Unseasonably high moisture content through the atmospheric column, an upper level jet max and a weak mid-level shortwave trough combined resulting in heavy rainfall across much of the area.
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The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
Unseasonably high moisture content through the atmospheric column, an upper level jet max and a weak mid-level shortwave trough combined resulting in heavy rainfall across much of the area.
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 Jun 19, 10:44 PM MST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1244 AM CDT SAT JUN 20 2009
.DISCUSSION...
&&
.AVIATION...
WIDESPREAD STORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT... ESPECIALLY
FOR CNM AND INK. HAVE TEMPO TSRA ALL TAFS WITH SOME CEILINGS DOWN
INTO THE IFR CATEGORY EXPECTED. NOT LOOKING FOR CONDITIONS TO
IMPROVE MUCH TIL AFTERNOON.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 945 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009/
DISCUSSION...
LATEST SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS MID-50 SFC DEWPOINTS BACKED UP ALL THE
WAY TO KROW...KATS...AND KGDP. MEANWHILE...CONVECTION CONTINUES DEVELOPING
SOUTH OF THE BORDER...AND MOVING NORTH ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF AN UPPER
RIDGE CENTERED OVER THE CENTRAL GULF STATES. 00Z KMAF SOUNDING INDICATES
WET-BULB ZEROES ARE MOST LIKELY TOO HIGH FOR HAIL...BUT K INDEX IS
AT 36C...AND PWATS OVER 1.75 INCH...SO HEAVY RAINFALL REMAINS THE MAIN
THREAT OVERNIGHT...AND THE FFA CONTINUES. WE/LL DO A QUICK UPDATE FOR
TEMPS...DEWPOINTS...WINDS...AND SKY COVER BASED ON LATEST NAM...WHICH
ADVISES LEAVING WX...POP...AND QPF GRIDS ALONE.
&&
.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...NONE.
TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES... BIG BEND AREA...DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA...
MARFA PLATEAU...PECOS...PRESIDIO VALLEY...REAGAN...
TERRELL...UPTON.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 352 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-202100- 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- 352 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009 /252 PM MDT FRI JUN 19 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE A CONCERN...PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE MARFA PLATEAU...BIG BEND REGION...DAVIS MOUNTAINS...LOWER TRANS PECOS AND PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN...WHERE A FLASH FLOOD REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE MENTIONED AREAS HAVE RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN SATURDAY FROM THE BIG BEND TO THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT. 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), 180 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:25 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement reported multiple county roads were barricaded near Malaga, NM due to high water. Sandbags were also used to prevent flooding near homes.
The sheriff's office reported that they were barricading low water crossing near Otis due to 1 to 2 feet of flowing water through some intersections. Sandbags were also used to prevent flooding near homes. No damage was reported, however.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Mexico in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, June 2009
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 183732, 183733.