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Flash Flood Watch 10, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

September 14, 2008

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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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 13, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines53 min
Sep 13, 9:06 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMAFBrewster, Presidio12 hr
Sep 14, 12:45 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFCrane3 hr
Sep 14, 1:46 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFUpton3 hr
Sep 14, 1:48 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFUpton3 hr
Sep 14, 3:50 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFReagan115 min
Sep 14, 6:33 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFPecos, Terrell3 hr
Sep 14, 7:32 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBorden6 hr
Sep 14, 8:42 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningMAFBrewster, Presidio24 hr
Sep 14, 5:10 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEddy3 hr
Sep 14, 5:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy53 min
Sep 14, 6:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEddy3 hr
Sep 14, 7:28 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEddy, Lea3 hr

Nearby

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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.