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River Flood Warning 19, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

September 8, 2008Presidio County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this river flood warning at Sep 8, 2008, 9:06 PM CDT for Presidio County, Texas. It was in force for 24 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 8, 2008, 9:06 PM CDT (02:06 UTC)
Expired: Oct 2, 2008, 10:56 AM CDT
In force: 24 days
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Flood severity: Minor

County Presidio County, TX

The river

Written for the forecast point Rio Grande 6 miles WNW of Presidio (PIOT2).

Action stage: 15 ft
Minor stage: 16 ft
Moderate stage: 17 ft
Major stage: 18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 Sep 8, 6:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 8, 6:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 8, 1:48 PM CDT, 7 hours 18 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
148 PM CDT MON SEP 8 2008

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-091100-
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-
148 PM CDT MON SEP 8 2008 /1248 PM MDT MON SEP 8 2008/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE TODAY AND
TONIGHT ACROSS THE REGION. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE.

RIVER LEVELS ALONG THE RIO GRANDE CONTINUE TO RISE MONDAY
AFTERNOON. RELEASES OUT OF LUIS LEON RESERVOIR ARE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH MANY LOCATIONS ALONG THE RIO GRANDE
EXPECTED TO BE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE WITH MINOR TO MAJOR FLOODING
EXPECTED. USE EXTREME CAUTION NEAR THE RIO GRANDE WHILE RIVER
LEVELS ARE HIGH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED DAILY THROUGH THE
END OF THE WEEK. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL
BE THE MAIN CONCERN WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. INDICATIONS ARE
THAT THURSDAY APPEARS TO BE THE BEST DAY THIS WEEK FOR THE
HEAVIEST RAINFALL.

RIVER LEVELS ALONG THE RIO GRANDE WILL CONTINUE TO BE ELEVATED
OR RISE THROUGH THE WEEK DUE TO WATER RELEASES FROM THE LUIS
LEON RESERVOIR. MANY LOCATIONS ALONG THE RIO GRANDE ARE EXPECTED
TO BE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE WITH MINOR TO MAJOR FLOODING EXPECTED. USE
EXTREME CAUTION NEAR THE RIO GRANDE WHILE RIVER LEVELS ARE HIGH.

.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

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 8, 9:08 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MAF	Brewster, Presidio	12 hr
Sep 9, 3:25 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Brewster	4 hr
Sep 9, 3:29 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Jeff Davis	3 hr
Sep 9, 9:06 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MAF	Brewster, Presidio	12 hr
Sep 9, 2:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	MAF	Pecos, Terrell	28 hr
Sep 9, 6:32 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Presidio	3 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.