Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

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WGUS74 KMAF 110850
FFSMAF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
348 AM CDT TUE SEP 11 2007

TXC135-111045-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ECTOR-
348 AM CDT TUE SEP 11 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN ECTOR COUNTY...

AT 346 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR WEST ODESSA...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...ODESSA...WEST ODESSA AND PENWELL.  RADAR INDICATES 1 TO 
2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH ODESSA.

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 3186 10278 3196 10230 3167 10231 3166 10279
TIME...MOT...LOC 0848Z 047DEG 4KT 3181 10244

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
257 PM CDT MON SEP 10 2007

.DISCUSSION...
MSAS DATA SHOWS THAT THE SECONDARY COLD FRONT HAS REACHED ALMOST
INTO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL BE PUSHING
INTO WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO LATE THIS EVENING.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE STARTED TO FORM ACROSS THE HIGHER
TERRAIN OF THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS IN RESPONSE TO DAYTIME
HEATING AND THE STATIONARY FRONT STRETCHED FROM SOUTH OF GUADALUPE
PASS ACROSS THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS THROUGH FORT STOCKTON AND INTO SAN
ANGELO.  AMPLE MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA /PWAT VALUE AT 12Z WAS
1.65...170 PERCENT OF NORMAL/ INDICATES THAT HEAVY RAINFALL IS
POSSIBLE.  AS THE AFOREMENTIONED COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE
AREA...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND
CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT.  GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION SOME
LOCATIONS HAVE RECEIVED OVER THE WEEKEND AND ASSOCIATED GROUND
SATURATION...WILL CONTINUE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH ROUGHLY ALONG AND
NORTH OF A VAN HORN TO PECOS TO GARDEN CITY LINE THROUGH TONIGHT.

OTHERWISE...FEW CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE GRIDS...ADJUSTED SOME
TEMPERATURES FOR OVERNIGHT BASED ON NEW GUIDANCE AND LAST NIGHT/S
LOWS.

THE ABOVE MENTIONED COLD FRONT IS CURRENTLY HANDLED WELL BY THE
SHORT RANGE MODELS...ESPECIALLY THE LATEST NAM12. BY EARLY
TOMORROW MORNING...THIS BOUNDARY WILL LIKELY HAVE PUSHED WELL INTO
THE BIG BEND REGION. MID-LEVEL SUPPORT WILL BE DECREASING AS THE
DAY PROGRESSES...HOWEVER GIVEN THE AVAILABLE MOISTURE AND UPSLOPE
FLOW...WE WILL CARRY 60-70% POPS FOR AREAS GENERALLY WEST OF THE
PECOS RIVER THROUGHOUT TUESDAY. WE DID OPT TO DECREASE RAIN
CHANCES EAST OF THE PECOS TOMORROW...ESPECIALLY DURING THE
AFTERNOON HOURS AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE REGION.
RAIN CHANCES CONTINUE TO DECREASE RAPIDLY TUESDAY NIGHT ACROSS ALL
AREAS AS DRIER...MORE STABLE AIR FILTERS INTO THE AREA. WE DID
KEEP A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR POST FRONTAL RAIN SHOWERS ACROSS THE
TRANS PECOS AND MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS. MUCH COOLER AREAWIDE
ON TUESDAY WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 10 DEGREES
BELOW NORMAL. ON WEDNESDAY...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO
WEAKEN WHILE A LEE-SIDE TROUGH DEEPENS ACROSS THE PLAINS OF
EASTERN NEW MEXICO. THE SHORT RANGE MODELS DEPICT AN 850-700MB
THETA-E RIDGE ATOP THE SURFACE TROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. MID-
LEVEL LAPSE RATES APPEAR FAVORABLE ENOUGH TO WARRANT A MENTION OF
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...THE UPPER
TRANS PECOS...DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND BIG BEND REGION. MOST AREAS
SHOULD REMAIN DRY ON THURSDAY...EXCEPT POSSIBLE THE GUADALUPE AND
DAVIS MOUNTAINS WHERE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY FORM DURING PEAK
HEATING. A MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH EMBEDDED IN NORTHWEST FLOW
ALOFT MAY APPROACH THE REGION THURSDAY AFTERNOON...BUT GIVEN DRIER
AIR AT THE SURFACE...WE WILL KEEP THE CHANCE OF RAIN CONFINED TO
THE HIGHER TERRAIN. BY THE END OF THE WORK WEEK...A STRONG MID-
LEVEL TROUGH WILL BE TRANSLATING EAST ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST.
SURFACE ANTICYCLOGENESIS IN THE WAKE OF THE TROUGH WILL SEND
ANOTHER COLD FRONT INTO THE SOUTHERN U.S. PLAINS ON FRIDAY.
CONVECTION WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THIS BOUNDARY FRIDAY NIGHT.
MOISTURE LEVELS MAY BE LACKING...SO WE WILL ONLY CARRY A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS AND
NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN FOR NOW. MID-LEVEL RIDGING IS EXPECTED TO
DOMINATE THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AT THIS TIME. WE WILL
CONTINUE THE CURRENT DRY FORECAST WITH TEMPERATURES RUNNING CLOSE
TO NORMAL.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BIG SPRING TX              64  79  60  83  /  60  20  10  10
CARLSBAD NM                64  77  63  87  /  60  60  10  20
DRYDEN TX                  71  83  66  86  /  50  70  20  10
FORT STOCKTON TX           67  80  63  85  /  70  70  20  20
GUADALUPE PASS TX          58  72  59  82  /  60  70  10  20
HOBBS NM                   62  77  60  85  /  60  30  10  10
MARFA TX                   62  74  55  80  /  50  70  20  20
MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX    64  78  62  83  /  70  40  10  10
ODESSA TX                  64  79  63  84  /  70  40  10  10
WINK TX                    67  84  65  89  /  70  60  10  10

&&

.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 12 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM MDT TUESDAY
     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 1 PM CDT /12 PM MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 4
     AM CDT /3 AM MDT/ TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...
     ANDREWS...BORDEN...DAWSON...ECTOR...GAINES...GLASSCOCK...
     GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...HOWARD...LOVING...MARTIN...MIDLAND...
     MITCHELL...REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS...SCURRY...
     VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...WARD...WINKLER.

&&

74/06

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
245 PM CDT MON SEP 10 2007

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-111945-
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 MON SEP 10 2007 /145 PM MDT MON SEP 10 2007/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED
OVER ALL OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO TONIGHT. THE BEST
CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OVER THE PERMIAN BASIN...THE
UPPER TRANS PECOS...THE STOCKTON PLATEAU AND THE LOWER TRANS PECOS
REGION. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE... BUT
HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ANY OF
THE STORMS. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTING MAY ALSO
ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN...THE STOCKTON PLATEAU...THE TRANS PECOS
REGION...THE VAN HORN CORRIDOR AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO THROUGH
TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED WEST OF THE
PECOS RIVER TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY
PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND
FLOOD PRONE AREAS.

.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