1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Aug 2, 5:40 AM CST, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 640 AM CDT FRI AUG 2 2002 HAVE SENT UPDATE TO ZFP TO INCREASE POPS W-NW AS TSTMS WITH HVY RN PERSIST. TSTMS ARE TRAINING FURTHER INCREASING THREAT FOR FLOODING/FLASH FLOODING ACRS UPPER TRANS PECOS/LEA/EDDY COUNTIES. TSTM FEEDING NWWD INTO THETA-E RIDGE AXIS WITHIN RGN OF UPPER DIVERGENCE. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION.... CLUSTER OF TSTMS WITH HVY RN BUILDING W ALONG 5H THETA-E RIDGE AXIS WITHIN RGN OF UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE/5H SHEAR AXIS AS DEPICTED BY ETA. IR IMAGE SHOWS TOPS SLOWLY WARMING AND EXPECT STORMS TO WANE THRU MORNING. 5H SHEAR AXIS TO BE FARTHER W TDY AS STR DEVELOPS FARTHER E OVER MO. THIS WILL ALSO PUSH THETA-E RIDGE AXIS W PLACING MTNS AND ADJACENT PLAINS (N TO S STEERING FLOW) WITH BEST POPS. SB CINH PROGGED TO BE HIGH FROM PB SWD...BUT WITH LINGERING SFC BOUNDARIES A CONCERN WILL INCLUDE ISOLD POPS PB. BY SATURDAY WELL DEFINED 5H SHEAR AXIS/TROF NW OF CWFA WITH A WEAKER TROF MOVING E ACRS W TX. ATTM SATURDAY LOOKS TO BE A DOWN DAY AND WILL CONTINUE WITH DRY FCST. SUNDAY AND MONDAY STR REMAINS ACRS CENTRAL PLAINS WHICH WILL GENERALLY FAVOR POPS W AS SW FLOW CONTINUES TO TAP PAC MSTR. NO CHANGES TO EXTENDED. PRELIMS MAF 95/71/96/71 111 LSA 94/70/96/70 111 6R6 94/72/95/71 111 MRF 84/61/86/60 332 CNM 98/70/96/70 332 .MAF... TX...NONE. NM...NONE.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
249 AM CDT FRI AUG 02 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1045 PM MIDLAND TX FLASH FLOOD
08/01/02 MIDLAND SEVERAL CARS STALLED IN
WATER COVERING PORTIONS
OF MIDKIFF AND GARFIELD
STREETS, JUST SOUTH OF
LOOP 250. REPORTED BY THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
1110 PM EUNICE NM FLASH FLOOD
08/01/02 LEA NUMEROUS HOMES FLOODED.
REPORTED BY THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT.
1140 PM SEMINOLE TX FLASH FLOOD
08/01/02 GAINES 4 LANES COVERED WITH
WATER ON HIGHWAY 180 ON
SOUTHEAST SIDE OF
SEMINOLE. REPORTED BY
GAINES SHERIFFS OFFICE.
1155 PM 9NE ANDREWS TX FLASH FLOOD
08/01/02 ANDREWS INTERSECTION OF FM 1788
AND HIGHWAY 115 UNDER
WATER. REPORTED BY
ANDREWS SHERIFFS OFFICE.
1227 AM SEMINOLE TX FLASH FLOOD
08/02/02 GAINES PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 180
UNDER WATER ON SOUTHEAST
SIDE OF SEMINOLE.
REPORTED BY GAINES
SHERIFFS OFFICE.
1205 AM 1E EUNICE NM 70 MPH TSTM GUST
08/02/02 LEA TREES DAMAGED. REPORTED
BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-022030- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 430 AM CDT FRI AUG 2 2002 .SYNOPSIS... DAYTIME HEATING...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE ISOLATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS TODAY AND TONIGHT. MOST THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE THIS EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. .WEATHER HAZARDS... THUNDERSTORMS... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE REGION SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. HOWEVER...A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. IN ADDITION... ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. OTHERWISE...NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS FORECAST FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. 44
NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-022030- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 513 AM CDT FRI AUG 2 2002 .SYNOPSIS... DAYTIME HEATING...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS TODAY AND TONIGHT. MOST THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE THIS EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. .WEATHER HAZARDS... THUNDERSTORMS... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE REGION SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. HOWEVER...A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. IN ADDITION... ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. OTHERWISE...NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS FORECAST FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. 44
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 158 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:29 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy overnight rainfall resulted in flash flooding in parts of Reeves County. The DPS reported up to 8 inches of water covering numerous intersections in the city of Pecos.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, August 2002
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5315216.