2 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 29, 1:29 PM CST, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 229 PM CDT MON JUL 29 2002 MID LEVEL SHEAR AXIS NE-SW FM RED RIVER VALLEY INTO TRANS PECOS RGN WITH REMNANTS OF MCS ACRS W TX. NEW CELL GENERATION OCCURRING IN WRN PB ATTM AS OUTFLOW BOUNDARY MOVES INTO WARM/UNMODIFIED AIR. ACRS NE CWFA ATMOSPHERE IS WORKED OVER AND WITH LITTLE HEATING THERE TODAY EXPECT THAT MOST STORMS WILL DEVELOP ACRS TRANS PECOS WHERE BEST INSTABILITY COMBINES WITH OROGRAPHICS. HEAVY RAIN CERTAINLY A CONCERN AS 5H THETA-E RIDGE AXIS/PWS TO 1.5 ARE COINCIDENT WITH MID LEVEL SHEAR AXIS. VORTICITY MAXIMA WITHIN SHEAR AXIS TO MOVE INTO DAVIS MTNS RGN OVERNIGHT. WITH 5H THETA-E RIDGE AXIS STILL ORIENTED WITHIN MID LEVEL SHEAR AXIS TMW EXPECT THAT BEST RN CHC WILL BE ACRS TRANS PECOS AGAIN AND WILL CONTINUE WITH SCT POPS W. STR BEGINS TO STRENGTHEN ACRS SWRN U.S. TUESDAY...THIS WILL PULL REMNANTS OF MID LEVEL SHEAR AXIS WWD ON WEDNESDAY...FAVORING POPS IN W AGAIN. BY THURSDAY PM MID LEVEL WLYS WILL SAG S INTO NRN AZ/NM SETTING UP A NEW SHEAR AXIS ACRS FAR W TX. THIS WITH 5H THETA-E RIDGE AND OROGRAPHICS CERTAINLY ENUF TO CONTINUE WITH MTN POPS. ONLY SUBTLE SFC TROF ACRS W TX PLAINS INTO AS RIDGE REMAINS N, ERGO TOKEN POPS PLAINS. PRELIMS MAF 71/91/72/94 333 LSA 70/89/70/92 322 6R6 73/91/74/92 543 MRF 62/82/61/83 444 CNM 72/94/71/95 333 .MAF... TX...NONE. NM...NONE.
NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-300400- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 101 PM CDT MON JUL 29 2002 .SYNOPSIS... A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVED INTO THE PERMIAN BASIN THIS MORNING...ENTRENCHING A RAIN COOLED AIRMASS OVER THE EASTERN PARTS OF THE AREA. THE COOL AIRMASS WAS ADVANCING WEST INTO SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE TRANS PECOS BY EARLY AFTERNOON... IN THE FORM OF AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. THIS BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO STALL...AND PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. .WEATHER HAZARDS... THUNDERSTORMS... WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT STORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING WILL OCCUR ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE TRANS PECOS REGION OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS...AS THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY INTERACTS WITH THE WARMER AIRMASS TO THE WEST. SUFFICIENT AFTERNOON HEATING WEST OF THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WILL ENHANCE THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED DOWNBURSTS WITH STORMS IN THOSE AREAS. THESE DOWNBURSTS COULD RESULT IN DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS. STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME...DUE TO THE EXPECTED ISOLATED NATURE OF ANY SEVERE STORMS WHICH DO DEVELOP. HOWEVER...SPOTTERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER UPDATES. LINDLEY
NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-300400- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 104 PM CDT MON JUL 29 2002 CORRECTED TO ADD MENTION OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN .SYNOPSIS... A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVED INTO THE PERMIAN BASIN THIS MORNING...ENTRENCHING A RAIN COOLED AIRMASS OVER THE EASTERN PARTS OF THE AREA. THE COOL AIRMASS WAS ADVANCING WEST INTO SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE TRANS PECOS BY EARLY AFTERNOON... IN THE FORM OF AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. THIS BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO STALL...AND PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. .WEATHER HAZARDS... THUNDERSTORMS... WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT STORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING WILL OCCUR ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE TRANS PECOS REGION OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS...AS THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY INTERACTS WITH THE WARMER AIRMASS TO THE WEST. SUFFICIENT AFTERNOON HEATING WEST OF THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WILL ENHANCE THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED DOWNBURSTS WITH STORMS IN THOSE AREAS. THESE DOWNBURSTS COULD RESULT IN DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS. IN ADDITION...THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME...DUE TO THE EXPECTED ISOLATED NATURE OF ANY SEVERE STORMS WHICH DO DEVELOP. HOWEVER...SPOTTERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER UPDATES. LINDLEY
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 139 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:58 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Pecos County law enforcement reported Highway 285 was flooded and impassable.
The Texas Department of Transportation reported flooding of secondary roads south of Marfa including Farm to Market Road 169.
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, July 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: 5304042, 5304043.