As weak frontal boundary dropped southeastward across west Texas, southeast flow brought in abundant moisture. This led to heavy rainfall over Ector County and instances of flooding.
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As weak frontal boundary dropped southeastward across west Texas, southeast flow brought in abundant moisture. This led to heavy rainfall over Ector County and instances of flooding.
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 30, 1:27 PM CST, 7 hours 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 227 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2007 .DISCUSSION... AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE REMAINED CENTERED OVER ARIZONA THIS AFTERNOON. MEANWHILE...A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WAS SITUATED FROM NEAR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...SOUTHEASTWARD TO NEAR FORT STOCKTON EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO AND THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN...IN THE VICINITY OF A WEAK SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING SOUTHWARD ON THE EASTERN FRINGE OF THE UPPER RIDGE. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN THE VICINITY OF THE DAVIS AND GLASS MOUNTAINS DUE TO HEATING OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN...AMPLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE OVER THESE AREAS AND THE LACK OF A SIGNIFICANT CAP. EXPECT SHOWERS AND STORMS TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP...AND BECOME SCATTERED IN COVERAGE OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OR SO OF THE CWA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. MORE WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN INTO THIS EVENING. INSTABILITY WAS TURNING OUT TO BE A LITTLE HIGHER THAN INITIALLY THOUGHT...BUT SHEAR WAS STILL ONLY 10 TO 15 KT CWAWIDE. THEREFORE...NOT EXPECTING ANY SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS..FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THINK SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWA THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY...AND MID LEVEL SUPPORT...SHIFT SOUTH/SOUTHWESTWARD. CLOUD COVER WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD OVERNIGHT...AND THERE IS A DEARTH OF COOLING BEHIND THE BOUNDARY. THEREFORE...WILL LIKELY GO WITH A PERSISTENT OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE FORECAST FOR MIN TEMPERATURES. BEST PRECIPITATION CHANCES (CHANCE) SHOULD SHIFT SOUTH AND WEST OF THE PECOS RIVER FRIDAY...AND FAVOR THE MOUNTAINS AND BIG BEND AND LOWER TRANS PECOS REGION WITH THE HIGHEST POPS CLOSEST TO THE LINGERING INSTABILITY (WITH THE FORMER COLD FRONT) AND HELP FROM THE HIGHER TERRAIN. AFTER FRIDAY THE MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE IS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT WITH THE WESTWARD MOVING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM IN TEXAS... THOUGH THE 12Z THURSDAY NAM IS AN OUTLIER WITH A QUICKER WESTWARD MOVEMENT. MOST IF NOT ALL OF THE FORECAST AREA SHOULD BE ON THE DRIER SUBSIDENT SIDE OF THE SYSTEM SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WITH BEST POPS (SLIGHT CHANCE) ACROSS THE EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN AND THE LOWER TRANS PECOS REGION OF WEST TEXAS. PRECIPITATION CHANCES SHOULD INCREASE AND MOVE WESTWARD MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES INTO THE COUNTY WARNING AREA. THE ECMWF IS SLIGHTLY FURTHER WEST WITH ITS TRACK THEN THE GFS BEFORE IT GETS KICKED EAST BY A NORTHERN STREAM TROUGH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THIS NORTHERN STREAM TROUGH MAY PUSH A COLD FRONT INTO THE AREA BY THURSDAY BUT WILL NOT MAKE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO GOING FORECAST THIS FAR OUT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BIG SPRING TX 67 85 64 86 / 30 20 10 10 CARLSBAD NM 66 89 64 91 / 30 30 20 10 DRYDEN TX 71 88 70 86 / 40 40 20 20 FORT STOCKTON TX 67 86 66 87 / 40 30 20 10 GUADALUPE PASS TX 63 82 64 86 / 30 30 20 10 HOBBS NM 66 86 64 89 / 30 20 10 10 MARFA TX 59 80 56 82 / 40 40 20 10 MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 67 86 65 87 / 30 20 10 10 ODESSA TX 69 87 66 87 / 30 20 10 10 WINK TX 69 93 69 93 / 30 30 10 10 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 67/12
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 251 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2007 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-312000- 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- 251 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2007 /151 PM MDT THU AUG 30 2007/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL RESULT FROM THE STRONGER STORMS THAT DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT... BUT SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY 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
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 442 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2007 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-310130- 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 442 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2007 /342 PM MDT THU AUG 30 2007/ ...TROPICAL FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS RECEIVED A REPORT OF A TROPICAL FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR CARLSBAD IN EDDY COUNTY NEW MEXICO. AT 430 PM CDT OR 330 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THROUGH THE EVENING. THE AIRMASS ACROSS THE REGION IS MOIST AND SOMEWHAT UNSTABLE. BECAUSE THE AIRMASS IS SO MOIST...TROPICAL FUNNEL CLOUDS MAY DEVELOP UNDERNEATH A STORM INTO THE MID EVENING HOURS. 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...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. TAKE COVER IF A TROPICAL FUNNEL APPROACHES YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 639 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2007 TXZ061-310045- ECTOR- 639 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN ECTOR COUNTY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NOTREES AND 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PENWELL AT 639 PM CDT...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AND NO WARNINGS ARE ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF MARBLES...HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. PERSONS IN THE PATHS OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER.
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 32 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:27 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
One foot of water covered a four hundred foot section of road near the intersection of South Knox Avenue and West Edna Street.
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