3 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 Aug 31, 4:25 PM CST, 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 525 PM CDT THU AUG 31 2006 .UPDATE... HAVE UPDATED THE GRIDS TO ACCOUNT FOR THE CONVECTION NOW MOVING ACROSS THE WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN. TEXT PRODUCTS GOOD TO GO...GRAPHICS AND TEXT TO FOLLOW. ALSO RECEIVED A REPORT OF A TROPICAL FUNNEL NEAR SEAGRAVES. WILL ISSUE A SPS DISCUSSING THESE PHENOMENA. && .PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 315 PM CDT THU AUG 31 2006) SHORT TERM... EARLY AFTERNOON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS PLENTIFUL SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE IN PLACE ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. A COUPLE OF SHORTWAVE IMPULSES ARE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS...AND THESE FEATURES HAVE COMBINED WITH AFTERNOON HEATING AND INSTABILITY AND THE AVAILABLE MOISTURE TO PRODUCE SCATTERED CONVECTION ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO PLAINS...THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS...AND THE ADJACENT UPPER TRANS PECOS REGION EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WILL MAINTAIN 20-30 PCT POPS TONIGHT ACROSS AREAS MAINLY WEST OF A SEMINOLE...MIDLAND...SANDERSON LINE...WITH HIGHEST CHANCES ACROSS THE ABOVE MENTIONED LOCATIONS. THINK MOST CONVECTION WILL BE ON THE WANE AFTER SUNSET...BUT KEPT OVERNIGHT POPS AS A 12 HOUR GRID FOR NOW. OTHERWISE...LOOKING FOR SIMILAR LOWS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN THE OVERALL PATTERN ANTICIPATED. MINOR EDITS WERE MADE TO OVERNIGHT DEWPOINT...WIND...AND QPF GRIDS. LONG TERM... THE MAIN CONCERN IN THE LONG TERM PORTION OF THE FORECAST WILL BE THE EXPECTED RAINFALL AND COOLER TEMPERATURES THIS WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. BEYOND EARLY NEXT WEEK...RAINFALL CHANCES APPEAR TO SLOWLY DECREASE WHILE SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST. MORNING UPPER MAPS ALONG WITH THE LATEST WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOW SHORTWAVE MID-LEVEL RIDGING IN PLACE ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. SATELLITE IMAGERY ALSO SHOWS TROPICAL MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE JOHN MOVING NORTH...AHEAD OF MODEL RH PROGS...INTO WESTERN MEXICO. A DEEP MID AND UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS ALSO NOTED OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES. THE ABOVE MENTIONED RIDGE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE FRIDAY AS THE TROUGH CURRENTLY OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES TRANSLATES EAST ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS. SURFACE ANTICYCLOGENESIS IN THE WAKE OF THE HIGH PLAINS TROUGH WILL DRIVE A COLD FRONT INTO WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF THE COLD FRONT ALONG WITH AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE FROM THE SOUTH WILL LEAD TO A GOOD CHANCE OF RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN FRIDAY NIGHT...THEN SPREADING SOUTH ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION ON SATURDAY. THE CURRENT SHORT RANGE MODELS AGREE ENOUGH TO WARRANT AN INCREASE IN POPS FOR SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AS MID AND HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE CONTINUES TO INCREASE AND LOW-LEVEL UPSLOPE FLOW ENSUES. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO BE A CONCERN GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF AVAILABLE MOISTURE AND WEAK WINDS ALOFT. WE WILL MENTION THIS IN THE UPCOMING HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. RAIN CHANCES WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE BY MONDAY. A WEST TO EAST ORIENTED MID-LEVEL THETA-E RIDGE ALONG WITH OROGRAPHIC LIFT ACROSS THE BIG BEND REGION ARGUES FOR ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IN THE MENTIONED REGION. WE HAVE OPTED TO INCREASE POPS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK ACROSS THIS AREA. AS FOR TEMPERATURES...THE ANTICIPATED CLOUD COVER AND EASTERLY SURFACE WINDS WILL ACT TO KEEP TEMPERATURES FROM RISING MUCH AND WE HAVE GENERALLY FOLLOWED THE MEX MOS GUIDANCE. && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 54/70
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 253 PM CDT THU AUG 31 2006 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-012000- 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- 253 PM CDT THU AUG 31 2006 /153 PM MDT THU AUG 31 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS MAINLY WEST OF A SEMINOLE...MIDLAND...DRYDEN LINE THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...IN ADDITION TO FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND GUSTY WINDS. PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE UNDERNEATH THE STRONGER STORMS. ELEVATED FLOWS WILL PERSIST ALONG THE RIO GRANDE...AND ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS NEAR THE RIO GRANDE WILL RAISE FLOODING CONCERNS...ESPECIALLY FROM CANDELARIA TO PRESIDIO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON FROM THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND BIG BEND REGION. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...SO FLOODING OF ARROYOS...DRAWS...AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE...AS WILL ELEVATED FLOWS ALONG THE RIO GRANDE. THE CHANCE OF RAIN WILL INCREASE ACROSS ALL AREAS FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT AFFECTS THE REGION. HEAVY RAINS WILL AGAIN BE A CONCERN...ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE LAST FEW DAYS. .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
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 535 PM CDT THU AUG 31 2006 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-010100- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...SNYDER...ANDREWS...STANTON... BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...VAN HORN...PECOS...MENTONE... RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...ODESSA...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY... MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN...BIG LAKE...ALPINE... FORT STOCKTON...PRESIDIO...MARFA...BIG BEND NP...MARATHON... SANDERSON...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS 535 PM CDT THU AUG 31 2006 /435 PM MDT THU AUG 31 2006/ ...TROPICAL FUNNEL CLOUDS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS RECEIVED REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS NEAR SEAGRAVES. THE AIRMASS OVER MUCH OF WEST TEXAS IS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE. AS A RESULT...TROPICAL FUNNEL CLOUDS MAY DEVELOP UNDERNEATH THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. TYPICALLY...TROPICAL FUNNELS ARE SHORT-LIVED AND RARELY LAST LONGER THAN TEN MINUTES. THEY ARE ALSO SMALL AND GROW TO PERHAPS TEN OR TWENTY YARDS IN DIAMETER. ON RARE OCCASIONS...THESE FUNNEL CLOUDS DO TOUCH THE GROUND AND BRIEFLY BECOME TORNADOES. WIND SPEEDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE GENERALLY UNDER 60 MPH...COMPARABLE TO A STRONG DUST DEVIL...AND CAN DAMAGE LIGHTWEIGHT STRUCTURES SUCH AS CARPORTS AND AWNINGS. SINCE THESE TROPICAL FUNNELS ARE BRIEF...SMALL...AND RELATIVELY WEAK...THEY ARE VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO DETECT WITH DOPPLER RADAR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR THE LATEST IN WEATHER INFORMATION.
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 82 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:44 UTC.
3 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
An airport employee reported that the entrance road to the airport was under six inches of water.
An off-duty NWS employee reported 60 mph winds northwest of Midland.
Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed trees around the intersection of Louisiana and Midkiff. These tree trunks were reportedly 12-16 inches in diameter. One tree landed on a car. A 300 pound tent structure that was bolted to the ground was blown off its foundation. A few blocks away a storage shed was blown into a cinder block fence. The top portion of the fence was destroyed and the shed blew about 200 yards. A wooden fence also was blown down about a block away. In addition, tree branches were blown down, including two and a half to three inch diameter elm branches and one and a half inch pecan and cottonwood branches. A thrift store just off Business 20 in southeastern Midland (just less than a mile from previous reports) also was damaged by the thunderstorm winds. According to news reports, an estimated 15,000 pounds of roof was blown off the structure and into an empty yard just north of the building. Accompanying rain ruined many items in the store after the roof was blown off. Several days of rain following this event made more items unsalvageable as tarps covering the damaged portion of the roof became waterlogged.
A motorist driving on Texas Highway 181 in northern Ector County reported that one and a half to two feet of water was flowing over the road. Flooding deep enough to impede traffic also was reported at the intersection of the Interstate 20 service road and Grandview Avenue.
The Midland Emergency Operations Center reported that several locations around Midland were flooded. They included three to four feet of water at the intersection of Midland Drive and Illinois Avenue, flooding along Scharbauer Drive, and several roads barricaded along Scharbauer Drive including the intersection of Midland Drive and Anetta Drive.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, August 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: 5525120, 5525121, 5525210, 5525118, 5525119.