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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this river flood warning at Aug 21, 2022, 1:45 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Aug 22, 2022, 5:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 21, 2022, 1:45 PM MDT (19:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 22, 2022, 5:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2022, 7:14 PM MDT
- In force
- 4 days
- 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 19:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
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 Aug 21, 1:15 PM MDT, 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 21, 1:15 PM MDT, 30 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 21, 1:20 PM MDT, 25 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 220 PM CDT Sun Aug 21 2022 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-059>063-067>070-075-082- 270>282-221930- 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-Loving-Winkler- Ector-Midland-Glasscock-Ward-Crane-Upton-Reagan-Pecos-Terrell- Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet-Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains- Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor-Eastern Culberson County- Reeves County Plains-Chinati Mountains-Marfa Plateau-Davis Mountains- Davis Mountains Foothills-Central Brewster County-Chisos Basin- Presidio Valley-Lower Brewster County- 220 PM CDT Sun Aug 21 2022 /120 PM MDT Sun Aug 21 2022/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast New Mexico, southwest Texas and western Texas. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Scattered to numerous showers and storms are expected this afternoon and tonight across the area. The main concern with these storms will be heavy rain that could produce flooding and flash flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Scattered thunderstorms are possible through Tuesday and may produce heavy rainfall which could result in flash flooding. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. 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... https://weather.gov/midland
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 7:02 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Gaines | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 7:46 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ector, Midland | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 8:02 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Crane, Ector, Pecos, Reeves, Ward, Winkler | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 8:15 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Gaines | 2 hr |
| Aug 21, 12:35 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Crane, Ector, Midland, Ward | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 2:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell, Scurry | 63 min |
| Aug 21, 3:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell, Scurry | 45 min |
| Aug 21, 3:57 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | MAF | Presidio | 15 hr |
| Aug 21, 5:09 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Borden, Scurry | 96 min |
| Aug 20, 9:13 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Lea | 62 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.