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Flash Flood Watch 7, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

September 9, 2008Pecos County, Terrell County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood watch at Sep 9, 2008, 2:34 PM CDT for Pecos County, Terrell County, Texas. It took effect at Sep 9, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 9, 2008, 2:34 PM CDT (19:34 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 9, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired
Sep 10, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
24 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Flood severity
None

Counties Pecos County, TX, Terrell County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 9, 2:23 PM CDT, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 9, 2:23 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 8, 9:06 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMAFPresidio24 days
Sep 8, 9:08 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMAFBrewster, Presidio12 hr
Sep 9, 3:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFBrewster4 hr
Sep 9, 3:29 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFJeff Davis3 hr
Sep 9, 9:06 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningMAFBrewster, Presidio12 hr
Sep 9, 6:32 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFPresidio3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Texas, 2008Every flash flood watch in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.