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Flash Flood Watch 10, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood watch at Sep 14, 2008, 8:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 20 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 14, 2008, 8:00 AM CDT (13:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 15, 2008, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 20 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Flood severity
- None
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 Sep 14, 6:44 AM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 14, 6:44 AM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 14, 4:59 AM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 459 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-151000- 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- 459 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008 /359 AM MDT SUN SEP 14 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO AGAIN TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WILL GENERALLY BE ALONG AND SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS...TO THE BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK. BY TONIGHT... THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BECOME MORE ISOLATED AND WILL MAINLY BE LOCATED SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10. THE MAIN HAZARDS WITH THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL BE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. STRONG WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STRONGEST STORMS. RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE RIO GRANDE FROM PRESIDIO TO JOHNSON RANCH DUE TO WATER RELEASES ALONG THE LUIS LEON RESERVOIR. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ALONG THE RIVER MAY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL RISES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. HOWEVER... RIVER FLOODING ALONG THE RIO GRANDE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. .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
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 14, 5:26 AM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 526 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008 NMZ028-141130- EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- 426 AM MDT SUN SEP 14 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR EASTERN EDDY COUNTY. AN INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF DAYTON AT 426 AM MDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF CARLSBAD. AS THIS THUNDERSTORM INCREASES...SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. GUSTY WINDS... SMALL HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 53 min |
| Sep 13, 9:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MAF | Brewster, Presidio | 12 hr |
| Sep 14, 12:45 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Crane | 3 hr |
| Sep 14, 1:46 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Upton | 3 hr |
| Sep 14, 1:48 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Upton | 3 hr |
| Sep 14, 3:50 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Reagan | 115 min |
| Sep 14, 6:33 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 3 hr |
| Sep 14, 7:32 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Borden | 6 hr |
| Sep 14, 8:42 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MAF | Brewster, Presidio | 24 hr |
| Sep 14, 5:10 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Eddy | 3 hr |
| Sep 14, 5:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 53 min |
| Sep 14, 6:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Eddy | 3 hr |
| Sep 14, 7:28 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 3 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.