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 Sep 30, 2:30 AM CST, 5 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 330 AM CDT THU SEP 30 2004 LAST DAY OF THE RAINIEST MONTH IN MANY YEARS ENDS WITH A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX MOVING OUT OF SOUTHEASTERN NM THIS MORNING INTO WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND SOME FLASH FLOODING. THEREFORE DID NOT HAVE TIME TO MAKE MUCH IN THE WAY OF CHANGES TO CURRENT FORECAST. PRECIP DEVELOPED IN RESPONSE TO UPPER TROUGH CENTERED OVER NEVADA WITH SHORTWAVES ROTATING AROUND THE BASE AND INTO THE AREA. GFS... WHICH HAS BEEN DOING BETTER JOB RECENTLY WITH WET PATTERN... INDICATES MORNING STORM COMPLEX WILL ROLL ACROSS THE REST OF THE PERMIAN BASIN DURING THE DAY WITH LIGHTER PRECIP EXTENDING TO THE SOUTH ACROSS LOWER TRANS PECOS. WILL INCREASE POPS TODAY AND MAY HAVE SOME LINGERING PRECIP THIS EVENING MAINLY EAST AS A SHORTWAVE STRETCHES OUT AND DRAGS ACROSS THE AREA. SPC HAS SLIGHT RISK SEVERE NORTHEAST OF A SEMINOLE... ANDREWS... TO MIDLAND LINE... NOT PLANNING ON MENTIONING IN ZONES BUT WILL IN HWO. AS FAR AS UPPER TROUGH MODELS SHEAR IT APART TAKING THE NORTHERN PORTION OVER THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PLAINS FRIDAY... WHILE RETROGRADING THE SOUTHERN PORTION BACK OVER THE PACIFIC. ALL THAT TO SAY THE BEST ENERGY SHOULD STAY NORTH OF TEXAS BUT STILL MAY HAVE A SHORTWAVE OR TWO. SURFACE TROUGH WILL DRAG EAST ACROSS THE AREA ON FRIDAY AND HELP PROVIDE LOW LEVEL FOCUS FOR CONVECTION AND SET THE WAY FOR APPROACHING COLD FRONT. ETA INDICATING FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN CWA BETWEEN SUNSET FRIDAY AND MIDNIGHT PUSHING TO THE RIO GRANDE BY MORNING SATURDAY. FRONT HAS GOOD COLD PUSH TO IT AND SHOULD SLAM INTO THE AREA WITH A GUSTY NORTHEAST WIND... MODELS DEVELOP PRECIP MAINLY ALONG EASTERN PORTIONS OF FRONT. BY MIDDAY SATURDAY GRADIENT SHOULD RELAX SOME WITH WIND SLOWING DOWN. SUNDAY THROUGH MID WEEK WILL HAVE A BROAD UPPER RIDGE OVER THE AREA WITH TEMPERATURES RECOVERING AND SOME CHANCE FOR ADDITIONAL PRECIP. WILL TWEAK TEMPS BUT LEAVE REST OF EXTENDED FORECAST AS IS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BIG SPRING TX 82 62 83 55 / 60 20 20 10 CARLSBAD NM 80 57 82 54 / 20 10 0 10 DRYDEN TX 85 62 86 62 / 30 20 20 20 FORT STOCKTON TX 84 61 84 58 / 30 20 10 20 GUADALUPE PASS TX 74 54 76 49 / 20 10 0 10 HOBBS NM 82 58 82 52 / 30 10 0 0 MARFA TX 77 50 78 51 / 30 20 0 20 MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 82 61 84 56 / 50 20 10 10 ODESSA TX 82 62 84 56 / 50 20 10 10 WINK TX 88 61 90 57 / 30 20 0 20 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. NM...NONE. && 72
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 500 AM CDT THU SEP 30 2004 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-302000- 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- 500 AM CDT (400 AM MDT) THU SEP 30 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN AND WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS...GENERALLY EAST OF A SEMINOLE...ANDREWS...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY LINE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER HAZARDS. IN ADDITION...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM...ESPECIALLY IF DEVELOPMENT OCCURS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS AND THE PERMIAN BASIN...WHERE RAINFALL HAS BEEN HEAVIEST OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN AND WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS TODAY.
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 92 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:25 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Convective activity lingered over the northern Permian Basin into the morning hours of the 30th. Local officials reported that flash flooding briefly resulted in over half a foot of water flowing across a portion of U.S. Highway 87 north of Lamesa.
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