Flash Flood Warning 64, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

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WGUS74 KMAF 181315
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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
715 AM MDT THU SEP 18 2014

NMC025-TXC003-165-181515-
/O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0064.000000T0000Z-140918T1515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GAINES-ANDREWS-LEA-
715 AM MDT THU SEP 18 2014

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 AM MDT/1015 AM
CDT/ FOR SOUTHERN LEA...ANDREWS AND WESTERN GAINES COUNTIES...

AT 700 AM MDT...THE NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REPORTED
SEVERAL ROADS IN HOBBS WITH 4 TO 6 INCHES OF WATER RUNNING OVER THEM. 
AT 712 AM MDT...A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING 
MODERATE RAINFALL...AND ISOLATED HEAVY RAINFALL...WAS MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 10 MPH OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY...AND WESTERN PORTIONS
OF GAINES AND ANDREWS COUNTY. DUE TO SATURATED GROUND ACROSS THESE 
AREAS...ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE OVER THE WARNED AREA.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LEA COUNTY
REGIONAL AIRPORT...OIL CENTER...NADINE...MONUMENT...KNOWLES...HUMBLE
CITY...HOBBS...HALFWAY...EUNICE...BUCKEYE...ANDREWS AND FLOREY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

STREAMS AND DRAINAGES AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
WARDSWELL DRAW...MONUMENT DRAW...SEMINOLE DRAW AND MUSTANG DRAW.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.

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LAT...LON 3203 10311 3202 10369 3253 10371 3255 10379
      3294 10370 3294 10305 3251 10277 3249 10226
      3212 10226 3212 10304

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
539 AM CDT Thu Sep 18 2014

.DISCUSSION...

See Aviation Discussion below.

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.AVIATION...

WV imagery shows remnants of T.S. Odile opening up and set to move
over West Texas/SE NM in SW flow aloft later today. TAFs will be
messy, but most terminals should stay VFR through 00Z Friday except
KCNM, which should vary between MVFR and VFR at times. Lwr
cigs/visibilities can be expected in areas of direct convection.
forecast soundings suggest IFR cigs at KCNM/KHOB after 00Z, and
MVFR at KMAF.

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.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 408 AM CDT Thu Sep 18 2014/

DISCUSSION...
Wind flow around the upper ridge extending from Mexico up across the
Rockies will continue to pull tropical moisture from Odile across the
region.  What is left of the circulation of Odile will be pulled
east while a cut off low works down the CA coast.

Had some storms overnight across the Central Permian Basin with
radar estimating over 2 inches of rainfall with the heavier
storms... but most of these have dissipated.  Heavy rain north of
ELP has drifted into the western zones as of 09z.  Currently have
Flash Flood Warnings in effect for Eddy and Culberson counties.  The
airmass is very moist... MAF 00z sounding had a PW near 1.5 inches
and model soundings push this over 1.8 inches today... so potential
exists for heavy rainfall.  Have upped pops over Eddy and Lea county
today to 70 percent but have also stretched likely pops all the way
across the Northern Permian Basin to Snyder.  In addition to rain
moving in from the west... models are developing a large area of
rain along what looks like a boundary that extends from the Gulf
coast to the South Plains and crosses the NE Permian Basin.  Have
extended the FF Watch another 24 hrs through tonight and added
Reeves... Loving... Andrews... and Gaines to it.  Depending how
storms develop today later shifts may need to add the Davis Mtn or
Dawson county to the watch.

Temperatures today will be a challenge and highly dependent on
exactly where rain forms.  The last couple of days the sun has been
able to break out during the late afternoon and push temps up to
normal or above.  It could happen again today so have increased highs
today... but kept highs in the 70s over NM where rain should be
heavier/more frequent.

Still looking at a front making into the region Sunday.  Fropa does
not look to be strong... instead it just bridges down into the area
as the surface ridge builds south.  Not expecting that much cooling
with it.

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.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...FLASH FLOOD WATCH through late tonight FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...
      Central Lea County...Eddy County Plains...Guadalupe
     Mountains of Eddy County...Northern Lea County...Southern
     Lea County.

TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH through Friday morning FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES... Andrews...Gaines...Guadalupe Mountains...Loving...
     Reeves County and Upper Trans Pecos...Van Horn and Highway
     54 Corridor.

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
412 AM CDT THU SEP 18 2014

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-190915-
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-
412 AM CDT THU SEP 18 2014 /312 AM MDT THU SEP 18 2014/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ARE
ANTICIPATED TODAY AND TONIGHT...MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
AND ADJACENT AREAS OF WEST TEXAS.  LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING IN MANY AREAS.  A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO...ANDREWS AND GAINES COUNTIES...VAN HORN AND THE HIGHWAY
54 CORRIDOR...AND REEVES COUNTY AND THE UPPER TRANS PECOS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT NOTED ABOVE MAY CONTINUE INTO THE
WEEKEND...AND SPREAD EAST AND SOUTH.

THE RIO GRANDE WILL BE ELEVATED OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS DUE TO
RELEASES FROM RESERVOIRS IN MEXICO AND HEAVY RAINFALL ON BOTH
SIDES OF THE RIVER.  IN ADDITION...NORMALLY DRY OR LOW FLOW ARROYOS
IN EDDY COUNTY...SUCH AS THE RIO PENASCO...MAY RUN HIGH DUE TO
HEAVY RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ALTHOUGH SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED...LOCAL EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT SHOULD STAY UP TO DATE ON THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN
FLASH FLOODING OR RIVER FLOODING OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

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

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
553 AM CDT THU SEP 18 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0545 AM     FLASH FLOOD      GREENWOOD               32.03N 101.90W
09/18/2014                   MIDLAND            TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            FM307 BETWEEN CR1120 AND CR1110 WAS CLOSED DUE TO
            FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN OVERNIGHT.

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