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River Flood Warning 11, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

August 30, 2008Brewster County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this river flood warning at Aug 30, 2008, 8:51 AM CDT for Brewster County, Texas. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 30, 2008, 8:51 AM CDT (13:51 UTC)
Expired: Aug 30, 2008, 8:22 PM CDT
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Flood severity: Minor

County Brewster County, TX

The river

Written for the forecast point Rio Grande at Boquillas Crossing (BOQT2).

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 13 ft
Moderate stage: 15 ft
Major stage: 20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08375300, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning 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 river flood warning went out at Aug 30, 6:31 AM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 30, 6:31 AM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 30, 6:02 AM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 29, 7:42 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MAF	Presidio	14 hr
Aug 29, 7:42 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MAF	Presidio	14 hr
Aug 30, 12:45 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Howard, Mitchell, Scurry	3 hr
Aug 30, 5:12 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Culberson	6 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 gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.