An unseasonably strong cold front began pushing southward through the Texas Panhandle in the early morning hours. This boundary progressed southward into the Permian Basin, and with ample low level moisture in place, thunderstorms began to increase in coverage and intensity.
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An unseasonably strong cold front began pushing southward through the Texas Panhandle in the early morning hours. This boundary progressed southward into the Permian Basin, and with ample low level moisture in place, thunderstorms began to increase in coverage and intensity. The cold front stalled across this area by the late afternoon, producing heavy rainfall. This resulted in flash flooding in the Western Low Rolling Plains.
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 12, 5:36 PM CST, 3 hours 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 636 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 2008 .AVIATION... A COLD FRONT...AUGMENTED BY NUMEROUS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES...WILL CONTINUE SETTLING SOUTH THIS EVENING...EVENTUALLY BECOMING STATIONARY ALONG INTERSTATE 10 LATE TONIGHT. NUMEROUS CONVECTION ALONG AND NORTH OF THIS BOUNDARY WILL AFFECT ALL AREA TERMINALS THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL BE ERRATIC AND GUSTY NEAR TSRA...WITH GUSTS NEAR 35 KNOTS LIKELY. MVFR CEILINGS ARE ALSO EXPECTED INVOF TSRA...WITH LOCALIZED IFR VISIBILITIES POSSIBLE. TSRA SHOULD BEGIN TO DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AFTER 06Z OR SO. ANOTHER ROUND OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 259 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 2008/ DISCUSSION... A RATHER STRONG COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO PUSH SOUTHWARD ACROSS EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO AND THE NORTHERN SOUTH PLAINS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. RADAR IMAGERY SHOWS THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY JUST BEHIND THE FRONT. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY SHOULD PUSH INTO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF OUR CWA LATE THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE SLOWING DOWN AND BECOMING ORIENTED FROM THE DAVIS MTNS/MARFA PLATEAU TO THE CENTRAL PERMIAN BASIN TONIGHT. MODELS ARE IN DECENT AGREEMENT IN DEVELOPING A COMPLEX OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY TONIGHT. CURRENTLY LOOKS LIKE THE BEST CHANCE OF RAIN WILL AFFECT THE GUADALUPE MTNS...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS AND THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN. HAVE GONE FOR 50-60 PCT COVERAGE ACROSS THESE LOCATIONS...TAPERED TO LOW END CHANCE ACROSS THE LOWER TRANS PECOS AND THE BIG BEND REGION. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS/LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH FLOODING CONCERNS HIGHEST ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE GUADALUPE MTNS WHERE HEAVY RAINS FELL A FEW DAYS AGO. AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN CENTERED ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY OF TX SUNDAY AND MONDAY. ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO RIDE NORTH AND EAST AROUND THE RIDGE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA BOTH DAYS. WILL CONTINUE A LOW CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL BUT FAR SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA BOTH SUNDAY AND MONDAY. CLOUD COVER AND AREAS OF PRECIPITATION ALONG WITH UPSLOPE FLOW SHOULD ALLOW FOR COOLER TEMPERATURES ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA SUNDAY. A WARMING TREND SHOULD OCCUR MONDAY. THE UPPER RIDGE WILL GRADUALLY BUILD WESTWARD DURING THE MIDDLE TO LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK. THE NEW GFS MODEL RUN CONTINUES TO SHOW ABUNDANT MID LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINING IN PLACE UNDERNEATH THE RIDGE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. HAVE INCLUDED A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS DURING THE TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY TIME FRAME. TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN NEAR NORMAL VALUES. && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 70
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 219 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 2008 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-131930- 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- 219 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 2008 /119 PM MDT SAT JUL 12 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERNS. THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE GREATEST ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT IS EXPECTED TO DROP SOUTH INTO THE PERMIAN BASIN AND WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS LATE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...AN ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE REST OF THIS WEEKEND ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO AS A COLD FRONT STALLS OVER THE AREA. THERE WILL BE AN INCREASED CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...THE NORTHWESTERN PERMIAN BASIN AND THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS REGION. THIS COULD LEAD TO HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED FLOODING ACROSS THE ABOVE MENTIONED REGIONS. .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 519 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 2008 NMZ028-122245- EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- 419 PM MDT SAT JUL 12 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY. A THUNDERSTORM WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER CARLSBAD AT 419 PM MDT...MOVING NORTH AT 22 MPH. PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL AND WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. GUSTY WINDS... SMALL HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. SEEK SAFE SHELTER WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 523 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 2008 TXZ047-122300- BORDEN- 523 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR CENTRAL BORDEN COUNTY. AN INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF GAIL ALONG FARM TO MARKET ROAD 669 AT 523 PM CDT...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. AS THIS THUNDERSTORM INCREASES...SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL BORDEN COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. SEEK SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 647 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 2008 TXZ075-130015- PECOS- 647 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY. AN INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FORT STOCKTON AT 645 PM CDT...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. AS THIS THUNDERSTORM INCREASES...SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF FORT STOCKTON...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. SEEK SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 823 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 2008 TXZ061-130200- ECTOR- 823 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL ECTOR COUNTY. AT 823 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER WEST CENTRAL ECTOR COUNTY...BETWEEN NOTREES AND GOLDSMITH...MOVING NORTH AT 17 MPH. PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL AND WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. GUSTY WINDS... SMALL HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. SEEK SAFE SHELTER WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH.
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:06 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A skywarn storm spotter reported a farm road was washed out near Texas State Highway 137 and Farm to Market Road 2002.
Six inches of water was flowing across County Road 1606 in Ira.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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