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Flash Flood Watch 6, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood watch at Sep 17, 2014, 4:51 AM CDT for 18 counties in Texas; Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico. It took effect at Sep 17, 2014, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 17, 2014, 4:51 AM CDT (09:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 17, 2014, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 23, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 days
- 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, Glasscock County, TX, Howard County, TX, Loving County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Upton County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:54 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 Sep 17, 4:33 AM CDT, 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 17, 4:33 AM CDT, 18 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 5:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Howard | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Watches in Texas, 2014Flash Flood Watches in New Mexico, 2014Every 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.