEVEL WAVES MOVE OVER THE AREA FROM THE NORTH.
THE MAIN FOCUS WILL BE GENERALLY SOUTH AND WEST OF THE PECOS RIVER
CLOSER TO THE UPPER...HOWEVER THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE ENTIRE
CWA. WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE CONTINUING TO BE ENSCONCED OVER THE AREA
HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO BE A CONCERN.  HAVE
EXTENDED THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 12Z FRIDAY IN EFFECT FOR THE
ENTIRE CWA.

WILL STAY CLOSER TO THE NGM ON LOW TEMPERATURES AS THE GFS AND NAM
STILL TEND TO BE A LITTLE TOO HIGH.  LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE GENERALLY
IN THE 60S AND 70S WITH MOST 70S IN THE PECOS RIVER VALLEY AND IN
THE EXTREME SOUTHERN CWA.

.LONG TERM...
THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH THAT DROPPED SOUTH THROUGH THE PANHANDLE LAST
NIGHT AND RESULTED IN THE LARGE MCS WILL STILL BE OVER SOUTHWEST
TEXAS FRIDAY MORNING.  THEREFORE...HAVE INCREASED POPS OVER THE
WESTERN CWA TO ACCOUNT FOR THE PRESENCE OF THIS FEATURE.
PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE OVER THESE
AREAS...SO ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING LOOKS
POSSIBLE.  ANOTHER SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL TRAIL THIS WAVE...POSSIBLY
OVER THE PERMIAN BASIN BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON.  WILL CARRY SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND STORMS OVER MUCH OF THE REST OF THE CWA DUE TO THIS
WAVE.  WOULD EXTEND THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY...BUT
THINK THE WATCH AREA WILL NEED TO BE RECONFIGURED.  WILL ALLOW THE
EVENING OR MID SHIFT REFINE THE AREA...SINCE THE CURRENT WATCH WILL
BE EXTENDED UNTIL 12 UTC FRIDAY.  WILL MENTION IN THE HWO THAT THE
WATCH COULD VERY LIKELY CONTINUE ALONG AND WEST OF THE PECOS RIVER
FRIDAY FROM THE SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO PLAINS...SOUTHWARD THROUGH
THE BIG BEND REGION.

THE AFOREMENTIONED FEATURES WILL MOVE ONLY SLOWLY WESTWARD AS AN
UPPER RIDGE BUILDS EAST INTO THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN PLAINS FRIDAY.
SO WILL GO AHEAD AND HOLD ON TO A CHANCE OF SHRA/TSRA OVER THE FAR
WESTERN ZONES FRIDAY NIGHT.  THEREAFTER...EXPECT THE UPPER RIDGE TO
BUILD FAR ENOUGH SOUTH TO KEEP POPS TO WIDELY SCATTERED COVERAGE ON
SATURDAY AND BEYOND.  THIS AS MOST WESTWARD BOUND SHORTWAVE TROUGHS
WILL LIKELY TRAVERSE MEXICO AROUND THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE
UPPER RIDGE...AS OPPOSED TO THE BIG BEND REGION OR POINTS FURTHER
NORTH.  WARMER...IF NOT HOT...TEMPERATURES COULD BE IN THE OFFING
AREAWIDE IF THE RIDGE BUILDS AS PROGGED.  SO FAR THIS SPRING AND
SUMMER...THE UPPER RIDGE HAS NOT BUILT OVER THE AREA AS THE MODELS
HAVE INDICATED.  MAYBE THIS TIME.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...
ADDITIONAL RISES...IF NOT FLOODING...WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE
RIO GRANDE THIS AFTERNOON...TONIGHT AND FRIDAY AS THERE WILL BE A
GOOD CHANCE OF HEAVY RAINFALL THERE DURING THIS TIME.  SOILS ARE
ALREADY SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINFALL...AND ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RESULT IN A RAPID RUNOFF OF EXCESSIVE WATER.
THE POTENTIAL ALSO EXISTS FOR RAPID RISES ON THE PECOS RIVER AND
IT/S TRIBUTARIES DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BIG SPRING TX              69  87  69  91  /  60  40  10  10
CARLSBAD NM                69  85  69  94  /  60  60  20  10
DRYDEN TX                  72  90  72  91  /  60  60  30  10
FORT STOCKTON TX           71  86  70  91  /  60  60  20  10
GUADALUPE PASS TX          62  78  62  87  /  60  60  40  10
HOBBS NM                   69  88  70  93  /  60  50  20  10
MARFA TX                   63  79  60  83  /  70  70  40  20
MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX    68  86  70  93  /  60  50  20  10
ODESSA TX                  70  86  70  93  /  60  50  20  10
WINK TX                    70  90  71  98  /  60  60  20  10

&&

.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM MDT FRIDAY
     FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...CENTRAL LEA COUNTY...EDDY COUNTY
     PLAINS...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY...NORTHERN LEA
     COUNTY...SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY.

TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 3 PM CDT /2 PM MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7
     AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ FRIDAY 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...
     WINKLER.

&&

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
245 PM CDT THU AUG 2 2007

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-031945-
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-
245 PM CDT THU AUG 2 2007 /145 PM MDT THU AUG 2 2007/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER
THE AREA TONIGHT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY
RAINFALL AND FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO BE A CONCERN OVER THE AREA
TONIGHT. RAINFALL RATES OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR AND DOWNBURST
WINDS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL CONTINUE IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 AM FRIDAY
MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST
ROUGHLY WEST OF THE PECOS RIVER THROUGH FRIDAY. SINCE THE MOISTURE
CONTENT IN THE ATMOSPHERE WILL STILL BE VERY HIGH THERE...HEAVY
RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE AND ANOTHER FLASH
FLOOD WATCH MAY BE ISSUED BY LATE TONIGHT.

MORE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FURTHER EAST.
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS...BUT
COVERAGE IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS GREAT AS FURTHER WEST.  RAPID
RISES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ON PORTIONS OF THE PECOS RIVER AND IT/S
TRIBUTARIES DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

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://WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1059 AM CDT THU AUG 02 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0915 AM     FLASH FLOOD      FORT STOCKTON           30.89N 102.89W
08/02/2007                   PECOS              TX   PUBLIC

            COMMANCHE SPRINGS IS RUNNING 2 FEET DEEP AND OVER THE

            ROADS IN AND AROUND ROONEY PARK. ROADS HAVE BEEN BLOCKED.

&&

JGUDMEST

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1216 PM CDT THU AUG 02 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1200 AM     FLASH FLOOD      3 N LENORAH             32.35N 101.88W
08/02/2007                   MARTIN             TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            8 INCHES OF WATER FLOWING ACROSS THE INTERSECTION OF FM
            846 AND SH 137 IN NORTHERN MARTIN COUNTY

1200 AM     FLASH FLOOD      16 NNW STANTON          32.34N 101.89W
08/02/2007                   MARTIN             TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            8 INCHES OF WATER FLOWING ACROSS THE INTERSECTION OF SH
            137 AND FM 846.

0112 AM     FLASH FLOOD      MIDLAND                 32.00N 102.08W
08/02/2007                   MIDLAND            TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HIGH WATER RESCUES IN MIDLAND. THE INTERSECTIONS OF
            ILLINOIS AND STONYBROOK, HWY 191 AND LOOP 250 AND MIDLAND
            DR AND WALL ST WERE COMPLETELY FLOODED. VEHICLES WASHED
            OFF THE ROAD IN MIDLAND.

0112 AM     FLASH FLOOD      MIDLAND                 32.00N 102.08W
08/02/2007                   MIDLAND            TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FLASH FLOODING REPORTED AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF ILLINOIS
            AND STONYBROOK...HIGHWAY 191 AND LOOP 250 AND MIDLAND
            DRIVE AND WALL STREET. MULTIPLE HIGH WATER RESCUES WERE
            IN PROGRESS.

0130 AM     FLASH FLOOD      MIDLAND                 32.00N 102.08W
08/02/2007                   MIDLAND            TX   PUBLIC

            HIGH WATER/FLASH FLOODING REACHING NEAR DOORS OF
            RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS ALONG ROOSEVELT STREET NEAR
            MIDLAND DRIVE AND ILLINOIS AVE.

0149 AM     FLASH FLOOD      3 S MIDLAND             31.96N 102.08W
08/02/2007                   MIDLAND            TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            10 INCHES OF WATER FLOWING ACROSS STATE HIGHWAY 349 SOUTH
            OF INTERSTATE 20.

0200 AM     FLASH FLOOD      ANDREWS                 32.32N 102.55W
08/02/2007                   ANDREWS            TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ROAD CLOSURES FROM 2 AM TO AT LEAST 8 AM

0210 AM     FLASH FLOOD      ODESSA                  31.85N 102.37W
08/02/2007                   ECTOR              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ODESSA POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTS FLASH FLOODING AT THE
            INTERSECTIONS OF 36TH AND DIXIE...52ND AND DIXIE...DIXIE
            AND UNIVERSITY AVE...AND 52ND AND ESMUND. MULTIPLE HIGH
            WATER RESCUES ONGOING.

0300 AM     FLASH FLOOD      ODESSA                  31.85N 102.37W
08/02/2007                   ECTOR              TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

            FLASH FLOODING AND HIGH WATER RESCUES REPORTED AT 31ST
            AND DIXIE. MULTIPLE CARS STALLED AT THE INTERSECTION OF
            JBS PARKWAY AND 42ND STREET.

0330 AM     FLASH FLOOD      MIDLAND                 32.00N 102.08W
08/02/2007                   MIDLAND            TX   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            ONGOING HIGH WATER RESCUES/FLASH FLOODING - W BOUND HWY
            80 CLOSED AT 1788

0430 AM     FLASH FLOOD      ODESSA                  31.85N 102.37W
08/02/2007                   ECTOR              TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

            PORTIONS OF BUSINESS 20/HIGHWAY 80 BEING CLOSED IN ODESSA
            DUE TO HIGH WATER/FLOODING.

0520 AM     FLASH FLOOD      ODESSA                  31.85N 102.37W
08/02/2007                   ECTOR              TX   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            HIGH WATER RESCUE AT UNDISCLOSED LOCATION IN ODESSA

0530 AM     FLASH FLOOD      ODESSA                  31.85N 102.37W
08/02/2007                   ECTOR              TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

            SEVERE FLOODING NEAR MEM FUNDOME NEAR SUNSET AND COUNTRY
            CLUB DR

0600 AM     FLASH FLOOD      20 WNW CRANE            31.50N 102.66W
08/02/2007                   CRANE              TX   CO-OP OBSERVER

            6 INCH POOLS OF WATER AND WATER INSIDE CONTROL ROOM AT
            CHEVRON-WARREN PETROLEUM

0610 AM     FLASH FLOOD      WINK                    31.76N 103.15W
08/02/2007                   WINKLER            TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            POWER LINES DOWN DUE TO LIGHTNING. 1 FOOT OF WATER OVER
            HWY 115.

0611 AM     FLASH FLOOD      ODESSA                  31.85N 102.37W
08/02/2007                   ECTOR              TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

            SEVERE FLOODING LOOP 338 W INTO ODESSA

0715 AM     FLASH FLOOD      20 N FORT STOCKTON      31.18N 102.89W
08/02/2007                   PECOS              TX   OTHER FEDERAL

            2 FT OF WATER ON HWY 1053

0800 AM     FLASH FLOOD      ODESSA                  31.85N 102.37W
08/02/2007                   ECTOR              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            REPORTED WATER RECEDING IN SOME AREA, BUT STILL STANDING
            OR RUNNING WATER OVER ROADWAYS. FLOATING DUMPSTER ON 25TH
            BETWEEN ADAMS AND EISENHOWER.

0800 AM     FLASH FLOOD      CARLSBAD                32.40N 104.24W
08/02/2007                   EDDY               NM   TRAINED SPOTTER

            1 FOOT OF RUNNING WATER ON BLODGETT ST

0815 AM     FLASH FLOOD      CARLSBAD                32.40N 104.24W
08/02/2007                   EDDY               NM   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MINOR TO MODERATE ST FLOODING THROUGHOUT CARLSBAD. WATER
            WAS UP TO 1 FOOT DEEP ON SOME ROADS.

0905 AM     FLASH FLOOD      FORT STOCKTON           30.89N 102.89W
08/02/2007                   PECOS              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            GOMEY RD BEING BARRICADED DUE TO HIGH WATER

0915 AM     FLASH FLOOD      FORT STOCKTON           30.89N 102.89W
08/02/2007                   PECOS              TX   PUBLIC

            COMMANCHE SPRINGS IS RUNNING 2 FEET DEEP AND OVER THE

            ROADS IN AND AROUND ROONEY PARK. ROADS HAVE BEEN BLOCKED.

&&

JGUDMEST

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
203 PM CDT THU AUG 2 2007

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-030300-
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD...
CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL...
SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...SNYDER...ANDREWS...STANTON...
BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...VAN HORN...PECOS...MENTONE...
RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...ODESSA...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY...
MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN...BIG LAKE...ALPINE...
FORT STOCKTON...PRESIDIO...MARFA...BIG BEND NP...MARATHON...
SANDERSON...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS
203 PM CDT THU AUG 2 2007 /103 PM MDT THU AUG 2 2007/

...TROPICAL FUNNELS SPOTTED IN DAWSON COUNTY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS RECEIVED SEVERAL REPORTS
OF A TROPICAL FUNNEL CLOUD JUST EAST OF LAMESA ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY
180. AT 2 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOPING ACROSS DAWSON COUNTY...AS WELL AS ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN
NEW MEXICO. THESE SHOWERS MAY BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.

THE AIRMASS ACROSS THE REGION IS VERY MOIST AND SOMEWHAT UNSTABLE.
BECAUSE OF THIS...TROPICAL FUNNEL CLOUDS MAY DEVELOP UNDERNEATH A
STORM INTO THE EVENING HOURS.

TYPICALLY...TROPICAL FUNNELS ARE SHORT-LIVED AND RARELY LAST LONGER
THAN TEN MINUTES. THEY ARE ALSO SMALL AND GROW TO PERHAPS TEN OR
TWENTY YARDS IN DIAMETER. ON RARE OCCASIONS...THESE FUNNEL CLOUDS DO
TOUCH THE GROUND AND BRIEFLY BECOME TORNADOES. WIND SPEEDS ASSOCIATED
WITH TROPICAL FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE GENERALLY UNDER 60 MPH...AND CAN
DAMAGE LIGHTWEIGHT STRUCTURES SUCH AS CARPORTS AND AWNINGS. SINCE
THESE TROPICAL FUNNELS ARE BRIEF...SMALL...AND RELATIVELY WEAK...THEY
ARE VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO DETECT WITH DOPPLER RADAR.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO
STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE OR SATELLITE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR THE
LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.