1 flash 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 Sep 4, 7:59 PM MST, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 959 PM CDT SAT SEP 4 2004 .UPDATE... POPS HAVE BEEN RAISED OVER THE WESTERN 2/3 OF THE CWA GIVEN THE LATEST SATELLITE AND RADAR TRENDS. ACTIVITY IS BEING ENHANCED WITH EXTRA MOISTURE FROM T.S. HOWARD ALONG WITH A STRONG UPPER JET OVER CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. MINOR CHANGES TO DEW POINTS AND SKY COVER GRIDS WERE ALSO MADE BASED ON THE LATEST OBS/SATELLITE DATA ALSO. ZONES HAVE BEEN SENT AND THE REMAINING PRODUCTS WILL BE OUT SHORTLY. && .PREV DISCUSSION... LOW CLOUDS BURNED OFF LATE ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE PERMIAN BASIN THIS MORNING. LOW CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE TO ERODE OVER THE EASTERN PART OF THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SOUTHERLY SURFACE FLOW OVER MUCH OF AREA WILL CONTINUE TO ADVECT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE INTO THE AREA OVERNIGHT. CLOUDINESS IS EXPECTED TO BE MORE WIDESPREAD OVERNIGHT WITH THE HELP OF MID TO UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE AND CLOUDS BLOWING OFF HURRICANE HOWARD IN THE PACIFIC. SURFACE COOLING SHOULD BE HAMPERED ENOUGH THAT LITTLE IF ANY FOG IS EXPECTED. LOW TEMPERATURES LIKELY TO BE A LITTLE WARMER OVERNIGHT AS WELL. THOUGH MID TO UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE IS INCREASING... LAPSE RATES BARELY IN EXCESS OF 6 DEGREES PER KILOMETER...MAINLY OVER DAVIS MOUNTAINS. LITTLE CAP IN PLACE... SO MAINLY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF WEST TEXAS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. SATELLITE INDICATES PRECIPITABLE WATER IN THE TROPICAL PLUME PUSHING INTO SOUTHWEST TEXAS IN EXCESS OF 1.25 INCHES... SO BRIEF HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORM OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF WEST TEXAS. WITH WEAK INSTABILITY... INSIGNIFICANT LIFT AND A STRONGER CAP EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS... LITTLE IF ANY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT EAST OF THE PECOS RIVER. PROGRESSIVE MID LEVEL TROF MOVING INTO PLAINS SUN MORNING WILL DRAG ASSOCD PAC FRONT/DRYLINE E INTO W TX. ALSO ASSOCD WARM CONVEYOR BELT MSTR - WHICH WILL INCLUDE SOME OF HOWARD/S REMNANTS - WILL MOVE INTO AREA. EXPECT THAT WEAK MID LEVEL LIFT ASSOCD WITH TROF WILL RESULT IN A TSRA INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. CLOUD COVER WILL LIMIT INSOLATION AND AS FOCUS SHIFTS INTO FAR E DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON OPPORTUNITY FOR PRECIP WILL DIMINISH CENTRAL/WEST. SFC BOUNDARY MAY LAG ACRS FAR SRN AREAS AND WILL KEEP AN ISOLD POP THERE. AS MID LEVEL TROF MOVES INTO CENTRAL PLAINS EARLY MON AM COLDER AIR WILL MOVE INTO W TX WITH NE WINDS ACRS CWFA BEFORE SUNRISE. AIRMASS WILL BECOME MORE STABLE AS LR/S DECREASE AND MSTR IS PUSHED E AND S. NOTICEABLE COOLING MON AS 85H TEMPS DECREASE 3-4 DEGREES C. SFC RIDGE WILL BE SLOW TO MOVE EWD AS FRANCES DOMINATES LOW LEVEL PATTERN...THUS ELY COMPONENT WILL PERSIST INTO TUE (AT LEAST ERN HALF OF CWFA). POST FRONTAL AIRMASS VERY STABLE AND THUS DRY FCST CONTINUES TUE. MID LEVEL RIDGING TO COMMENCE WED S OF ANOTHER COLD MID LEVEL TROF SWINGING THRU ALBERTA/NRN U.S.. ASSOCD SFC COLD FRONT WILL PUSH S THRU THE PLAINS THUR WITH LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE/INSTABILITY FOCUSING IN ERN NM. LARGE MODEL DISCREPANCIES FRI/SAT LEAD TO STATUS QUO IN FCST ATTP. && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. NM...NONE. && 06
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 100 PM CDT SAT SEP 4 2004 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-050900- ANDREWS-BIG BEND AREA-BORDEN-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-CRANE- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-DAWSON-ECTOR-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-GAINES- GLASSCOCK-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY- HOWARD-LOVING-MARFA PLATEAU-MARTIN-MIDLAND-MITCHELL- NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-REAGAN- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-SCURRY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY- TERRELL-UPTON-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-WARD-WINKLER- 100 PM CDT (1200 PM MDT) SAT SEP 4 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER THE MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOST PROBABLE OVER THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND MARFA PLATEAU. NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED... THOUGH ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP COULD PRODUCE DEADLY LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 05
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 149 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:00 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A line of thunderstorms moved across the southeastern plains of New Mexico during the late evening hours of the 4th. Local officials reported flash flooding in Hobbs. High water flowed through several city streets and some intersections were impassable.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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