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River Flood Warning 8, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

September 4, 2024Mitchell County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this river flood warning at Sep 4, 2024, 2:19 PM CDT for Mitchell County, Texas. It took effect at Sep 4, 2024, 6:09 PM CDT. It was in force for 39 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 4, 2024, 2:19 PM CDT (19:19 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 4, 2024, 6:09 PM CDT
Expired
Sep 6, 2024, 8:57 AM CDT
In force
39 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Mitchell County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Colorado River (TX) 1 mile WSW of Colorado City (CDCT2). The gauge peaked at 21.48 ft at Sep 5, 2024, 2:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
12 ft
Minor stage
15 ft
Moderate stage
20 ft
Major stage
26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08121000, 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 Sep 3, 5:23 PM CDT, 20 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 3, 5:23 PM CDT, 20 hours 56 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 3, 7:39 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMAFScurry13 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2024Every river flood warning in 2024

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.