Flash Flood Warning 62, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

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WGUS74 KMAF 292122
FFSMAF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
419 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007

TXC135-292345-
ECTOR-
419 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR ECTOR
COUNTY...

AT 414 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH FLOODING OCCURRING IN 
ODESSA AT SH 302 AT FM 1882 WITH WATER 1 FOOT DEEP.  AN ADDITIONAL 
STORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED 11 MILES EAST OF PENWELL...OR 
11 MILES SOUTH OF ODESSA...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.  THIS STORM WILL 
PRODUCE ADDITIONAL FLOODING IN ODESSA.

THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...WEST ODESSA...ODESSA AND GARDENDALE.

DO NOT ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY IN STORM RUNOFF. CULVERTS...DITCHES...
STORM DRAINS... SWOLLEN CREEKS AND ALL OTHER AREAS WHERE RAPID WATER
FLOW IS OBSERVED ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. CHILDREN CAN BE EASILY
SWEPT AWAY AND DROWN IN MOMENTS. STORM RUNOFF CAN ALSO CONTAIN
DANGEROUS CHEMICALS THAT MAY BE HARMFUL IF CONTACTED OR SWALLOWED.

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

LAT...LON 3167 10280 3167 10231 3181 10234 3193 10232
      3207 10230 3207 10280

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WGUS74 KMAF 292201
FFSMAF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
448 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007

TXC135-292345-
ECTOR-
448 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR ECTOR
COUNTY...

AT 444 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF ECTOR COUNTY 
FROM PLEASANT FARMS TO ODESSA.  FLOODING IS BEGINNING TO OCCUR 
ACROSS THE CITY OF ODESSA.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION.  TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED IN THE CITY OF 
ODESSA THIS EVENING. 

MOST FLASH FLOOD FATALITIES OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. TURN AROUND.  
DONT DROWN.


LAT...LON 3167 10280 3167 10231 3181 10234 3193 10232
      3207 10230 3207 10280

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000 
WGUS74 KMAF 292155
FFSMAF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
453 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007

TXC135-292345-
ECTOR-
453 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR ECTOR
COUNTY...

AT 448 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH FLOODING NEAR ODESSA WITH 
A FOOT OF WATER ON HWY 385 ONE MILE SOUTH OF THE CITY OF ODESSA.  STREET
FLOODING IS BEGINNING TO OCCUR AT GRANT AVE AND I-20. THE 
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED OVER ODESSA... 
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

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.

DO NOT ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY IN STORM RUNOFF. CULVERTS...DITCHES...
STORM DRAINS... SWOLLEN CREEKS AND ALL OTHER AREAS WHERE RAPID WATER
FLOW IS OBSERVED ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. CHILDREN CAN BE EASILY
SWEPT AWAY AND DROWN IN MOMENTS. STORM RUNOFF CAN ALSO CONTAIN
DANGEROUS CHEMICALS THAT MAY BE HARMFUL IF CONTACTED OR SWALLOWED.

LAT...LON 3167 10280 3167 10231 3181 10234 3193 10232      
3207 10230 3207 10280

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
219 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007

.SHORT TERM...
SEVERE/FLASH FLOODING CONCERNS CONTINUE TO INCREASE...ESPECIALLY
ACRS REGION S OF PECOS RIVER INTO THE EVENING. WATER VAPOR DEPICTS
POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL LOW CENTERED APPROX 130NM SW OF KELP AND
MOVING ENE. ASSOCD DRYSLOT HAS WORKED NWD THRU THE BIG BEND WHERE
7H-5H LR/S ARE 7.5-8 C/KM. THIS WITH DWPNTS IN THE M50S RESULTING
IN IMPRESSIVE CAPES ACRS THE BIG BEND. SATELLITE ESTIMATED CAPES
AROUND 17Z NEAR 3000 J/KG AND WITH 0-6KM BULK SHEAR 45-50KTS
CONDITIONS CERTAINLY FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS WITH ISOLD TORNADOES
ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. HAVE OPTED TO EXPAND FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO
INCLUDE ALL OF CWFA. STILL LOOKS LIKE MCS WILL COME OUT PROBABLY
BETWEEN ANDREWS AND THE RIO GRANDE AND WITH OVER AN INCH OF RAIN
AT GDP ALREADY... HEAVY RAIN ACRS LEA COUNTY EARLIER...AND WITH
QPFERD GOING N THRU CWFA EXPECT THIS WILL B E PATH OF LEAST
REGRET. HAVE MADE LITTLE CHANGE TO POPS BUT INCREASED QPF.

.HYDROLOGY....HYDROLOGY...HYDROLOGIC CONCERNS HAVE CERTAINLY
INCREASED WITH A RIVER FLOOD WATCH/OUTLOOK FROM SHEFFIELD TO
CHANDLER RANCH FOR THE OVERNIGHT WITH MCS LIKELY COMING OUT ACRS
LOWER TRANS PECOS. MINOR FLOODING ONGOING ON RIO GRANDE AT JOHNSON
RANCH...WITH LEVELS AT ACTION STAGE FROM PRESIDIO...LAJITAS...
TERLINGUA...AND CASTOLON.

.LONG TERM...
BY 06Z TONIGHT...WRF FORECAST MOVEMENT OF THE NORTHERN MEXICO
UPPER LOW IS EXPECTED TO BE TO NEAR THE REEVES AND EDDY COUNTIES
BORDER. THIS SOLUTION IS SLIGHTLY SLOWER AND FARTHER WEST THAN THE
PREVIOUS WRF RUN. THIS SLIGHT TIMING ISSUE WILL RESULT IN LITTLE
CHANGE FROM THE ANTICIPATED FORECAST AS A BROAD AREA OF UPPER
LEVEL DIFFLUENCE REMAINS IN PLACE WITH FAVORABLE UPPER LEVEL JET
DYNAMICS AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE TO THE TUNE OF 225 PERCENT OF
NORMAL FROM THIS MORNINGS SOUNDING.

CONVECTION WILL BE ONGOING AT MIDNIGHT AS AN UPPER LEVEL JET ROUNDS
THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE UPPER LOW AND MOVES ACROSS THE BIG
BEND REGION INTO THE CONCHO VALLEY/BIG COUNTRY.  THIS WILL PLACE THE
LOWER TRANS-PECOS REGION...THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE
TEXAS PERMIAN BASIN...AND THE LOW ROLLING PLAINS IN THE LEFT
ENTRANCE REGION OF THIS UPPER JET OVERNIGHT.  THIS SUPPORTS THE
CURRENT QPF GRID FORECAST WHICH PLACES THE HIGHEST RAINFALL TOTALS
OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CWA OVERNIGHT.

BOTH THE WRF AND THE GFS AND IN DECENT AGREEMENT ON THE PROGRESSION
OF THE UPPER LEVEL LOW INTO THE SOUTH PLAINS ON MONDAY AND THEN INTO
THE RED RIVER VALLEY OF OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS ON TUESDAY. OMEGA
TIME HEIGHT SECTIONS FROM THE WRF SUGGEST THAT THE DEEP LIFT
ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LOW WILL FINALLY MOVE EAST OF THE CWA BY
EARLY AFTERNOON MONDAY.  THUS...WOULD EXPECT THAT THUNDERSTORM
CHANCES WOULD GRADUALLY BE DIMINISHING ACROSS THE AREA FROM WEST TO
EAST DURING THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS.

LOW LEVEL MOISTURE MAY ONLY HAVE A LIMITED ADVANCEMENT TO THE EAST
ON MONDAY AS SURFACE LEE TROUGH DEVELOPING OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS
RESULTS IN MORE SOUTHERLY SURFACE FLOW ACROSS OUR CWA. THUS WILL
TREND TOWARDS PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES OVER THE AREA ON
MONDAY.  LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CONTINUES TO BE AN AREA OF INTEREST ON
TUESDAY...AS A DRYLINE COULD SET UP ALONG THE EASTERN EDGE OF OUR
CWA.  CAPE VALUES IN THE 1500-2500 J/KG RANGE OVER THE LOW ROLLING
PLAINS WILL BE PRESENT ON TUESDAY.  HOWEVER...SHORTWAVE UPPER
RIDGING OVER THE AREA COULD HELP INHIBIT THUNDERSTORM DEVELOP IN
THIS AREA.  FOR NOW...WILL CONTINUE TO INCLUDE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS
FOR THESE AREAS.

FINALLY...THE VERY PROGRESSIVE SOUTHERN STREAM PATTERN CURRENTLY IN
PLACE WILL ALLOW FOR ANOTHER UPPER SYSTEM TO MOVE ACROSS NEW MEXICO
AND APPROACH OUR AREA ON WEDNESDAY.  BOTH THE WRF AND GFS SUGGEST
WEAK UPPER DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA IN ADVANCE OF THE
MAIN TROUGH...PERHAPS AS EARLY AS OVERNIGHT EARLY WEDNESDAY.  OMEGA
TIME HEIGHT SECTION ALSO HINT AT SOME UPWARD MOTION DURING THIS TIME
PERIOD BEFORE BRINGING THE DEEPER LIFT INTO THE AREA LATE WEDNESDAY
MORNING INTO AFTERNOON.

HOWEVER...BOTH THE EUROPEAN AND GFS MODELS ARE SHOWING A MORE
NORTHERLY TRACK OF THE UPPER LOW AS COMPARED TO PREVIOUS RUNS.  THIS
HAS RESULTED IN THE HIGHEST QPF VALUES PROGGED TO BE WELL NORTH OF
OUR AREA ON WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY INSTEAD OF OVER THE AREA.  FOR
NOW...HAVE OPTED TO LEAVE CURRENT POP AND QPF FORECAST ONGOING DUE
TO THE LARGE VARIATIONS SEEN IN SUCCESSIVE MODEL RUNS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BIG SPRING TX              64  80  63  89  /  80  70  20  10
CARLSBAD NM                56  85  59  90  /  50  20  10  10
DRYDEN TX                  64  83  64  90  / 100  50  20  10
FORT STOCKTON TX           59  84  65  90  /  90  40  20  10
GUADALUPE PASS TX          53  82  58  85  /  50  20  10  10
HOBBS NM                   60  82  58  85  /  60  20  20  10
MARFA TX                   49  79  50  86  /  60  20  10  10
MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX    61  80  61  86  /  80  50  20  10
ODESSA TX                  60  81  63  87  /  80  50  20  10
WINK TX                    62  87  62  93  /  80  30  20  10

&&

.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM MDT MONDAY
     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 2 PM CDT /1 PM MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7
     AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ 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...
     WINKLER.

&&

49/03

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
240 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-301945-
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-
240 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007 /140 PM MDT SUN APR 29 2007/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT ACROSS ALL OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. IN
ADDITION...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 AM CDT...6
AM MDT MONDAY FOR THE ENTIRE WFO MIDLAND AREA INCLUDING EDDY AND
LEA COUNTIES IN NEW MEXICO...THE TEXAS PERMIAN BASIN...SOUTHWEST
TEXAS...THE TRANS-PECOS REGION...AND THE ROLLING PLAINS.

A SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER NORTHERN MEXICO WILL
COMBINE WITH DAYTIME HEATING AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE TO PRODUCE
NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT
ACROSS MUCH OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. SOME OF THESE
STORMS WILL BE SEVERE AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO
THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. ALSO WITH THE
ABUNDANCE OF MOISTURE AND INCREASED WIND SHEAR...ISOLATED
TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA.

IN ADDITION...RAINFALL RATES OVER AN INCH PER HOUR MAY RESULT IN
FLASH FLOODING OF ARROYOS...DRAWS...AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS
SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH FLOODING. LASTLY...RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS
WILL PRODUCE ELEVATED FLOWS ON THE RIO GRANDE FROM CANDELARIA
DOWNSTREAM THROUGH BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK TO SANDERSON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS COULD REACH SEVERE
LEVELS ALONG AND EAST OF A BIG LAKE TO SNYDER LINE.

ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL TAKE AIM AT WEST TEXAS AND
SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO WEDNESDAY. THIS SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL
TO PRODUCE ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL
ACROSS THE AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS HAVE BEEN ACTIVATED IN MANY LOCATIONS ACROSS THE AREA.
THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING THE AREA HAS ALREADY
HELPED PRODUCE ISOLATED TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...AND FLOODING
ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. EMERGENCY
MANAGERS AND AREA SKYWARN COORDINATORS ACROSS THE WFO MIDLAND AREA
SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION AND
CONSIDER ACTIVATING SPOTTERS IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO.

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

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1057 AM CDT SUN APR 29 2007

TXZ068-069-075-291700-
CRANE-PECOS-UPTON-
1057 AM CDT SUN APR 29 2007

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR EAST CENTRAL PECOS...
SOUTHEASTERN CRANE AND SOUTHWESTERN UPTON COUNTIES.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER BAKERSFIELD AT 1057 AM CDT...
MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. MARBLE SIZED HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH
ARE POSSIBLE. FURTHER STRENGTHENING COULD OCCUR.

05

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
225 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007

TXZ061-292030-
ECTOR-
225 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR CENTRAL ECTOR COUNTY.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOLDSMITH AT
225 PM CDT...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

GUSTY WINDS... SMALL HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
240 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007

TXZ079-080-292045-
PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU-
240 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR NORTHWESTERN PRESIDIO AND
SOUTHWESTERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTIES.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF CANDELARIA AT
240 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY.

SEEK SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
248 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007

TXZ047-292045-
BORDEN-
248 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR BORDEN COUNTY.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 19 MILES SOUTH OF GAIL AT 248 PM
CDT...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

GUSTY WINDS... SMALL HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE.