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 Jul 13, 4:00 PM CST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 500 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 2004 .UPDATE... WILL SEND AN UPDATE TO THE ZONES FOR THIS EVENING AS CONVECTION CONTINUES TO SPREAD NORTHWARD INTO THE LOVING...WARD...WINKLER COUNTY AREA ACCORDING TO THE LATEST SATELLITE/RADAR TRENDS. WILL ADD CRANE COUNTY INTO THIS GROUP AS WELL. WILL UP POPS TO SLIGHT CHANCE OVER THESE COUNTIES. AIR IS SLIGHTLY MORE STABLE EAST OF A LINE ROUGHLY FROM WINK TO FORT STOCKTON...AND WV IMAGERY CONTINUES TO SHOW DRIER AIR MOVING IN FROM THE EAST/NORTHEAST INTO THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS AND PERMIAN BASIN...SO WILL JUST GO WITH ISOLATED POPS OVER THE PERMIAN BASIN. 20/SN .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... .SHORT TERM... TWO FEATURES OF INTEREST WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE REGION/S WEATHER THIS EVENING. A BROAD MID/UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE SOUTH/CENTRAL U.S. CONTINUES TO DOMINATE THE SYNOPTIC SCALE PATTERN...AND ITS INFLUENCE WILL PRECLUDE CONVECTION NORTH AND EAST OF THE PECOS. CURRENT WATER VAPOR IMAGERY DEPICTS A WEAKENING UPPER LEVEL LOW PROPAGATING WEST ALONG THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE RIDGE FROM THE BIG BEND INTO NORTHERN MEXICO. DEEP LAYER MOIST EAST/SOUTHEAST FLOW REMAINS OVER THE SOUTHERN FA EAST OF THE CIRCULATION PER VAPOR IMAGERY AND MODEL FORECAST SOUNDINGS. SATELLITE/RADAR TRENDS SHOW INCREASING CONVECTION OVER THE ELEVATED HEAT SOURCES OF THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS MOUNTAINS. WITH THE LOW SHIFTING TO THE WEST...WEAK FORCING WILL SPREAD OVER THE BIG BEND/MOUNTAIN ZONES. THIS APPEARS TO BE AIDING IN EARLIER/MORE WIDESPREAD CONVECTIVE INITIATION TODAY OVER THE MOUNTAINS/BIG BEND RELATIVE TO YESTERDAY. BASED ON CURRENT TRENDS...WILL INCREASE POPS TO CHANCE CATEGORY SOUTHWEST ZONES. THERE IS SOME CONCERN FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL GIVEN DEEP MOISTURE AND LIGHT STEERING WINDS. .LONG TERM... SIG WX NIL FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN KEEPING THE SUBTROPICAL HIGH CENTERED OVER THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN ROCKIES THROUGH AT LEAST NEXT WEEK. THERE MAY BE ENOUGH MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY OVER THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR ISOLD TSRA...BUT AFTER THAT...INCREASING DRY AIR ALOFT ALONG WITH WARMING MID LEVEL TEMPS/THICKNESSES ARGUE AGAINST POPS AREAWIDE. SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL WARM TO ABOVE NORMAL READINGS AS WELL...BUT THANKFULLY DEEP LAYER EASTERLY FLOW WILL KEEP HIGHS FROM GETTING TOO OUT OF HAND. OVERALL THE GRIDS WERE IN GOOD SHAPE. NUDGED MAX AND MIN GRIDS TOWARD A BLEND OF ENSEMBLE AND CONTROL GUIDANCE OUT PAST DAY3 AND TAPERED POPS DOWN ACROSS THE WEST. HAVE ADJUSTED SKY AND WX GRIDS AS WELL TO REFLECT THE ABOVE REASONING. LOOKS LIKE THE QUIET MIDSUMMER PATTERN WILL PERSIST FOR AWHILE... && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BIG SPRING TX 72 99 72 102 / 0 0 0 0 CARLSBAD NM 68 98 69 101 / 10 0 0 0 DRYDEN TX 73 96 71 97 / 20 0 0 0 FORT STOCKTON TX 70 98 71 99 / 20 0 0 0 GUADALUPE PASS TX 61 94 70 91 / 20 10 10 0 HOBBS NM 68 98 68 101 / 0 0 0 0 MARFA TX 61 90 59 89 / 30 10 10 10 MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 70 99 72 100 / 0 0 0 0 ODESSA TX 70 99 72 101 / 0 0 0 0 WINK TX 73 103 73 102 / 10 0 0 0 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. NM...NONE. && 10/70
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 200 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 2004 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-140900- 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- 200 PM CDT (100 PM MDT) TUE JUL 13 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PARTS OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS INCLUDING THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS...THE BIG BEND...AND THE STOCKTON PLATUEA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY BE MORE ISOLATED OVER GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND THE ADJACENT PLAINS. THIS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS GENERALLY EXPECTED TO BE NON-SEVERE... BUT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. LINDLEY
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 139 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:02 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorms and very heavy rainfall caused flash flooding along U.S. Highway 385 south of Fort Stockton. Local officials reported over one foot of water flowing over the highway at several locations between fourteen and eighteen miles south of the city.
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