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River Flood Warning 12, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

August 17, 2018Brewster County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this river flood warning at Aug 17, 2018, 2:36 PM CDT for Brewster County, Texas. It took effect at Aug 17, 2018, 6:23 PM CDT. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 17, 2018, 2:36 PM CDT (19:36 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 17, 2018, 6:23 PM CDT
Expired: Aug 18, 2018, 10:35 AM CDT
In force: 16 hr
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Brewster County, TX

The river

Written for the forecast point Rio Grande at Castolon (CSTT2). The gauge peaked at 7.63 ft at Aug 18, 2018, 10:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 19 ft
Major stage: 24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08374550, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river 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 river flood warning went out at Aug 17, 2:22 PM CDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 2:22 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 17, 1:51 PM CDT, 45 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
Aug 17, 2:36 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MAF	Brewster	28 hr
Aug 17, 2:41 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Pecos	2 hr
Aug 17, 5:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	41 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.