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Flash Flood Watch 8, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

September 10, 2008Pecos County, Terrell County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood watch at Sep 10, 2008, 8:06 PM CDT for Pecos County, Terrell County, Texas. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 10, 2008, 8:06 PM CDT (01:06 UTC)
Expired
Sep 11, 2008, 5:00 AM CDT
In force
9 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 01:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 162 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2008-09-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 561 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2008-09-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
561 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
575 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.3

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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 10, 6:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 10, 6:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 10, 2:23 PM CDT, 5 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
223 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2008

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-111130-
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-
223 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2008 /123 PM MDT WED SEP 10 2008/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS
WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO TONIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE OF
HEAVY RAIN THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING WILL BE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST
PERMIAN BASIN...THE LOWER TRANS PECOS AND BIG BEND WHERE A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT. BY LATER TONIGHT THE
HEAVIEST RAINS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS
TO THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR IN CULBERSON
COUNTY.

RIVER FLOODING WILL PERSIST ALONG THE RIO GRANDE FROM PRESIDIO TO
JOHNSON RANCH THROUGH TONIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
LIKELY AGGRAVATE THE ONGOING FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...
WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS THROUGH
FRIDAY. LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE.

RIVER LEVELS ALONG THE RIO GRANDE WILL CONTINUE TO BE ELEVATED OR
RISE THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF WATER
RELEASES FROM THE LUIS LEON RESERVOIR AND EXPECTED RAINFALL. MANY
LOCATIONS ALONG THE RIO GRANDE WILL REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.

THE REMAINS OF HURRICANE IKE COULD BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF RAINFALL
TO THE EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN THIS WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

LOCAL INTERESTS ALONG THE RIO GRANDE RIVER SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF
THE LATEST FLOOD WARNINGS AND FORECAST.

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

Local storm report, Sep 10, 2:31 PM CDT, 5 hours 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
231 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0220 PM     FLASH FLOOD      S MCCAMEY               31.13N 102.22W
09/10/2008                   UPTON              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FM 1901 AND HWY 305 HAS BEEN CLOSED SOUTH OF MCCAMEY AND
            INTO PECOS COUNTY, WATER IS RUNNING OVER THE ROAD MAKING
            IT IMPASSABLE

&&

JGUDMEST
Local storm report, Sep 10, 4:32 PM CDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
432 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0423 PM     FLASH FLOOD      IRAAN                   30.91N 101.90W
09/10/2008                   PECOS              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL ROADS ARE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING IN IRAAN

0206 PM     FLASH FLOOD      4 E BAKERSFIELD         30.89N 102.23W
09/10/2008                   PECOS              TX   OTHER FEDERAL

            FM 2886 JUST SOUTH OF I-10 IS CLOSED, TXDOT CREWS REPORT
            ABOUT 2 AND A HALF FEET OF WATER AT ONE LOCATION

&&

JGUDMEST

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 10, 8:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFBrewster, Pecos, Terrell78 min
Sep 10, 9:33 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMAFBrewster, Presidio12 hr
Sep 10, 10:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFPecos, Terrell5 hr
Sep 11, 12:48 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMAFCrockett, Pecos, Terrell34 hr
Sep 11, 12:48 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMAFCrockett, Terrell8 hr
Sep 11, 2:59 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFPecos, Terrell5 hr
Sep 11, 9:54 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningMAFBrewster, Presidio24 hr
Sep 11, 1:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchMAFAndrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 11 more30 hr
Sep 11, 3:52 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFGaines113 min
Sep 11, 4:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFGaines3 hr
Sep 11, 6:12 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFCrane, Pecos, Reeves, Ward3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.