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River Flood Warning 26, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

September 20, 2013Presidio County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this river flood warning at Sep 20, 2013, 5:45 PM CDT for Presidio County, Texas. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 20, 2013, 5:45 PM CDT (22:45 UTC)
Expired: Sep 21, 2013, 12:17 PM CDT
In force: 19 hr
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Presidio County, TX

The river

Written for the forecast point Rio Grande 6 miles WNW of Presidio (PIOT2).

Action stage: 15 ft
Minor stage: 16 ft
Moderate stage: 17 ft
Major stage: 18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

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 Sep 20, 2:20 PM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 20, 2:20 PM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 20, 2:09 PM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
209 PM CDT FRI SEP 20 2013

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-211915-
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-
209 PM CDT FRI SEP 20 2013 /109 PM MDT FRI SEP 20 2013/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED GENERALLY SOUTH
OF I-20 THROUGH TONIGHT. MINOR FLOODING OF AREA ROADWAYS IS
POSSIBLE SO CAUTION IS ADVISED WHILE DRIVING THIS EVENING.

HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE ALONG THE RIO CONCHOS IN MEXICO...
AND ALONG THE RIO GRANDE.  ELEVATED RIVER FLOWS ARE ALREADY
OCCURRING ON THE RIO GRANDE DUE TO RELEASES FROM LUIS LEON
RESERVOIR...AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL COULD RESULT IN
FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ALTHOUGH SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED LOCAL OFFICIALS SHOULD
STAY ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND THE POTENTIAL FOR
FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING.

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
Sep 19, 8:11 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Reagan	4 hr
Sep 19, 9:16 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MAF	Crockett, Terrell	17 hr
Sep 20, 3:20 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Terrell	6 hr
Sep 20, 10:40 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Ector, Midland	4 hr
Sep 20, 10:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Howard, Mitchell	4 hr
Sep 20, 11:00 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MAF	Brewster	38 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2013 Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.