Alert archive / Texas / River Flood Warnings in 2010

River Flood Warning 4, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 16, 2010Howard County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this river flood warning at Apr 16, 2010, 7:16 AM CDT for Howard County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 16, 2010, 7:16 AM CDT (12:16 UTC)
Expired: Apr 16, 2010, 11:20 AM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Flood severity: Minor

County Howard County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 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 Apr 15, 6:48 PM CDT, 12 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 6:48 PM CDT, 12 hours 28 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 15, 1:18 PM CDT, 17 hours 58 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
118 PM CDT THU APR 15 2010

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-161830-
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-
118 PM CDT THU APR 15 2010 /1218 PM MDT THU APR 15 2010/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THE REST OF TODAY AND
TONIGHT... ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN AND WESTERN LOW
ROLLING PLAINS. THE MAIN CONCERN WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING.

AN ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL
ALSO BE POSSIBLE...PRIMARILY ALONG AND WEST OF THE PECOS RIVER
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

ADDITIONAL HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY
THROUGH THE END OF WEEK.  FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE
MAIN CONCERN.

.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
Apr 15, 8:41 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Glasscock	3 hr
Apr 16, 4:35 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MAF	Mitchell, Scurry	16 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2010 Every river flood warning in 2010

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.