Heavy rainfall occured across Southeast New Mexico and the Permian Basin as an early season cold front moved south across the area. 7 inches aided in the development of isolated areas of heavy rainfall.
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Heavy rainfall occured across Southeast New Mexico and the Permian Basin as an early season cold front moved south across the area. Precipitable water values of up to 1.7 inches aided in the development of isolated areas of heavy rainfall.
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 2, 10:38 AM MST, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1238 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008 .DISCUSSION... SEE AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW. && .AVIATION... COMPLICATED FORECAST ON TAP FOR AREA TAF SITES THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS A STRONG COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO BARREL TOWARDS THE REGION. LATEST VISIBLE IMAGERY AND KLBB RADAR IMAGES SHOWING WELL DEFINED PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH WORKING THROUGH PORTIONS OF SE NEW MEXICO AND THE TX PANHANDLE AT THE PRESENT TIME. BEHIND FEATURE...STATIONS HAVE BEEN GUSTING AS HIGH AS 25KTS OUT OF THE NE. DISTANCE SPEED TOOL INDICATES BOUNDARY WILL MOVE THROUGH KMAF TAF SITE BETWEEN 2000 AND 2030Z IF IT ACTUALLY HOLDS TOGETHER. THIS DENSITY DISCONTINUITY COMBINED WITH AMPLE HEATING THIS AFTERNOON WILL LEAD TO SCATTERED TSRA ACTIVITY ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION WITH CONVECTIVE TRENDS CONTINUING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT. FORECAST MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE THE MOST CONCENTRATED ACTIVITY WILL RESIDE ACROSS THE SE NEW MEXICO PLAINS...EXTENDING SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE TRANS PECOS AND WEST TEXAS MOUNTAIN AREAS THIS EVENING. EFFECTS OF ONGOING CONVECTION OVERNIGHT WILL LIKELY BE ENHANCED BY SAGGING FRONTAL BOUNDARY APPROACHING FROM THE NORTH AND STRONG MOISTURE CONVERGENCE. THUS...FOR WESTERN TAF SITES...HAVE DECIDED TO KEEP MENTION OF TSRA ACTIVITY THROUGH MUCH OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH ONLY PROB30 GROUPS BEING INTRODUCED FOR THE FAR EASTERN SITES OF KFST AND KMAF. QUICK DECREASE TO MVFR OR EVEN IFR CONDITIONS CANNOT BE RULED OUT UNDER THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY. ASIDE FROM VSBY RESTRICTIONS RESULTING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL...NO OTHER VSBY RESTRICTIONS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME AS THE NORTHEASTERLY PRESSURE GRADIENT IS EXPECTED TO KEEP WINDS IN THE 10-20KT RANGE THROUGH MUCH OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 32
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 136 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-031845- 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- 136 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008 /1236 PM MDT TUE SEP 2 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA AS A PRE FRONTAL TROUGH AND SURFACE COLD FRONT ADVANCE TOWARDS THE REGION. THESE FEATURE COMBINED WITH SEVERAL WEAK UPPER LEVEL IMPULSES AND MODERATELY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL HELP INITIATE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME...SOME STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF STRONG WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTING. ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH PORTIONS OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS THE COLD FRONT BEGINS ADVANCING ON THE REGION. AMPLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE COUPLED WITH SLOW STORM MOVEMENT INDICATE THE BIGGEST THREATS BEING HEAVY RAINFALL AND POTENTIAL FLOODING OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. WITH MANY AREAS ACROSS THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS RECEIVING HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS...FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA. ELEVATED STREAM FLOWS ALONG PORTIONS OF THE RIO GRANDE RIVER FROM PRESIDIO AND POINTS DOWNSTREAM WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE AS WATER IS RELEASED FROM THE LOUIS LEON RESERVOIR IN NORTHERN MEXICO. MODERATE FLOODING IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE NEAR PRESIDIO...WITH ELEVATED LEVELS POSSIBLY LASTING FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS DEPENDING UPON THE DURATION AND AMOUNT OF WATER RELEASED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY MODERATE FLOODING ALONG THE RIO GRANDE RIVER AT PRESIDIO AND POINTS DOWNSTREAM WILL REMAIN A POSSIBILITY DUE TO WATER RELEASE AT THE LOUIS LEON RESERVOIR IN NORTHERN MEXICO. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER EMERGENCY MANAGERS...LAW ENFORCEMENT...AND AREA RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN ABREAST OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING POTENTIAL OVERNIGHT FROM THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE WEST TEXAS MOUNTAINS AND BIG BEND REGIONS. 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), 125 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:02 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Hobbs city police department reported flash flooding from a thunderstorm in and near Hobbs.
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