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, 12:26 PM MST, 3 hours 41 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 226 PM CDT SUN SEP 4 2005 .SHORT TERM... THE AIRMASS REMAINS MOIST AND UNSTABLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWFA THIS AFTERNOON...AND SCATTERED CONVECTION CONTINUES ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN HALF OF THE CWFA. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE OF THE MULTICELL PULSE VARIETY AS DEEP LAYER SHEAR IS WEAK...BUT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS A POSSIBILITY GIVEN STORM VELOCITIES NEAR 5 M/S AND PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES IN EXCESS OF 3 CM. THE SCATTERED NATURE OF THIS CONVECTION PRECLUDES A WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOOD THREAT AND THUS WE WILL NOT ISSUE A WATCH...HOWEVER...WE HAVE MENTIONED THIS THREAT IN THE HWO. CONVECTION SHOULD BEGIN TO DISSIPATE SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET AS THE COMBINATION OF SPREADING COLD POOLS AND SENSIBLE HEATING LOSS COMBINE TO STABILIZE THE PBL. THERE WILL BE CONSIDERABLE MID AND HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE PRESENT OVERNIGHT...AND WITH A NEARLY MOIST ADIABATIC PROFILE...LITTLE LIFT IS NEEDED TO MAINTAIN AT LEAST ELEVATED SHOWERS. THE GFS CONTINUES TO EXHIBIT A WARM BIAS FOR OVERNIGHT LOWS... CONSEQUENTLY WE WILL TREND THE MIN TEMPERATURE AND DEWPOINT GRIDS TONIGHT STRONGLY TOWARD PERSISTENCE. POP...SKY...AND ASSOCIATED SENSIBLE WEATHER GRIDS WERE DRAWN TO REFLECT CHANCE CATEGORY POPS FROM SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO SOUTH INTO THE BIG BEND...THEN TAPERING OFF TO SLIGHT CHANCE/ISOLATED CATEGORY ACROSS FAR EASTERN ZONES THIS EVENING. THE GFS APPEARS TO BE HAVING SOME CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK ISSUES OVER FAR WESTERN ZONES AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND WHILE WE EXPECT ISOLATED CONVECTION JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE EARLY MONDAY MORNING...QPF WAS SCALED BACK CONSIDERABLY OVER WHAT THE GFS SUGGESTS. LASTLY...WIND GRIDS REFLECT THE NAM12 FORECAST AVERAGED WITH A BLEND OF NAM AND GFS MOS GUIDANCE THEN TEMPERED A BIT FOR LOCAL EFFECTS. .LONG TERM... UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CONTINUES OVER THE CWA WITH WEAK A SHEAR AXIS AND THETA-E RIDGE OVER THE WESTERN PART OF THE REGION. BY MONDAY EVENING THE THETA-E RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO MOVE TO THE WEST AS THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE STRENGTHENS OVER THE REGION. WILL CARRY CHANCE POPS OVER THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS WITH SLIGHT CHANCE POPS OVER THE ADJACENT PLAINS AND THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CWA. BY MONDAY NIGHT THE POPS WILL BE MOVED TO THE MOUNTAINOUS AREAS WITH MORE ISOLATED CONVECTION EXPECTED OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA. BY TUESDAY...THE PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL DECREASE TO ISOLATED AFTERNOON CONVECTION OVER THE MOUNTAINS AS THE THETA-E RIDGE CONTINUES TO MOVE TO THE WEST. DRY WEATHER IS INDICATED IN THE PLAINS TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN CLOSE TO NORMAL THROUGH THE WEEK WITH A VERY SLOW WARMING TREND EXPECTED. MOST HIGHS WILL BE IN THE 90S WITH 80S OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. LOWS WILL BE MAINLY IN THE 60S WITH A FEW 70S ALONG THE BORDER. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BIG SPRING TX 67 89 66 91 / 20 10 10 10 CARLSBAD NM 65 87 65 90 / 40 30 30 20 DRYDEN TX 71 91 71 91 / 30 20 10 0 FORT STOCKTON TX 70 87 68 89 / 40 20 10 10 GUADALUPE PASS TX 63 83 62 82 / 50 30 30 20 HOBBS NM 66 88 66 90 / 40 30 30 20 MARFA TX 58 81 58 84 / 40 30 30 20 MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 67 89 67 91 / 30 10 10 10 ODESSA TX 67 89 67 91 / 30 20 10 10 WINK TX 72 92 69 95 / 30 20 10 10 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 70/54
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 151 PM CDT SUN SEP 4 2005 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-051200- 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- 151 PM CDT SUN SEP 4 2005 /1251 PM MDT SUN SEP 4 2005/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. MOST OF THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE WEST OF A LAMESA...MIDLAND...TO SANDERSON LINE. RAINFALL RATES NEAR AN INCH PER HOUR MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ARROYOS... DRAWS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS...AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. WIND GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO LIKELY. WHILE MOST OF THIS ACTIVITY WILL DIE OFF WITHIN A FEW HOURS OF SUNSET...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY 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 Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 197 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:07 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A trained spotter reported that two feet of water flowed out of bar ditches and covered County Road 748, eight to thirteen miles south of Carlsbad.
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