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 Aug 29, 3:05 AM MST, 2 hours 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 505 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 .UPDATE... QUICK UPDATE TO ACCOUNT FOR RADAR TRENDS. THE SMALL CONVECTIVE COMPLEX HAS DISSPATED OVER THE UPPER TRANS PECOS. WILL REDUCE MORNING POPS AS ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT APPEARS UNLIKELY. && .PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 345 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005) SHORT TERM... A SMALL CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND STORMS CONTINUE TO PROPAGATE SOUTH OVER THE NORTH-CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. THIS CONVECTION HAS PERSISTED THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...LIKELY IN ASSOCIATION WITH A WEAK SHORTWAVE TROUGH NOTED IN VAPOR IMAGERY PROPAGATING SOUTH THROUGH NEAR MERIDIONAL FLOW. RADAR IMAGERY ADDITIONALLY DEPICTS SEVERAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES OVER THE AREA. WILL MAINTAIN CHANCE CATEGORY POPS /30 PERCENT/ OVER THE CENTRAL ZONES AS THIS ACTIVITY DRIFTS SOUTH AND WEAKENS THOUGH THIS MORNING. THE CHANCE OF RAIN WILL GENERALLY BE ON THE DECREASE THROUGH THE DAY. THIS AS THE MINOR MID/UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH AXIS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED SHIFTS SOUTH OVER THE AREA. MEANWHILE WEAK SURFACE RIDGING WILL INCREASE OVER THE NORTHERN ZONES. WILL RESTRICT SLIGHT CHANCE POPS TO THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND THE BIG BEND FOR THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. WILL INCLUDE ISOLATED GRIDDED POPS GENERALLY SOUTH OF THE PECOS GIVEN PRESENCE OF OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES AND MODERATE INSTABILITY. OTHERWISE EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO BE NEAR/JUST BELOW SEASONAL NORMS. LONG TERM... NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL PREVAIL OVER THE AREA TUESDAY...BETWEEN THE REMNANTS OF KATRINA TO THE EAST AND AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHWEST U.S. A FAIRLY STRONG UPPER TROUGH WILL PROGRESS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS WEDNESDAY...WHICH WILL RESULT IN A COLD FRONT PUSHING SOUTH THROUGH THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS IN IT/S WAKE. THERE ARE SOME INDICATIONS THIS FRONT WILL MAKE IT INTO THE AREA WEDNESDAY...BUT ASIDE FROM PROVIDING A LOW LEVEL FOCUS FOR TSRA DEVELOPMENT...LITTLE COOLING IS CURRENTLY INDICATED. EXPECT WE COULD SEE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FAVORED HIGHER TERRAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS H7 TO H5 LAPSE RATES WILL NEAR 8 C/KM ALONG A WEAK LEE TROUGH OVER THESE AREAS. THE AIR WILL BE DRIER THAN PREVIOUS DAYS...WITH PWATS FALLING TO NEAR NORMAL WHICH IS BELOW AN INCH IN MOST LOCATIONS. STILL THINK A FEW TSRA COULD DEVELOP AS FLOW ALOFT WILL BE DIFFLUENT AROUND AN EASTWARD EXPANDING UPPER RIDGE...AND A WEAK SHORTWAVE TROUGH OR TWO IS EXPECTED TO BE AROUND TO AID CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. THE SHEAR WILL BE RELATIVELY WEAK...BUT THE LAPSE RATES AND DRY SUBCLOUD LAYER MAY ALLOW FOR NEAR SEVERE WIND GUSTS. PWATS WILL BE LOWER...SO THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN...AND FLASH FLOODING...APPEARS LESS THAN PREVIOUS DAYS. ON WEDNESDAY...THINK THE SITUATION WILL BE MUCH THE SAME AS TUESDAY...EXCEPT THE AFOREMENTIONED FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO MAY ADD AN ADDITIONAL LOW LEVEL FOCUS FOR TSRA TO DEVELOP ON. THEREFORE...ADDED A SLIGHT CHANCE OF TSRA TO THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS AREA...AND ISOLATED TSRA TO WESTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE FOR THE SAME REASONS AS ABOVE...BUT SHEAR WILL BE WEAKER THAN ON TUESDAY. FROM THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...A THETA E AXIS WILL BE DRAPED ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS. WILL ADD ISOLATED AND/OR A SLIGHT CHANCE OF TSRA TO THESE AREAS DURING THIS TIME. ON SUNDAY...THE UPPER RIDGE WEAKENS A LITTLE MORE AS A WEAK UPPER TROUGH RETROGRADES ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN CONUS. AM A LITTLE SKEPTICAL THIS FAR OUT OF MODEL INDICATIONS THIS FAR OUT. WILL OPT TO LEAVE A DRY FORECAST THEN. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR TO A LITTLE ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE EXTENDED. && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 10/67
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 349 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-300900- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES- DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS- LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU- BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- 349 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 /249 AM MDT MON AUG 29 2005/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO TODAY. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NON-SEVERE IN NATURE. HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOST LIKELY TO AFFECT AREAS FROM THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS SOUTHWARD OVER THE BIG BEND. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES... AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN MIDLAND CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT /LOWER CASE/ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 169 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:13 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A National Weather Service trained spotter reported that two to three feet of water was running over the intersection of Eddy County road 401 and New Mexico Highway 137.
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