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 Jul 18, 4:27 PM CST, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 527 PM CDT THU JUL 18 2002 CONVECTION STARTING TO DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL PERMIAN BASIN ATTM. ADDITIONALLY...IT APPEARS THAT THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL HAS SHIFTED NORTH OUT OF PECOS COUNTY. WILL SEND AN UPDATE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HOUR TO RAISE POPS OVER THE UPPER TRANS PECOS AND CENTRAL PERMIAN BASIN. NO OTHER SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST ARE ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .MAF... TX...NONE. NM...NONE.
NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-190300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 104 PM CDT THU JUL 18 2002 .SYNOPSIS... A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN CENTERED OVER WESTERN KANSAS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK AS A DISTURBANCE PERSISTS OVER WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. AT THE SURFACE...SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO TRANSPORT MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO INTO WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. THE COMBINATION OF DAYTIME HEATING AND THE ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL ALLOW THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP... MAINLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS. .WEATHER HAZARDS... HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN AREAS OF WEST TEXAS INCLUDING THE BIG BEND AND RIO GRANDE VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH SEVERE LIMITS...THE STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH. THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CAUSE SOME FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS. STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-190300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 104 PM CDT THU JUL 18 2002 .SYNOPSIS... A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN CENTERED OVER WESTERN KANSAS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK AS A DISTURBANCE PERSISTS OVER WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. AT THE SURFACE...SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO TRANSPORT MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO INTO WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. THE COMBINATION OF DAYTIME HEATING AND THE ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL ALLOW THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP... MAINLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS. .WEATHER HAZARDS... HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN AREAS OF WEST TEXAS INCLUDING THE BIG BEND AND RIO GRANDE VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH SEVERE LIMITS...THE STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH. THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CAUSE SOME FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS. STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rains caused Alamito Creek to wash over Old Maverick Road on the west side of the Big Bend National Park.
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