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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 16, 201811 counties in Texas; Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood watch at Jun 16, 2018, 2:38 AM CDT for 11 counties in Texas; Lea County, New Mexico. It took effect at Jun 16, 2018, 5:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 16, 2018, 2:38 AM CDT (07:38 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 16, 2018, 5:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 17, 2018, 10:00 AM CDT
In force: 17 hr
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Flood severity: None

Counties Lea County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Crane County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Ector County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Loving County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:39 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 Jun 16, 2:32 AM CDT, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 2:32 AM CDT, 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 1:55 PM CDT, 12 hours 43 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 16, 2:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Loving	54 min
Jun 16, 3:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Loving, Reeves, Winkler	55 min
Jun 16, 3:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews, Loving, Winkler	53 min
Jun 16, 3:37 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Loving, Reeves, Ward	3 hr
Jun 16, 4:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews, Loving, Winkler	63 min
Jun 16, 4:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Andrews, Ector, Gaines, Loving, Pecos, Reeves and 2 more	2 hr
Jun 16, 4:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ward, Winkler	46 min
Jun 16, 5:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews, Ector, Winkler	42 min
Jun 16, 5:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ward	36 min
Jun 16, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos, Reeves, Ward	48 min
Jun 16, 6:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ward	59 min
Jun 16, 6:41 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Pecos, Reeves, Ward	3 hr
Jun 16, 1:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Eddy	59 min
Jun 16, 1:16 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Eddy	3 hr
Jun 16, 1:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Eddy	50 min
Jun 16, 1:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Eddy	53 min
Jun 16, 2:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Eddy, Lea	59 min
Jun 16, 2:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Eddy, Lea	66 min
Jun 16, 3:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Lea	45 min
Jun 16, 3:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Eddy, Lea	3 hr
Jun 16, 4:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Lea	73 min

Nearby

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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.