As low level moisture continued to move into the region on southeast surface flow, an upper level low pressure system centered over the Trans Pecos area provided the lift needed for persistant showers.
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As low level moisture continued to move into the region on southeast surface flow, an upper level low pressure system centered over the Trans Pecos area provided the lift needed for persistant showers.
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 Jul 20, 1:03 PM CST, 6 hours 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 203 PM CDT FRI JUL 20 2007 .SHORT TERM... WHEREAS VERY GOOD AGREEMENT REIGNED YESTERDAY...TODAY/S MODEL OFFERINGS HAVE DIVERGED SIGNIFICANTLY WITH THE HANDLING OF THE UPPER RIDGE AND FEATURES ROTATING AROUND IT THROUGH LATE THIS WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK. IN THE NEAR TERM...IT APPEARS MOSTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS AND BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL BE PREVALENT ACROSS THE CWA THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH A DECENT CHANCE OF RAIN FOR MOST LOCATIONS ON SATURDAY IN PARTICULAR. AN INVERTED UPPER TROUGH LIE OVER THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON...ON THE SOUTHERN FRINGE OF AN UPPER RIDGE CENTERED OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES/ PLAINS. A VARIETY OF SOLUTIONS ON THE WHEREABOUTS OF DISCRETE SHORTWAVE TROUGHS WAS AVAILABLE IN THE LATEST PROGS...WHICH WILL PLAY HAVOC ON THE PLACEMENT OF THE BEST CHANCE OF RAIN THROUGH SATURDAY. THEREFORE...WILL GO WITH A MIDDLE OF THE ROAD APPROACH... BUT RETAIN AT LEAST A CHANCE OF RAIN CWAWIDE ON SATURDAY WITH LESSER CHANCES ON EITHER SIDE OF THAT TIME FRAME. INSTABILITY WILL PROBABLY BE LACKING IN MOST AREAS FOR SEVERE STORMS...NOT TO MENTION SHEAR...HOWEVER LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT ESPECIALLY IN OROGRAPHICALLY FAVORED AREAS. WILL MENTION THIS IN THE HWO...BUT WILL NOT TRY TO GET TOO SPECIFIC DUE TO THE VARIETY OF SOLUTIONS CONCERNING WHERE. .LONG TERM... THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IS THEN PROGGED TO BUILD OVER THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT/MONDAY...SO WILL LESSEN POPS OVER THE EAST AND KEEP AT LEAST ISOLATED POPS OVER THE WEST FROM SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. WILL RAISE TEMPS A LITTLE CLOSER TO GUIDANCE MAXES TOO. AN MCS MOVING SOUTHWESTWARD INTO THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT IS NOT OUTSIDE THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY AS THE UPPER RIDGE MIGRATES A LITTLE FURTHER WEST AND LEAVES THE AREA UNDER NORTHEAST FLOW ALOFT. HOWEVER CONSIDERING THE DISPARITY IN THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS...WILL ONLY INCLUDE A SLIGHT CHANCE OVER THE NORTHEAST ZONES FOR NOW. WILL THEN GO WITH ISOLATED POPS OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS AS ENOUGH OF THE UPPER RIDGE MAY REMAIN OVER THE AREA TO KEEP CHANCES TO A DULL ROAR...ESPECIALLY OVER THE PLAINS. ALL OF THIS WILL BE HIGHLY SUBJECT TO CHANGE AS MODELS TYPICALLY STRUGGLE WITH WEAK SUMMERTIME FLOW/FEATURES...AS HAS BEEN DISPLAYED FROM SPRINGTIME ONWARD THIS YEAR. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BIG SPRING TX 69 84 68 89 / 40 40 20 10 CARLSBAD NM 69 89 70 92 / 30 50 30 20 DRYDEN TX 70 85 70 89 / 60 70 30 20 FORT STOCKTON TX 69 83 67 90 / 50 70 30 10 GUADALUPE PASS TX 63 83 63 85 / 30 50 40 20 HOBBS NM 67 87 68 90 / 30 40 20 10 MARFA TX 60 79 62 83 / 40 70 40 20 MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 69 83 68 90 / 40 50 20 10 ODESSA TX 69 85 68 91 / 40 60 20 10 WINK TX 71 88 72 94 / 30 60 30 10 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 67/99
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 108 PM CDT FRI JUL 20 2007 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-211100- 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- 108 PM CDT FRI JUL 20 2007 /1208 PM MDT FRI JUL 20 2007/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS PERMIAN BASIN LINE. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...HOWEVER A FEW STORMS COULD STRENGTHEN ENOUGH TO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AND HEAVY RAINFALL. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND POSSIBLY FLOODING... APPEARS MOST LIKELY IN AND NEAR THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ON SATURDAY AND INTO SATURDAY NIGHT...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL COULD OCCUR ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS...HOWEVER LOCATIONS IN AND NEAR THE HIGHER TERRAIN WILL STAND THE BEST CHANCE OF SEEING HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY FLASH FLOODING. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS OVER 35 MPH. .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 324 PM CDT FRI JUL 20 2007 TXZ046>048-051>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-079>082-210300- DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAMESA...GAIL...SNYDER...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 324 PM CDT FRI JUL 20 2007 ...TROPICAL FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS RECEIVED A REPORT OF A TROPICAL FUNNEL CLOUD IN REAGAN COUNTY. AT 315 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS...MARFA PLATEAU AND BIG BEND REGION. MORE STORMS MAY DEVELOP FURTHER NORTH PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN OF WEST TEXAS THROUGH THIS 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 LONG 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. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 222 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:08 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A trained spotter reported water up to one and a half feet on local roads.
The Crane Police reported flooding at the intersection of 8th and Gaston streets. Due to the high water, the interstection was rendered impassible and therefore barricaded by the police.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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