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Flash Flood Watch 5, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

September 11, 201414 counties in Texas; Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood watch at Sep 11, 2014, 2:58 PM CDT for 14 counties in Texas; Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico. It took effect at Sep 11, 2014, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 11, 2014, 2:58 PM CDT (19:58 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 11, 2014, 4:00 PM CDT
Expired: Sep 13, 2014, 3:57 AM CDT
In force: 36 hr
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Flood severity: None

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, Howard County, TX, Loving County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Upton County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 Sep 11, 12:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 11, 12:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 11, 2:33 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
233 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2014

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-121945-
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-
233 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2014 /133 PM MDT THU SEP 11 2014/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS TODAY, WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING
NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD TONIGHT. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG
ENOUGH FOR GUSTY WINDS OVER 50 MPH, SMALL HAIL, AND FREQUENT CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. HOWEVER, THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE FOR HEAVY
RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR
CULBERSON COUNTY...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...THE UPPER TRANS
PECOS...AND THE WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ON FRIDAY AS
A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE REGION. GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS...AND WILL LIKELY LEAD
TO AREAS OF FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH
CONTINUES THROUGH FRIDAY FOR CULBERSON COUNTY...SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO...THE UPPER TRANS PECOS...AND THE WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN AND
MAY EVENTUALLY NEED TO BE EXPANDED.

NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH SUSTAINED IN
GUADALUPE PASS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING BEHIND THE STRONG
COLD FRONT. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED...LOCAL
EMERGENCY OFFICIALS MAY HAVE TO DEAL WITH FLOODING OR 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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 11, 2:20 PM CDT, 38 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
220 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2014

TXZ074-080-111945-
DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-MARFA PLATEAU-
220 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AN INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM
AFFECTING NORTH CENTRAL PRESIDIO AND SOUTH CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS
COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM CDT...

AN INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER RYAN AT 220 PM
CDT...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. THIS STORM WAS OVER U.S. 90.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

GUSTY WINDS... HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3060 10440 3059 10410 3029 10409 3032 10434
      3049 10437
TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 202DEG 5KT 3044 10427

The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 11, 2:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Jeff Davis	25 min
Sep 11, 2:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Jeff Davis, Presidio	3 hr
Sep 11, 3:19 PM CDT	High Wind Watch	MAF		13 hr
Sep 11, 4:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Pecos	3 hr
Sep 11, 5:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Crane, Pecos	3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Texas, 2014 Flash Flood Watches in New Mexico, 2014 Every flash flood watch in 2014

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.