1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
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 4, 7:50 AM MST, 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
950 AM CDT MON SEP 4 2006
.UPDATE...
WENT AHEAD AND INCREASED POPS AND QPF ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
PERMIAN BASIN AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO TODAY PER SATELLITE AND RADAR
TRENDS AND INCOMING DATA. RAINFALL CONTINUES TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY
ACROSS THE AFOREMENTIONED AREAS WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER ABOVE 1.75
NEAR THE 700 MILLIBAR FRONT. MENTIONED RAIN HEAVY AT TIMES IN ZONES
IN THESE AREAS.
&&
.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 2 PM MDT MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES...CENTRAL LEA COUNTY...EDDY COUNTY PLAINS...GUADALUPE
MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY...NORTHERN LEA COUNTY...AND
SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY.
TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 3 PM CDT MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...LOVING...REEVES COUNTY AND
UPPER TRANS PECOS...VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...
WARD...AND WINKLER.
&&
12HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 546 AM CDT MON SEP 4 2006 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-051100- 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- 546 AM CDT MON SEP 4 2006 /446 AM MDT MON SEP 4 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT MODERATE TO SOMETIMES HEAVY RAINFALL IS AGAIN EXPECTED ON MONDAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA. FLOODING CONCERNS WILL CONTINUE TO BE ELEVATED...ESPECIALLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...AND THE UPPER TRANS PECOS WHERE COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL HAVE FALLEN IN THE PAST FEW DAYS. LOW LYING AREAS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO FILL RAPIDLY LEADING TO DRIVING HAZARDS. IN ADDITION...THE MOIST CONDITIONS...COOLER TEMPERATURES...AND LIGHT WINDS WILL COMBINE TO MAKE FOGGY CONDITIONS POSSIBLE TONIGHT. TRAVELERS WILL NEED TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN LOWERED VISIBILITIES...AS WELL AS ON WET STREETS. ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO GET TO DESTINATIONS...AND PREPARE TO STOP SUDDENLY IF NECESSARY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WHILE WIDESPREAD RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED...FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO BE A CONCERN...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS...MARFA PLATEAU...AND THE PRESIDIO VALLEY WHERE RAINFALL OVER PREVIOUS DAYS HAS LED TO SOMEWHAT SATURATED CONDITIONS. LOW LYING AREAS WILL LIKELY BECOME INUNDATE QUICKLY IF MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS OCCUR. RAPID RUNOFF WILL ALSO BE PROBLEMATIC THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS. CAUTION SHOULD BE EXERCISED WHEN DRIVING THROUGH THESE AREAS FOR THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. 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://WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND 13
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 183 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:20 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Near record amounts of rainfall resulted in the flooding of many streets throughout Eddy County. These included: Callaway Drive, Dark Canyon Road, Hidalgo Road, Radio Boulevard, Eddy County Road 716, Black River Village Road, and New Mexico Highway 137 near Sitting Bull Falls.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Mexico in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, September 2006
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5535043.