Scattered strong thunderstorms produced locally heavy rainfall in the Davis Mountains and the Upper Trans Pecos region of west Texas. Officials in both Reeves and Jeff Davis Counties reported dangerous conditions due to street flooding.
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Scattered strong thunderstorms produced locally heavy rainfall in the Davis Mountains and the Upper Trans Pecos region of west Texas. Officials in both Reeves and Jeff Davis Counties reported dangerous conditions due to street flooding.
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 17, 1:20 PM CST, 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 220 PM CDT TUE AUG 17 2004 .SHORT TERM... SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MEANDERING ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO/FAR WEST TEXAS AT THIS TIME PER SATELLITE...FIRING CONVECTION ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE COUNTY WARNING AREA. WILL CONTINUE TO USE THE GFS POPS AND QPF OVERNIGHT AS THIS MODEL HAS BEEN HANDLING THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE THE BEST THE LAST FEW DAYS AND SEE NO REASON WHY THIS SHOULD NOT CONTINUE TO BE THE CASE OVERNIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ONGOING AND WILL CONTINUE AT LEAST THROUGH THIS EVENING FAR WEST AS OROGRAPHICS COMBINE WITH DYNAMICS AND HEATING. ISOLATED FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING A POSSIBILITY WITH WEAK WINDS ALOFT AND WILL MENTION IN THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. COOLED THE TEMPERATURE GRIDS A FEW DEGREES BASED ON LAST NIGHTS LOWS AND SIMILAR REGIME EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. COPIED ETA MOS WINDS INTO THE GRIDS OVERNIGHT. .LONG TERM... AS UNUSUAL AS IT IS MID LEVEL WLY FLOW CONTINUES ACRS W TX. SLOW MOVING MID/UPPER LEVEL CYCLONIC CIRCULATION WILL EDGE INTO PB BY WED AS TROF AXIS EXTENDS NE INTO KS. MID LEVEL THETA-E RIDGE AXIS WILL BE PROGRESSING EWD WITH TROF WED. SLY SFC-85H WINDS INCREASE S OF BOUNDARY...WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE ACRS KS INTO E/SE NM. BEST INSTABILITY WILL GATHER ACRS ERN NM/TX PANHANDLE NEAR BOUNDARY WHERE BETTER INSOLATION/MID LEVEL LR/S ARE ANTICIPATED. STILL EXPECT SCT SHRA/TSRA TO DEVELOP ACRS PB IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO MID/UPPER CYCLONIC CIRCULATION AS FEATURE HAS BEEN ACTIVE LAST FEW DAYS. MEANWHILE A SHRTWV TROF NEAR THE 4 CORNERS RGN WED WILL MOVE SE THURSDAY STRENGTHENING MID LEVEL FLOW THEREBY HELPING TO PUSH AFOREMENTIONED BOUNDARY INTO NW-N CWFA. HAVE EXPANDED PCT POPS INVOF BOUNDARY THUR PM. BOUNDARY PROGGED TO REMAIN IN THE NRN CWFA INTO FRI AS ETA DEVELOPS AMPLIFIED NW MID LEVEL FLOW AS SHRTWV TROF MOVES SE INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. ETA DEVELOPS A STRONG PUSH OF LOW LEVEL DRY AIR INTO TRANS PECOS REGION FRIDAY WITH DOWNSLOPE WINDS...THUS WARMER WITH DECREASED POPS. BY SATURDAY MID LEVEL RIDGE AXIS BEGINS TO AMPLIFY ACRS CENTRAL NM THUS FAVORING MOUNTAIN DRIFTERS IN CONVERGENT LOW LEVEL FLOW. GFS VERY OPTIMISTIC IN REGARD TO DEVELOPING STRONG SW FLOW ACRS THE REGION AS DEEP SRN STREAM SYSTEM ORGANIZES OFF THE SRN CA COAST BEFORE BUILDING SUBTROPICAL RIDGE BY TUES. FOR NOW WILL EXPECT RIDGING TO EVOLVE FROM SUNDAY ONWARD...HOWEVER BASED ON UNUSUAL PATTERN OF LATE AND WITH MODELS HINTING AT SW-NW MID LEVEL FLOW COULD SEE MORE PRECIP. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BIG SPRING TX 65 88 69 90 / 20 30 40 20 CARLSBAD NM 62 89 65 94 / 50 40 20 20 DRYDEN TX 65 88 70 91 / 20 40 30 20 FORT STOCKTON TX 65 86 68 91 / 20 40 30 20 GUADALUPE PASS TX 58 85 64 88 / 50 40 20 20 HOBBS NM 60 89 64 90 / 20 40 30 20 MARFA TX 57 81 58 86 / 50 40 20 20 MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 65 87 68 90 / 20 40 30 20 ODESSA TX 64 87 68 90 / 20 40 30 20 WINK TX 66 90 70 94 / 20 40 30 20 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. NM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 155 PM CDT TUE AUG 17 2004 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-181000- 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- 155 PM CDT (1255 PM MDT) TUE AUG 17 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND IMMEDIATE ADJACENT PLAINS AS A SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MEANDERS ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO. AREAL COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL DECREASE EASTWARD TO WIDELY SCATTERED TO ISOLATED ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS ANTICIPATED...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE DAVIS AND GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND IMMEDIATE ADJACENT PLAINS TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. SIGNIFICANT RISES ALONG THE RIO GRANDE RIVER ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO ON WEDNESDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. SIGNIFICANT RISES ALONG THE RIO GRANDE RIVER ARE POSSIBLE TOMORROW WITH THE ANTICIPATION OF ANOTHER ROUND OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT GROUPS OVER WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO SHOULD MONITOR THE LAST WEATHER INFORMATION AND PREPARE TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOODING THREATEN THE AREA TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. 12
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 230 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:05 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Jeff Davis County Emergency Manager reported that flash flooding resulted in high water in several city streets of Fort Davis.
Local emergency management officials reported widespread flooding of city streets in Pecos. Over one inch of rain reportedly fell in a twenty minute period.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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