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Flash Flood Watch 8, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

October 14, 20135 counties in Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood watch at Oct 14, 2013, 1:46 PM CDT for 5 counties in Texas. It took effect at Oct 15, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 14, 2013, 1:46 PM CDT (18:46 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 15, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: Oct 16, 2013, 4:36 AM CDT
In force: 22 hr
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Flood severity: None

Counties Crane County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Terrell County, TX, Upton County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:47 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 Oct 14, 12:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 14, 12:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 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
Oct 13, 7:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Glasscock, Reagan	3 hr
Oct 13, 9:28 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Glasscock, Reagan	6 hr
Oct 13, 9:53 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Reagan, Upton	3 hr
Oct 14, 4:34 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	MAF	Ector, Midland	6 hr
Oct 14, 6:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		32 min
Oct 14, 6:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	34 min

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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.