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, 5:39 PM CST, 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 639 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008 .DISCUSSION... SEE AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW. && .AVIATION... A COLD FRONT AND NUMEROUS GUST FRONTS ARE CAUSING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. UNFORTUNATELY THE MOVEMENT IS SLOW SO ANYTHING DEVELOPING WILL STAY PUT FOR A WHILE WITH THE POTENTIAL TO DUMP QUITE A BIT OF RAINFALL IN ONE PLACE. ALMOST ALL TAF SITES WILL HAVE A GOOD CHANCE OF SEEING RAINFALL THIS EVENING BEFORE IT DIMINISHES AROUND MIDNIGHT. WINDS CAN QUICKLY CHANGE DIRECTION AND SPEED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE GUST FRONTS WHICH WILL MAKE ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES MUCH MORE DIFFICULT. COULD SEE SOME MVFR CIGS MOVE INTO THE AREA TONIGHT AND WENT AHEAD AND PUT THEM IN THE TAFS...THOUGH CONFIDENCE IS NOT REALLY HIGH IN THEM FORMING. LOCATIONS MOST LIKELY TO SEE MVFR CIGS WILL BE THE EASTERN SITES WITH LOW CIG CHANCES DECREASES TO THE WEST. ANY CIGS THAT FORM TONIGHT SHOULD DISSIPATE BY MID MORNING LEAVING A PLEASANT REMAINDER OF THE DAY. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 200 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008/ DISCUSSION... PRE-FRONTAL TROF INTO SE NM WITH COLD FRONT MOVING THRU ECNTRL NM TX S PLAINS. MEANWHILE WATER VAPOR IMAGERY INDICATES MID LEVEL THETA-E RIDGE AXIS HAS MOVED E FROM YESTERDAY AND IS LOCATED ACRS ERN CWFA S-SWWD INTO LOWER TRANS PECOS. ALSO WEAK 5H SHEAR AXIS IS EVIDENT IN NAM12 BTWN CIRCULATION ASSOCD WITH GUSTAV AND WEAK MID LEVEL WLYS ACRS NM/W TX. AS SUCH FAVOR 2 DISTINCT AREAS FOR PRECIP DEVELOPMENT. 1ST INVOF SHEAR AXIS/THETA-E RIDGE AND 2ND ACRS SE NM/NW PB NEAR TROF/FRONTAL BOUNDARY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WHERE POST FRONTAL CONVERGENCE IS TO BE MAXIMIZED. HIGH END SCT POPS ACRS SE NM EXTENDING IN WRN PB/UPPER TRANS PECOS WILL NEED TO BE INCREASED SOME AND HAVE OPTED FOR LOWER END LIKELY POPS THERE AFTER 00Z. STRONG MSTR CONVERGENCE/WEAK SHRTWV TROF/WEAK 7H-5H WIND/PWS POSSIBLY NEARING 1.7 SUGGEST HEAVY RAIN IS A REAL CONCERN OVERNIGHT. IN FACT MODELS CONTINUE TO PERSIST IN DEVELOPING A MCS ACRS SE NM/WRN PB/UPPER TRANS PECOS OVERNIGHT. SLIGHTLY DIFFLUENT 85H-5H THCK AND EFFECTIVE CANCELLATION OF 85H WINDS AND DEEPER LAYER CORFIDI VECTORS SUGGEST BACK BUILDING OR UPSTREAM PROPAGATION OF STORMS IS POSSIBLE THEREBY INCREASING THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN. WILL FOREGO A WATCH ATTM DUE TO THE SMALLER AERIAL COVERAGE BUT WILL CERTAINLY MENTION HEAVY RAIN AND POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING OVERNIGHT. FRONT WILL MOVE SW THRU THE TRANS PECOS LEAVING COOLER/MORE STABLE AIR IN ITS WAKE WED ACRS PB/SE NM. WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE SLGHT CHC POPS ACRS MTNS WHERE MSTR WILL BE BEST. MOS GUIDANCE IS INDECISIVE WITH TEMPS BUT WILL GO COOLER N BUT ALSO ACRS SE NM/WRN PB/UPPER TRANS PECOS WHERE LINGERING CLOUDS AND RAIN COOLED AIR MAXIMIZED. DWPNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ABLE TO FALL INTO THE 50S ALLOWING FOR RELATIVELY COOL MORNINGS (LOW TO M60S). NW MID LEVEL FLOW STILL ADVERTISED THUR BUT WITH LACKING LLJ AND WEAKISH 5H WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO HOLD BEST POPS (SLGHT CHC) ACRS SE NM/NW PB. VERY SIMILAR FRI EXCEPT THAT 7H-5H LR/S ARE FCST TO BE MUCH STEEPER WITH BETTER ESTABLISHED SE LOW LEVEL FLOW. THUS WILL REFLECT POPS NW IN THE EVENING. LACK OF FOCUS AND MORE STABLE CONDITIONS WILL PRECLUDE MENTION OF POPS SAT/SUN ATTP. 85H TEMPS BACK TO NEAR 25-26C SAT/SUN. MORE OF THE SAME MON/TUE AS FOCUS LOOKS TO REMAIN WELL N INVOF COLD FRONT. HYDROLOGY... RELEASES FROM LOUIS LEON RESERVOIR HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED INTO RIO GRANDE FROM PRESIDIO DOWNSTREAM THRU BIG BEND. MODERATE FLOODING IS FCST AT PRESIDIO BY WED AND MAY LAST SEVERAL DAYS DEPENDING ON DURATION OF RELEASE. IF HEAVY RAIN OCCURS THE RIVER FORECAST MAY HAVE TO ADJUSTED UPWARD. && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 10
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
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 216 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008 NMZ033-034-021945- CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY- 116 PM MDT TUE SEP 2 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR EAST CENTRAL LEA COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF MONUMENT AT 116 PM MDT...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. GUSTY WINDS... HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THE MONUMENT AND NADINE AREAS.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A midland man was rescued form his vehicle after it was submerged in more than 4 feet of water at the intersection of Dormard Avenue and Tyler Street.
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