Widespread slow-moving showers with moderate rain led to continued areas of flash flooding across the Permian Basin.
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Widespread slow-moving showers with moderate rain led to continued areas of flash flooding across the Permian Basin.
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 3, 5:19 AM CST, 35 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 619 AM CDT Tue Sep 3 2024 ...New SHORT TERM, LONG TERM... .SHORT TERM... (Today through Wednesday afternoon) Issued at 225 AM CDT Tue Sep 3 2024 I can't say that today went quite as expected. This was definitely more rain than anticipated and a welcomed drought buster, despite some flash flooding. A record 3.63 inches of rain was recorded at Midland International yesterday. This not only breaks the daily record, but also becomes the 6th highest 1-day rainfall total of all time. Tonight continues the cool and wet weather. Widespread light showers remain across a large portion of the area and are expected to continue through the remainder of the night hours. Temperatures are unsurprisingly chilly and fall- like in the 60s across the bulk of the region. Early this morning through the afternoon, another uptick in shower coverage and intensity is expected again. This is in response to a lobe of vorticity wrapping around the upper-low over us and modest destabilization from daytime heating. This yields the potential for another round of substantial rainfall across much of the area. Many areas across the Permian Basin and Lower Trans Pecos may see an additional 1 to 3 inches of rainfall with locally higher amounts possible. Other areas can expect around half an inch or so. With the continued showers and associated cloud cover over the area, temperatures struggle to warm much and barely reach the 70s. The rain begins to taper off during the late afternoon and evening from west to east across the area as the upper-low's center moves over our eastern portions of the area. While continued showers remain a strong possibility, activity is expected to be more widely scattered and lighter in nature, similar to this morning. Temperatures will once again remain a tad chilly in the 60s tonight. Wednesday sees the continued slow dry-out of the region. Many places west of the Pecos can expect the sunshine to return with little to no rain expected. The Permian Basin hangs onto the showers for now, but this activity remains widely scattered as we slowly transition to increased subsidence behind the departing upper-low. Despite the rain, even the Permian Basin can expect peaks of sun as temperatures climb into the upper 70s and lower 80s for the majority. A welcomed relatively dry period follows in the long-term, but the drought is sated for now. -Chehak && .LONG TERM... (Wednesday night through Monday) Issued at 225 AM CDT Tue Sep 3 2024 All of the active weather occurs in the short term. High pressure over the western United States amplifies the latter part of the week, increasing subsidence and decreasing rain chances. Temperatures gradually increase back to near normal through the week with highs reaching the mid to upper 80s in most locations by the weekend. An upper low moving into the upper Midwest will send a weak cold front south into the Permian Basin halting the warming and keeping highs near seasonal levels over the weekend. .AVIATION... (06Z TAFS) Issued at 617 AM CDT Tue Sep 3 2024 Abundant moisture remains across the area today with SHRA expected to continue along with MVFR/IFR CIG/VIS. SHRA finally ends around 00Z but there will be little if any improvement in the sky condition through the end of the TAF period. Hennig && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Big Spring 73 66 78 66 / 80 30 40 10 Carlsbad 73 62 78 64 / 40 10 20 10 Dryden 80 68 81 69 / 60 60 60 20 Fort Stockton 74 64 78 64 / 70 40 60 10 Guadalupe Pass 67 58 75 60 / 30 10 30 10 Hobbs 72 61 80 63 / 50 20 30 10 Marfa 73 59 78 61 / 50 30 70 10 Midland Intl Airport 72 66 79 66 / 70 20 40 10 Odessa 73 66 78 67 / 70 20 40 10 Wink 74 65 81 67 / 60 30 40 10 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...None. NM...None. && SHORT TERM...91 LONG TERM....10 AVIATION...91
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 224 AM CDT Tue Sep 3 2024 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-059>063-067>070-075-082- 270>282-040730- 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-Loving-Winkler- Ector-Midland-Glasscock-Ward-Crane-Upton-Reagan-Pecos-Terrell- Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet-Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains- Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor-Eastern Culberson County- Reeves County Plains-Chinati Mountains-Marfa Plateau-Davis Mountains- Davis Mountains Foothills-Central Brewster County-Chisos Basin- Presidio Valley-Lower Brewster County- 224 AM CDT Tue Sep 3 2024 /124 AM MDT Tue Sep 3 2024/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast New Mexico, southwest Texas and western Texas. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Flash flooding is possible in areas of heavier showers and storms today, especially urban areas, low water crossings, and areas with poor drainage. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. 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... https://weather.gov/midland
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 76 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:56 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
This was a report from mPING indicating potential road closures.
A significant amount of water was covering FM 1298 south of Lake J.B. Thomas.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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