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 21, 3:19 AM CST, 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 419 AM CDT MON AUG 21 2006 .SHORT TERM... A STATIONARY FRONT DRAPED ROUGHLY ALONG A PECOS TO SNYDER LINE IS EVIDENT IN THE EARLY MORNING SURFACE OBSERVATIONS. THIS FRONT HAS BEEN AUGMENTED BY SEVERAL SOUTHWARD MOVING OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM EARLIER CONVECTION OVER THE SOUTH PLAINS. A WEAK SURFACE LOW ALONG THE BOUNDARY NEAR KINK IS ALSO EVIDENT IN THE SURFACE OBSERVATIONS. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE MAIN CONCERN IN THE SHORT TERM PORTION OF THE FORECAST. THE 21/00Z KMAF RAOB INDICATED PLENTY OF MOISTURE IN THE COLUMN WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES NEAR 1.7 INCHES. WEAK FLOW IS ALSO EVIDENT IN THE 0-6KM WIND PROFILE...SO GIVEN THIS AND THE ABUNDANT MOISTURE...SLOW MOVING STORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS WILL REMAIN A CONCERN. THE SHORT RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO SUGGEST SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO WILL BE THE FAVORED LOCATION FOR PRECIPITATION AS THIS AREA REMAINS BEHIND THE STATIONARY FRONT AND IN CLOSEST PROXIMITY TO THE 7-5H THETA-E RIDGE AXIS. MOS GUIDANCE POPS LOOK TOO LOW GIVEN THE ABOVE MENTIONED SETUP AND WE HAVE OPTED TO GIVE POPS A GOOD NUDGE UPWARD FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE UPCOMING HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. MOS TEMPERATURES LOOK TOO HIGH AND WE HAVE STAYED CLOSER TO PERSISTENCE. .LONG TERM... HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL BUILD WEST AND CONTINUE TO INFLUENCE THROUGH FRIDAY. IT APPEARS FROM THE GFS40 700-500 MILLIBAR PROGS THAT THE MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL BECOME TRAPPED UNDERNEATH THE RETROGRADING HIGH AND WITH SURFACE BOUNDARY/LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE IN PLACE WILL CONTINUE THE POPS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY CLOSEST TO THE TRACK OF WAVES IN THE DEVELOPING NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. WILL CONTINUE SLIGHT POPS IN THE MOUNTAINS THESE DAYS WITH MOIST AND UNSTABLE UPSLOPE FLOW CONTINUING. BY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY THE BOUNDARY APPEARS TO WASH OUT WITH LEE TROUGHING DEVELOPING...BUT ADDITIONAL SHORTWAVES WILL TRACK TOWARD THE NORTHERN BASIN IN THE NORTHWEST FLOW. WILL GO WITH 10-20 POPS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY IN THE PLAINS WITH SLIGHT POPS CONTINUING IN THE MOUNTAINS NEAR THE SURFACE TROUGH. DID NOT MAKE MANY CHANGES BEYOND FRIDAY AT THIS TIME. THERE HAS BEEN POOR RUN TO RUN MODEL CONTINUITY REGARDING POSSIBLE NORTHERN STREAM FRONT THIS WEEKEND. THE LATEST 00Z MONDAY GFS IS BULLISH AGAIN ON BRINGING THE FRONT INTO THE FORECAST AREA AS IT AMPLIFIES THE NORTHERN STREAM SIGNIFICANTLY. THE NEW 00Z MONDAY ECMWF HAS ACTUALLY COME INTO AGREEMENT WITH THE GFS BUT IS LESS AMPLIFIED WITH THE NORTHERN STREAM. IF THIS TREND CONTINUES LATER SHIFTS WILL NEED TO INCREASE PRECIPITATION CHANCES THIS WEEKEND AND/OR POSSIBLY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BIG SPRING TX 94 71 96 71 / 30 30 20 20 CARLSBAD NM 91 67 93 69 / 50 50 20 20 DRYDEN TX 96 73 97 72 / 10 10 10 10 FORT STOCKTON TX 91 71 94 71 / 20 10 10 10 GUADALUPE PASS TX 85 64 87 66 / 50 50 30 30 HOBBS NM 88 67 91 70 / 50 50 20 20 MARFA TX 83 60 85 58 / 40 40 20 20 MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 93 71 94 71 / 40 30 20 20 ODESSA TX 92 72 95 72 / 40 40 20 20 WINK TX 97 73 100 74 / 40 40 20 20 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 99/99
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 425 AM CDT MON AUG 21 2006 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-212000- 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- 425 AM CDT MON AUG 21 2006 /325 AM MDT MON AUG 21 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. THE BEST CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL STRETCH FROM THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS NORTH ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS ALONG WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ARROYOS...DRAWS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND OTHER POORLY DRAINED AREAS. IN ADDITION...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED IN AND NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS. .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://WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 17 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:45 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
About 6 inches of water was running over the eastbound Interstate 20 service road, one to two miles east of Farm to Market Road 1788. Widespread rainfall occurred from southwest of Midland International Airport to north of Midland.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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