Remnants of Tropical Depression Georgette moved inland from the Gulf of California and near west Texas providing moisture across the region, as a mid-level shortwave trough moved through southeast New Mexico and west Texas. The high moisture content contributed to torrential rains from showers and thunderstorms.
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Remnants of Tropical Depression Georgette moved inland from the Gulf of California and near west Texas providing moisture across the region, as a mid-level shortwave trough moved through southeast New Mexico and west Texas. The high moisture content contributed to torrential rains from showers and thunderstorms. This activity moved across the same locations resulting in flooding.
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 23, 5:25 AM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
625 AM CDT THU SEP 23 2010
.DISCUSSION...
SEE AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW.
&&
.AVIATION...
MESSY CONDITIONS ON TAP NEXT 24 HRS...AS REMNANTS OF GEORGETTE
STREAM NE INTO THE REGION...RESULTING IN PERIODS OF SHRA/ISOLATED
CONVECTION...W/MODELS FOCUSING ON LATE AFTERNOON. CIGS WILL BOUND
BETWEEN VFR/MVFR OVER THE NEXT 18 HRS OR SO...THEN DETERIORATE
AFTER 06Z. NAM INITIALIZED A BIT BETTER ON LOW LEVEL MSTR THAN THE
GFS...BUT NAM GUIDANCE APPEARS TO BE OVERDONE...AS IT HAS BEEN THE
LAST FEW DAYS.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 343 AM CDT THU SEP 23 2010/
DISCUSSION...
UPPER TROUGH MOVING IN FROM THE WEST WILL CONTINUE THE UNSETTLED
WEATHER FOR THE AREA. TROPICAL MOISTURE OFF OF T.D. GEORGETTE THAT
MOVED UP THROUGH THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA YESTERDAY WILL CREATE THE
POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN TODAY ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND PARTS
OF WEST TEXAS. AS THIS TROUGH MOVES EAST FRIDAY HIGH PRESSURE OVER
THE EASTERN U.S. WILL BUILD WEST AGAIN BECOMING CENTERED OVER
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BY SATURDAY. THIS WILL PUT THE REGION INTO
NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WHICH IS ALSO FAVORABLE FOR RAIN IN THE AREA
AND PUSH A SHEAR AXIS ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY.
AS OF LATE LAST NIGHT GEORGETTE MOVED INLAND AND BECAME A REMNANT
LOW LEAVING ABUNDANT PACIFIC MOISTURE ACROSS NORTHERN MEXICO... NEW
MEXICO... AND WEST TEXAS. HEAVY RAIN DID FALL LAST NIGHT ACROSS
EDDY... LEA... AND PORTIONS OF CULBERSON COUNTY WITH THE POTENTIAL
FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN TODAY. WILL ISSUE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR
THESE COUNTIES AND INCLUDE JEFF DAVIS AND PRESIDIO ALSO AS MET
GUIDANCE GIVES THE HIGHEST POPS FOR THE SOUTH ACROSS MARFA. HAVE
INCREASED POPS FOR THESE LOCATIONS TO LIKELY CATEGORY. AS OF 09Z
NEW STORM DEVELOPMENT HAS BEGUN ACROSS ELP AREA. LATER SHIFTS MAY
NEED TO EXPAND THE WATCH AREA INTO THE WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN.
GFS/MAV MUCH DRIER... BUT BASED ON MODEL INITIALIZATION/RADAR
COMPARISON WILL LEAN TOWARD ETA/MET.
RAIN AND CLOUDS WILL HELP TO SUPPRESS HIGH TEMPERATURES. WILL
CONTINUE PREVIOUS SHIFTS BELOW GUIDANCE FORECAST. LOW CLOUDS
RETURNED TO THE PERMIAN BASIN BY MIDNIGHT AND SHOULD REMAIN ACROSS
THE EAST INTO THE AFTERNOON. STRATUS RETURNS AGAIN FRIDAY MORNING
AND TO A LESSER EXTENT SATURDAY MORNING. THIS SHOULD HELP TO KEEP
OVERNIGHT LOWS UP. ON FRIDAY A SURFACE RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE AREA
PUSHING A WEAK FRONT INTO THE REGION. MODELS DEVELOP PRECIP ALONG
THIS FEATURE. SURFACE WIND SHOULD BECOME EASTERLY ACROSS THE AREA
WHICH IS UPSLOPE/COOLER. ON SATURDAY A SECONDARY PRESSURE SURGE
BUILDS SOUTH WITH THE WIND BECOMING NORTHEASTERLY AGAIN.
WET CONDITION CONTINUE IN THE FORECAST WITH CHANCE TO SLIGHT CHANCE
POPS THROUGH MONDAY... AFTER THAT CONDITIONS BEGIN TO DRY OUT AND
RAIN CHANCES DROP QUICKLY AS UPPER RIDGE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST.
BASED ON LONG RANGE MODELS IT IS NOT UNTIL THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK
TIL A LEESIDE TROUGH DEVELOPS THAT STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW RETURNS.
&&
.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES... CENTRAL LEA COUNTY...EDDY COUNTY PLAINS...
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY...NORTHERN LEA COUNTY...
SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY.
TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...
DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...MARFA
PLATEAU...PRESIDIO VALLEY...REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS
PECOS...VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR.
&&
44HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 414 AM CDT THU SEP 23 2010 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-240915- 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- 414 AM CDT THU SEP 23 2010 /314 AM MDT THU SEP 23 2010/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION GEORGETTE WILL STREAM NORTHEAST INTO WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO TODAY AND TONIGHT. AS A RESULT... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY OVER SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...THE VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...AND THE DAVIS AND APACHE MOUNTAINS. ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. BECAUSE OF THIS...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...CULBERSON...REEVES... JEFF DAVIS...AND PRESIDIO COUNTIES...AND A PORTION OF BREWSTER COUNTY CONTAINING ALPINE. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS...WITH HIGHER LOCALIZED AMOUNTS. SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS RECEIVED BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...AND SATURATED SOILS WILL EXACERBATE FLASH FLOODING AS A RESULT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL SHIFT FARTHER SOUTH AND EAST THROUGH MONDAY. HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE MAIN CONCERN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. HOWEVER...LOCAL INTERESTS SHOULD KEEP ABREAST WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCAL FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING. 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 44
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 188 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:41 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain caused flooding in northern Culberson county. This flooding took place 16 miles south of whites City where arroyos and streams were flooded as well as low water crossings.
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