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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood watch at Jul 14, 2013, 1:10 PM MDT for Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico; 19 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jul 15, 2013, 12:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 62 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 2013, 1:10 PM MDT (19:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 15, 2013, 12:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2013, 1:39 PM MDT
- In force
- 62 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Flood severity
- None
All 21 counties
Eddy County, NM, Lea County, NM, 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), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:10 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 10 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2582 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
654 WGUS64 KMAF 141910 FFAMAF URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 210 PM CDT SUN JUL 14 2013 ...FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE MONDAY AND TUESDAY DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL... .AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL SLOWLY MOVE WEST INTO WEST TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO MONDAY AND TUESDAY. ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. SOME RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE HEAVY WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS WHERE STREET DRAINAGE IS POOR. TXZ045>048-050>053-060>063-067>070-075-082-151015- /O.NEW.KMAF.FF.A.0002.130715T0600Z-130717T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ GAINES-DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL- WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-PECOS- TERRELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SEMINOLE...LAMESA...SNYDER...ANDREWS... STANTON...BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...KERMIT...ODESSA... MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY...MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN... BIG LAKE...FORT STOCKTON...SANDERSON 210 PM CDT SUN JUL 14 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS... PECOS AND TERRELL. IN WEST TEXAS...ANDREWS...BORDEN...CRANE... DAWSON...ECTOR...GAINES...GLASSCOCK...HOWARD...MARTIN... MIDLAND...MITCHELL...REAGAN...SCURRY...UPTON...WARD AND WINKLER. * FROM 1 AM CDT MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING * RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR. * MAJOR STREET FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY IN URBAN AREAS WHERE DRAINAGE IS POOR SUCH AS HIGHWAY UNDERPASSES. AREAS OF STANDING WATER GREATER THAN 3 FEET DEEP OR RUNNING WATER GREATER THAN 1 FEET DEEP MAY CAUSE CARS TO STALL OR GET WASHED INTO DRAINAGE DITCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
6 follow-up statements
114 WGUS64 KMAF 150927 FFAMAF URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 427 AM CDT MON JUL 15 2013 ...FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL... .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY MOVE WEST INTO WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. SOME RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE HEAVY... WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE...INCREASING THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS WHERE IMPERVIOUS SURFACES LEAD TO POOR DRAINAGE. THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT TODAY WILL BE MAINLY OVER THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS...PERMIAN BASIN...THE STOCKTON PLATEAU...AND TERRELL COUNTY. AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES WEST TONIGHT...THE HEAVIER RAIN FOCUS AND FLASH FLOOD THREAT WILL TRANSITION TO SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...VAN HORN AND THE HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...REEVES COUNTY AND THE UPPER TRANS PECOS...THE DAVIS AND APACHE MOUNTAINS...AND BREWSTER COUNTY. NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ057>059-074-081-258-152100- /O.EXB.KMAF.FF.A.0002.130716T0600Z-130717T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-BIG BEND AREA-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD...TATUM... HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL...VAN HORN...PECOS...MENTONE... RED BLUFF LAKE...ALPINE...MARATHON...PINE SPRINGS 427 AM CDT MON JUL 15 2013 /327 AM MDT MON JUL 15 2013/ ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS EXPANDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND TEXAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...CENTRAL LEA COUNTY...EDDY COUNTY PLAINS...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY...NORTHERN LEA COUNTY AND SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY. IN TEXAS...BIG BEND AREA...DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...LOVING...REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS AND VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR. * FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON * RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE... ALONG WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR. * MAJOR STREET FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY IN URBAN AREAS WHERE DRAINAGE IS POOR...SUCH AS HIGHWAY UNDERPASSES. AREAS OF STANDING WATER GREATER THAN 3 FEET DEEP OR RUNNING WATER GREATER THAN 1 FEET DEEP MAY CAUSE CARS TO STALL OR GET WASHED INTO DRAINAGE DITCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ TXZ045>048-050>053-060>063-067>070-075-082-152100- /O.CON.KMAF.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-130717T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ GAINES-DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL- WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-PECOS- TERRELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SEMINOLE...LAMESA...SNYDER...ANDREWS... STANTON...BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...KERMIT...ODESSA... MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY...MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN... BIG LAKE...FORT STOCKTON...SANDERSON 427 AM CDT MON JUL 15 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...PECOS AND TERRELL. IN WEST TEXAS...ANDREWS...BORDEN...CRANE...DAWSON...ECTOR... GAINES...GLASSCOCK...HOWARD...MARTIN...MIDLAND...MITCHELL... REAGAN...SCURRY...UPTON...WARD AND WINKLER. * THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING * RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE... ALONG WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR. * MAJOR STREET FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN URBAN AREAS WHERE DRAINAGE IS POOR SUCH AS HIGHWAY UNDERPASSES. AREAS OF STANDING WATER GREATER THAN 3 FEET DEEP OR RUNNING WATER GREATER THAN 1 FEET DEEP MAY CAUSE CARS TO STALL OR GET WASHED INTO DRAINAGE DITCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
323 WGUS64 KMAF 152010 FFAMAF URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 310 PM CDT MON JUL 15 2013 ...FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL... .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY MOVE WEST ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. SOME RAINFALL WILL BE HEAVY... WITH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE...INCREASING THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING... ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS WHERE IMPERVIOUS SURFACES LEAD TO POOR DRAINAGE. THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT TONIGHT AND TUESDAY WILL BE MAINLY OVER THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS...PERMIAN BASIN...THE STOCKTON PLATEAU...AND TERRELL COUNTY. AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES WEST WEDNESDAY...THE HEAVIER RAIN FOCUS AND FLASH FLOOD THREAT WILL TRANSITION TO SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...VAN HORN AND THE HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...REEVES COUNTY AND THE UPPER TRANS PECOS... THE DAVIS AND APACHE MOUNTAINS...AND BREWSTER COUNTY. TXZ045-050-060-061-067-068-075-161100- /O.EXT.KMAF.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-130718T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ GAINES-ANDREWS-WINKLER-ECTOR-WARD-CRANE-PECOS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SEMINOLE...ANDREWS...KERMIT...ODESSA... MONAHANS...CRANE...FORT STOCKTON 310 PM CDT MON JUL 15 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * PORTIONS OF WEST TEXAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS... ANDREWS...CRANE...ECTOR...GAINES...WARD AND WINKLER. * THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING * RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE... ALONG WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR. * MAJOR STREET FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN URBAN AREAS WHERE DRAINAGE IS POOR SUCH AS HIGHWAY UNDERPASSES. AREAS OF STANDING WATER GREATER THAN 3 FEET DEEP OR RUNNING WATER GREATER THAN 1 FEET DEEP MAY CAUSE CARS TO STALL OR GET WASHED INTO DRAINAGE DITCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ057>059-074-081-258-161100- /O.EXT.KMAF.FF.A.0002.130716T0600Z-130718T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-BIG BEND AREA-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD...TATUM... HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL...VAN HORN...PECOS...MENTONE... RED BLUFF LAKE...ALPINE...MARATHON...PINE SPRINGS 310 PM CDT MON JUL 15 2013 /210 PM MDT MON JUL 15 2013/ ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND TEXAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...CENTRAL LEA COUNTY...EDDY COUNTY PLAINS...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY...NORTHERN LEA COUNTY AND SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY. IN TEXAS...BIG BEND AREA...DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...LOVING...REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS AND VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR. * FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING * RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE... ALONG WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR. * MAJOR STREET FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY IN URBAN AREAS WHERE DRAINAGE IS POOR...SUCH AS HIGHWAY UNDERPASSES. AREAS OF STANDING WATER GREATER THAN 3 FEET DEEP OR RUNNING WATER GREATER THAN 1 FEET DEEP MAY CAUSE CARS TO STALL OR GET WASHED INTO DRAINAGE DITCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ TXZ046>048-051>053-062-063-069-070-082-161100- /O.CON.KMAF.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-130717T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK- UPTON-REAGAN-TERRELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAMESA...SNYDER...STANTON... BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY...MCCAMEY... RANKIN...BIG LAKE...SANDERSON 310 PM CDT MON JUL 15 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...TERRELL. IN WEST TEXAS...BORDEN...DAWSON...GLASSCOCK...HOWARD...MARTIN... MIDLAND...MITCHELL...REAGAN...SCURRY AND UPTON. * THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING * RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE... ALONG WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR. * MAJOR STREET FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN URBAN AREAS WHERE DRAINAGE IS POOR SUCH AS HIGHWAY UNDERPASSES. AREAS OF STANDING WATER GREATER THAN 3 FEET DEEP OR RUNNING WATER GREATER THAN 1 FEET DEEP MAY CAUSE CARS TO STALL OR GET WASHED INTO DRAINAGE DITCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ HLUCHAN
492 WGUS64 KMAF 161000 FFAMAF URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 500 AM CDT TUE JUL 16 2013 ...FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL... .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY MOVE SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND INTO EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO TODAY...THEN MOVE TO NEAR EL PASO WEDNESDAY. ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA TODAY, THEN OVER MOST OF THE AREA TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES EXISTS WHICH WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING... ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS WHERE POOR DRAINAGE. NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045-050-057>060-067-074-258-162030- /O.CAN.KMAF.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-130718T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.FF.A.0003.130717T0000Z-130718T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES- ANDREWS-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-WARD- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD...TATUM... HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL...SEMINOLE...ANDREWS... VAN HORN...PECOS...MENTONE...RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...MONAHANS... ALPINE...PINE SPRINGS 500 AM CDT TUE JUL 16 2013 /400 AM MDT TUE JUL 16 2013/ ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALONG AND WEST OF A SEMINOLE TO KERMIT TO ALPINE LINE. * FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING * RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE... ALONG WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR. * MAJOR STREET FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN URBAN AREAS WHERE DRAINAGE IS POOR SUCH AS HIGHWAY UNDERPASSES. AREAS OF STANDING WATER GREATER THAN 3 FEET DEEP OR RUNNING WATER GREATER THAN 1 FEET DEEP MAY CAUSE CARS TO STALL OR GET WASHED INTO DRAINAGE DITCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ TXZ061-068-075-081-162030- /O.CON.KMAF.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-130718T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ECTOR-CRANE-PECOS-BIG BEND AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ODESSA...CRANE...FORT STOCKTON... MARATHON 500 AM CDT TUE JUL 16 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PECOS...CRANE AND ECTOR COUNTIES...AND THE BIG BEND AREA. * THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING * RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE... ALONG WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR. * MAJOR STREET FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY IN URBAN AREAS WHERE DRAINAGE IS POOR...SUCH AS HIGHWAY UNDERPASSES. AREAS OF STANDING WATER GREATER THAN 3 FEET DEEP OR RUNNING WATER GREATER THAN 1 FEET DEEP MAY CAUSE CARS TO STALL OR GET WASHED INTO DRAINAGE DITCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ TXZ046>048-051>053-062-063-069-070-082-162030- /O.CON.KMAF.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-130717T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK- UPTON-REAGAN-TERRELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAMESA...SNYDER...STANTON... BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY...MCCAMEY... RANKIN...BIG LAKE...SANDERSON 500 AM CDT TUE JUL 16 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * LOCATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF A LAMESA TO FORT STOCKTON TO BIG BEND LINE. * THROUGH THIS EVENING * RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE... ALONG WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR. * MAJOR STREET FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN URBAN AREAS WHERE DRAINAGE IS POOR SUCH AS HIGHWAY UNDERPASSES. AREAS OF STANDING WATER GREATER THAN 3 FEET DEEP OR RUNNING WATER GREATER THAN 1 FEET DEEP MAY CAUSE CARS TO STALL OR GET WASHED INTO DRAINAGE DITCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
490 WGUS64 KMAF 161952 FFAMAF URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 252 PM CDT TUE JUL 16 2013 ...FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL... .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY MOVE SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND INTO EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO TODAY...THEN MOVE TO NEAR EL PASO WEDNESDAY. ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP OVER MOST OF THE AREA TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN EXISTS WHICH WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING... ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS WHERE POOR DRAINAGE. TXZ046>048-051>053-062-063-069-070-082-170400- /O.EXT.KMAF.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-130717T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK- UPTON-REAGAN-TERRELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAMESA...SNYDER...STANTON... BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY...MCCAMEY... RANKIN...BIG LAKE...SANDERSON 252 PM CDT TUE JUL 16 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...TERRELL. IN WEST TEXAS...BORDEN...DAWSON...GLASSCOCK...HOWARD...MARTIN... MIDLAND...MITCHELL...REAGAN...SCURRY AND UPTON. * THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING * ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE... ALONG WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR. * MAJOR STREET FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN URBAN AREAS WHERE DRAINAGE IS POOR SUCH AS HIGHWAY UNDERPASSES. AREAS OF STANDING WATER GREATER THAN 3 FEET DEEP OR RUNNING WATER GREATER THAN 1 FEET DEEP MAY CAUSE CARS TO STALL OR GET WASHED INTO DRAINAGE DITCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ TXZ061-068-075-081-170400- /O.CON.KMAF.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-130718T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ECTOR-CRANE-PECOS-BIG BEND AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ODESSA...CRANE...FORT STOCKTON... MARATHON 252 PM CDT TUE JUL 16 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...BIG BEND AREA AND PECOS. IN WEST TEXAS...CRANE AND ECTOR. * THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING * ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE... ALONG WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR. * MAJOR STREET FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY IN URBAN AREAS WHERE DRAINAGE IS POOR...SUCH AS HIGHWAY UNDERPASSES. AREAS OF STANDING WATER GREATER THAN 3 FEET DEEP OR RUNNING WATER GREATER THAN 1 FEET DEEP MAY CAUSE CARS TO STALL OR GET WASHED INTO DRAINAGE DITCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045-050-057>060-067-074-258-170400- /O.CON.KMAF.FF.A.0003.130717T0000Z-130718T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES- ANDREWS-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-WARD- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD...TATUM... HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL...SEMINOLE...ANDREWS... VAN HORN...PECOS...MENTONE...RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...MONAHANS... ALPINE...PINE SPRINGS 252 PM CDT TUE JUL 16 2013 /152 PM MDT TUE JUL 16 2013/ ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND TEXAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...CENTRAL LEA COUNTY...EDDY COUNTY PLAINS...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY...NORTHERN LEA COUNTY AND SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY. IN TEXAS...ANDREWS...DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA...GAINES... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...LOVING...REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS...VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...WARD AND WINKLER. * FROM 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING * ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE... ALONG WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR. * MAJOR STREET FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN URBAN AREAS WHERE DRAINAGE IS POOR SUCH AS HIGHWAY UNDERPASSES. AREAS OF STANDING WATER GREATER THAN 3 FEET DEEP OR RUNNING WATER GREATER THAN 1 FEET DEEP MAY CAUSE CARS TO STALL OR GET WASHED INTO DRAINAGE DITCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
645 WGUS64 KMAF 170935 FFAMAF FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 435 AM CDT WED JUL 17 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TODAY ALONG AND WEST OF A SEMINOLE ODESSA...SHEFFIELD...PANTHER JUNCTION LINE DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL... .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY MOVE SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS NEW MEXICO TODAY AND TONIGHT. ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE OVER MOST OF THE AREA TODAY. THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO LOCALLY 3 INCHES OF RAIN EXISTS WHICH WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE. TXZ046>048-051>053-062-063-069-070-082-171045- /O.CAN.KMAF.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-130717T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK- UPTON-REAGAN-TERRELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAMESA...SNYDER...STANTON... BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY...MCCAMEY... RANKIN...BIG LAKE...SANDERSON 435 AM CDT WED JUL 17 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN OF WEST TEXAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TODAY BUT RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME EXCESSIVE. MOTORISTS SHOULD STILL REMAIN ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND EXERCISE CAUTION. $$ TXZ061-068-075-081-172015- /O.CON.KMAF.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-130718T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ECTOR-CRANE-PECOS-BIG BEND AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ODESSA...CRANE...FORT STOCKTON... MARATHON 435 AM CDT WED JUL 17 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...BIG BEND AREA AND PECOS COUNTY. IN WEST TEXAS...CRANE AND ECTOR COUNTIES. * THROUGH THIS EVENING * ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO LOCALLY 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR. * MAJOR STREET FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY IN URBAN AREAS WHERE DRAINAGE IS POOR...SUCH AS HIGHWAY UNDERPASSES. AREAS OF STANDING WATER GREATER THAN 3 FEET DEEP OR RUNNING WATER GREATER THAN 1 FEET DEEP MAY CAUSE CARS TO STALL OR GET WASHED INTO DRAINAGE DITCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045-050-057>060-067-074-258-172015- /O.CON.KMAF.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-130718T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES- ANDREWS-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-WARD- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD...TATUM... HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL...SEMINOLE...ANDREWS... VAN HORN...PECOS...MENTONE...RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...MONAHANS... ALPINE...PINE SPRINGS 435 AM CDT WED JUL 17 2013 /335 AM MDT WED JUL 17 2013/ ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND TEXAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...CENTRAL LEA COUNTY...EDDY COUNTY PLAINS...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY...NORTHERN LEA COUNTY AND SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY. IN TEXAS...ANDREWS...DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA...GAINES... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...LOVING...REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS...VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...WARD AND WINKLER. * THROUGH THIS EVENING * ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 TO LOCALLY 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR. * MAJOR STREET FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN URBAN AREAS WHERE DRAINAGE IS POOR SUCH AS HIGHWAY UNDERPASSES. AREAS OF STANDING WATER GREATER THAN 3 FEET DEEP OR RUNNING WATER GREATER THAN 1 FEET DEEP MAY CAUSE CARS TO STALL OR GET WASHED INTO DRAINAGE DITCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
194 WGUS64 KMAF 171939 FFAMAF URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 239 PM CDT WED JUL 17 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH EXTENDED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...EDDY COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL AND CANCELLED FOR THE REST OF THE AREA... .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY MOVE SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS NEW MEXICO TONIGHT. ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE OVER MOST OF THE AREA THROUGH THE MORNING. SOME OF THESE AREAS HAVE RECEIVED OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN AND THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO LOCALLY 2 INCHES MORE EXISTS WHICH WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE. NMZ029-033-034-TXZ045-050-059-060-067-074-172045- /O.CAN.KMAF.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-130718T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES- ANDREWS-LOVING-WINKLER-WARD-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE... JAL...SEMINOLE...ANDREWS...MENTONE...RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT... MONAHANS...ALPINE 239 PM CDT WED JUL 17 2013 /139 PM MDT WED JUL 17 2013/ ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND TEXAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THESE AREAS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...HOWEVER FLOODING WILL REMAIN LOCALIZED. $$ TXZ061-068-075-081-172045- /O.CAN.KMAF.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-130718T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ECTOR-CRANE-PECOS-BIG BEND AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ODESSA...CRANE...FORT STOCKTON... MARATHON 239 PM CDT WED JUL 17 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THESE AREAS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...HOWEVER FLOODING WILL REMAIN LOCALIZED. $$ NMZ027-028-TXZ057-058-258-181200- /O.EXT.KMAF.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-130718T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD...VAN HORN... PECOS...PINE SPRINGS 239 PM CDT WED JUL 17 2013 /139 PM MDT WED JUL 17 2013/ ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...EDDY COUNTY PLAINS AND GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY. IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS AND VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR. * THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING * ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 TO LOCALLY 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR. * MAJOR STREET FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN URBAN AREAS WHERE DRAINAGE IS POOR SUCH AS HIGHWAY UNDERPASSES. AREAS OF STANDING WATER GREATER THAN 3 FEET DEEP OR RUNNING WATER GREATER THAN 1 FEET DEEP MAY CAUSE CARS TO STALL OR GET WASHED INTO DRAINAGE DITCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
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 14, 11:07 AM MDT, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 11:07 AM MDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1207 PM CDT SUN JUL 14 2013
.AVIATION...
18Z TAF ISSUANCE
VFR CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL INTO TONIGHT BEFORE BIG CHANGES OCCUR.
A BOUNDARY WILL MOVE SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT
INCREASING AND SHIFTING THE WINDS TO THE NORTHEAST. THE BOUNDARY
SHOULD MOVE THROUGH KMAF AND KHOB AROUND 15/05Z...KCNM AND KINK
AROUND 15/06Z AND KFST AND KPEQ AFTER 15/07Z. MVFR CIGS WILL
EVENTUALLY MOVE IN BEHIND THE BOUNDARY MAINLY AFTER 12Z.
&&
.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...HIGH WIND WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM MDT MONDAY FOR
THE FOLLOWING ZONES... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY.
TX...WIND ADVISORY FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES... VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR.
HIGH WIND WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM MDT MONDAY FOR
THE FOLLOWING ZONES... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS.
&&
29Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 14, 2:55 AM MDT, 10 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 355 AM CDT SUN JUL 14 2013 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-150900- 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- 355 AM CDT SUN JUL 14 2013 /255 AM MDT SUN JUL 14 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...THE PERMIAN BASIN AND THE WESTERN ROLLING PLAINS. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE HEAVY RAIN. HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING WITH 35 TO 45 MPH WINDS AND GUSTS REACHING 60 MPH. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR CULBERSON COUNTY FOR THE SAME TIME PERIOD. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AN UPPER LOW IS FORECAST TO MOVE FROM EAST TO WEST ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY AND TUESDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL FIRST DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE WESTERN ROLLING PLAINS SUNDAY NIGHT BEFORE SPREADING WEST ACROSS THE REST OF THE REGION MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS SYSTEM WILL BE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE AND SOME LOCATIONS RECEIVING MORE. FLASH FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS WILL LIKELY OCCUR IN AREAS THAT RECEIVE HEAVY RAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 4:00 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | MAF | Eddy | 32 hr |
| Jul 14, 4:00 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | MAF | 32 hr |
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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.