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Areal Flood Warning 6, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

August 29, 2016Andrews County, Gaines County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this areal flood warning at Aug 29, 2016, 3:56 AM CDT for Andrews County, Gaines County, Texas. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 29, 2016, 3:56 AM CDT (08:56 UTC)
Expired: Aug 29, 2016, 10:00 AM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Andrews County, TX, Gaines County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:59 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 areal 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 areal flood warning went out at Aug 28, 11:59 PM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 28, 11:59 PM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 28, 1:55 PM CDT, 14 hours 1 minute before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
155 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-291900-
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-
155 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016 /1255 PM MDT SUN AUG 28 2016/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF HEAVY RAINFALL,
LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL BE
POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. ELEVATED FLOWS, IF NOT FLOODING WILL BE
POSSIBLE ON THE RIO GRANDE RIVER, OR THE PECOS RIVER IN NEW
MEXICO.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA
THROUGH WEDNESDAY.  HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL
CONTINUE TO BE THE MAIN CONCERN WITH THESE STORMS, ALONG WITH
FLOODING ALONG THE RIO GRANDE, IF NOT THE PECOS RIVER IN SOUTHEAST
NEW MEXICO.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

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

Local storm report, Aug 28, 10:58 PM CDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1058 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016

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

1056 PM     HEAVY RAIN       HOBBS                   32.73N 103.16W
08/28/2016  M4.19 INCH       LEA                NM   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MEASURED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TOWN. STILL RAINING AT THIS
            TIME.

&&

JULIE.PHILLIPSON

Local storm report, Aug 28, 11:02 PM CDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1102 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016

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

0930 PM     FLASH FLOOD      10 N SEMINOLE           32.86N 102.65W
08/28/2016                   GAINES             TX   PUBLIC

            SIX TO 12 INCHES OF WATER RUNNING OVER HIGHWAY 62/385
            10-12 MILES NORTH OF SEMINOLE. MOTORISTS STUCK IN HIGH
            WATER.

1000 PM     FLASH FLOOD      23 E SEMINOLE           32.72N 102.26W
08/28/2016                   GAINES             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            MOTORISTS STUCK IN HIGH WATER ON HIGHWAY 62/180 ABOUT
            23-24 MILES WEST OF SEMINOLE.

1009 PM     FLASH FLOOD      SEMINOLE                32.72N 102.65W
08/28/2016                   GAINES             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HIGHWAY 180 ON THE EAST SIDE OF SEMINOLE IS FLOODED WITH
            SIX TO TWELVE INCHES OF WATER FLOWING OVER THE ROAD.

1015 PM     FLASH FLOOD      18 S HOBBS              32.47N 103.16W
08/28/2016                   LEA                NM   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HIGHWAY 8 BETWEEN HOBBS AND EUNICE HAS BEEN CLOSED DUE TO
            HIGH WATER.

1047 PM     FLASH FLOOD      HOBBS                   32.73N 103.16W
08/28/2016                   LEA                NM   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            JOE HARVEY BOULEVARD ON THE NORTH SIDE OF HOBBS IS
            FLOODING WITH SIX TO TWELEVE INCHES OF WATER OVER THE
            ROAD.

&&

AKL

Local storm report, Aug 28, 11:38 PM CDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1138 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016

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

1131 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 NW HOBBS              32.75N 103.19W
08/28/2016                   LEA                NM   TRAINED SPOTTER

            KNEE DEEP WATER OVER ROAD AT COPPER AND GRIMES.

&&

RHLUCHAN

Local storm report, Aug 29, 12:18 AM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1218 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2016

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

1215 AM     FLASH FLOOD      JAL                     32.11N 103.19W
08/29/2016                   LEA                NM   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            MONTANA AND THIRD STREET IN JAL HAS BEEN CLOSED DUE TO
            HIGH WATER.

&&

AKL

Local storm report, Aug 29, 12:24 AM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1224 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2016

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

1221 AM     FLASH FLOOD      SEMINOLE                32.72N 102.65W
08/29/2016                   GAINES             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HIGHWAY 180 ON THE EAST SIDE OF SEMINOLE IS COMPLETELY
            FLOODED AND THE ROAD WILL BE CLOSED.

&&

AKL

Local storm report, Aug 29, 2:09 AM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
209 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2016

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

0200 AM     FLASH FLOOD      10 NE ANDREWS           32.42N 102.43W
08/29/2016                   ANDREWS            TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            THE ANDREWS COUNTY S.O. REPORTED 2 FEET OF WATER RUNNING
            OVER THE INTERSECTION OF RANCH ROAD 1788 AND NE 7100,
            ABOUT 10-11 MILES NORTHEAST OF ANDREWS.

&&

AKL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 28, 7:15 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Brewster, Pecos, Terrell	3 hr
Aug 28, 8:20 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Terrell	3 hr
Aug 28, 9:44 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Gaines	3 hr
Aug 28, 10:02 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MAF	Brewster	46 hr
Aug 28, 10:39 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Gaines	3 hr
Aug 28, 11:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Andrews, Gaines	3 hr
Aug 28, 11:28 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Dawson	3 hr
Aug 29, 12:59 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Andrews, Gaines	3 hr
Aug 29, 1:25 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MAF	Gaines	6 hr
Aug 29, 1:31 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Andrews, Gaines	3 hr
Aug 29, 3:48 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Dawson, Martin	3 hr
Aug 29, 4:33 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	MAF	Andrews, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines, Loving and 7 more	47 hr
Aug 29, 7:36 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MAF	Andrews, Gaines	3 hr
Aug 29, 1:14 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Andrews	3 hr
Aug 29, 1:26 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Andrews, Gaines	4 hr
Aug 29, 3:06 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Ector	3 hr
Aug 29, 5:51 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Pecos, Ward	3 hr
Aug 28, 9:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Lea	3 hr
Aug 29, 2:55 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Eddy	3 hr

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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.