1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 10, 11:48 AM MST, 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 148 PM CDT SAT AUG 10 2002 WSR-88D IMAGERY SHOWS AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM JUST NORTH OF MIDLAND INTO LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO. THIS BOUNDARY ORIGINATED WITH CONVECTION NORTH OF THE AREA AND COULD SERVE AS THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER EDDY AND LEA COUNTY...AND I ANTICIPATE THAT DAYTIME HEATING...UPSLOPE LOW LEVEL FLOW...AND THE INFLUENCES OF THE REMNANTS OF BERTHA WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATER TODAY OVER THE BIG BEND REGION. MODELS ARE IN GENERAL AGREEMENT IN SUGGESTING MID LEVEL DRYING SUNDAY AND MONDAY ACROSS THE AREA. MORE SOUTHERLY SURFACE WINDS...LESS OF AN UPSLOPE WIND COMPONENT...AND LESS STEEP LAPSE RATES ALSO HINT AT A DECREASING RAIN CHANCES ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY AND MONDAY. AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS MONDAY AND TUESDAY...AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL SURGE SOUTHWARD... POTENTIALLY REACHING OUR FORECAST AREA ON TUESDAY. I WILL CONTINUE WITH CURRENT FORECAST TRENDS OF INCREASING RAIN CHANCES BEGINNING TUESDAY. PRELIMINARY CCF... MAF 71/93/70/95 21-- LSA 68/92/68/93 21-- 6R6 72/94/71/94 31-- MRF 61/85/61/88 3211 CNM 71/95/70/98 3211 .MAF... TX...NONE. NM...NONE. PV/03
NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-102000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1118 AM CDT SAT AUG 10 2002 .SYNOPSIS... OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES LEFT OVER FROM EARLIER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO EAST INTO THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS WILL PUSH SOUTH INTO SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO AND THE PERMIAN BASIN OF WEST TEXAS. MEANWHILE...DAYTIME HEATING ALONG WITH MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION BERTHA WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE BIG BEND AND LOWER TRANS PECOS REGIONS OF WEST TEXAS. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO EARLY THIS EVENING...BUT SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH AROUND SUNSET. .WEATHER HAZARDS... THUNDERSTORMS... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING ACROSS MUCH OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...WITH THE BEST CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20 AND ACROSS THE TEXAS BIG BEND. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE...HOWEVER WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH AND RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. THIS RAINFALL MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF BAR DITCHES...ARROYOS...DRAWS...AND OTHER AREAS SUSCEPTIBLE TO HIGH WATER. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORM. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD BEGIN TO WANE AROUND SUNSET WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING...AND SHOULD DISSIPATE BEFORE MIDNIGHT. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. OTHERWISE...NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS FORECAST THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES...AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT http://www.srh.noaa.gov/maf
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
High water up to three feet in depth was running in a low water crossing on Halderman Road near Eagle Draw.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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