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Flash Flood Watch 8, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

July 8, 201019 counties in Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood watch at Jul 8, 2010, 4:19 AM CDT for 19 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jul 8, 2010, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 33 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 8, 2010, 4:19 AM CDT (09:19 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 8, 2010, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jul 10, 2010, 3:51 AM CDT
In force
33 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Flood severity
None

Counties Andrews County, TX, Borden County, TX, Crane County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Ector County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Howard County, TX, Loving County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Terrell County, TX, Upton County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 7 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:20 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.

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 Jul 8, 12:53 AM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 12:53 AM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 10:32 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFPecos3 hr
Jul 8, 6:18 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFPecos3 hr
Jul 8, 4:38 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEddy3 hr
Jul 8, 7:55 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEddy3 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.