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River Flood Warning 12, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

October 1, 2019Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this river flood warning at Oct 1, 2019, 7:52 AM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Oct 2, 2019, 7:05 PM MDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 1, 2019, 7:52 AM MDT (13:52 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 2, 2019, 7:05 PM MDT
Expired: Oct 2, 2019, 7:06 AM MDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Eddy County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 183 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Pecos River 6 miles E of Artesia (ATSN5).

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 12.5 ft
Moderate stage: 15 ft
Major stage: 18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08396500, 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 Oct 1, 4:51 AM MDT, 3 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 1, 4:51 AM MDT, 3 hours 1 minute 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
Oct 1, 5:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Loving	52 min
Oct 1, 5:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		26 min
Sep 30, 6:08 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Eddy	3 hr
Sep 30, 6:39 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Eddy	3 hr
Sep 30, 7:03 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Eddy, Lea	3 hr
Sep 30, 7:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Lea	52 min
Sep 30, 7:30 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Lea	3 hr
Sep 30, 8:15 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Lea	3 hr
Oct 1, 5:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Eddy	49 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 2019 Every river flood warning in 2019

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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.