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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

July 16, 20135 counties in Texas; Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood watch at Jul 16, 2013, 5:00 AM CDT for 5 counties in Texas; Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico. It took effect at Jul 16, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 43 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 16, 2013, 5:00 AM CDT (10:00 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 16, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 18, 2013, 1:54 PM CDT
In force: 43 hr
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Flood severity: None

Counties Eddy County, NM, Lea County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Loving County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 16, 4:44 AM CDT, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 4:44 AM CDT, 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 16, 4:55 AM CDT, 5 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
Jul 16, 10:02 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Howard	3 hr
Jul 16, 10:13 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Reagan	3 hr
Jul 16, 11:12 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Scurry	3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Texas, 2013 Flash Flood Watches in New Mexico, 2013 Every flash flood watch in 2013

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.