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River Flood Warning 9, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this river flood warning at Oct 20, 2024, 2:44 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Oct 21, 2024, 3:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 20, 2024, 2:44 PM MDT (20:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 21, 2024, 3:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Oct 21, 2024, 1:06 PM MDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- 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 20:45 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). The gauge peaked at 12.03 ft at Oct 22, 2024, 12:00 AM MDT.
- 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.
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.