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River Flood Warning 59, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

October 11, 2022Brewster County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this river flood warning at Oct 11, 2022, 10:04 AM CDT for Brewster County, Texas. It was in force for 55 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 11, 2022, 10:04 AM CDT (15:04 UTC)
Expired: Oct 13, 2022, 4:42 PM CDT
In force: 55 hr
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

County Brewster County, TX

The river

Written for the forecast point Rio Grande at Boquillas Crossing (BOQT2).

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 13 ft
Moderate stage: 15 ft
Major stage: 20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08375300, 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 11, 6:23 AM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 11, 6:23 AM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 11, 2:44 AM CDT, 7 hours 20 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 11, 8:08 AM CDT, 1 hour 56 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
Oct 10, 7:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	43 min
Oct 10, 7:25 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Pecos	2 hr
Oct 10, 7:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	48 min
Oct 10, 8:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Crane, Upton	66 min
Oct 10, 8:12 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Mitchell	8 hr
Oct 10, 8:41 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Crane, Pecos, Upton	2 hr
Oct 10, 8:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Glasscock, Martin, Midland	52 min
Oct 10, 9:03 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Howard	3 hr
Oct 10, 9:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Howard	41 min
Oct 10, 9:22 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Glasscock, Midland, Reagan, Upton	113 min
Oct 10, 9:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MAF	Pecos	9 hr
Oct 10, 10:17 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Jeff Davis, Presidio, Reeves	6 hr
Oct 10, 11:42 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Jeff Davis, Reeves	4 hr
Oct 11, 6:51 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MAF	Brewster	40 hr
Oct 11, 10:02 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MAF	Brewster	25 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.