FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
931 AM CDT SAT JUL 31 2010
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TEXAS..
RIO GRANDE AT DEL RIO AFFECTING VAL VERDE COUNTY
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ALL PERSONS WITH INTERESTS ALONG THE RIVER SHOULD MONITOR
THE LATEST FORECASTS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE NECESSARY
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
RIVER STAGE FORECASTS ARE BASED ON OBSERVED RAINFALL ALONG WITH
PREDICTED RAIN FOR THE NEXT 12 HOURS. IF ACTUAL RAINFALL VARIES
FROM FORECAST VALUES...FORECAST RIVER STAGES WILL VARY.
DO NOT DRIVE AUTOMOBILES THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. REMEMBER...18 INCHES
OF WATER OR LESS CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES...INCLUDING TRUCKS.
IF YOU SEE FLOOD WATERS OR COME UPON A FLOODED ROADWAY...REMEMBER
TO TURN AROUND AND DO NOT DROWN.
FOR THE LATEST RIVER STAGES AND FORECASTS VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AT
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/EWX.
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931 AM CDT SAT JUL 31 2010
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE RIO GRANDE AT DEL RIO.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 9:15 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 4.1 FEET (1.2 METERS).
* FLOOD STAGE IS 4.0 FEET (1.2 METERS).
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 4.1 FEET (1.2 METERS) BY
THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL RISES MAY BE POSSIBLE THEREAFTER.
* IMPACT...AT 4.0 FEET...(1.2 METERS)...THE FLOW IS OVERBANKS INTO LOWEST AREAS
OF THE FLOOD PLAIN...THREATENING TO FLOOD THE ROAD THROUGH THE LOWEST SECTIONS
OF THE VEGA VERDE SUBDIVISION.
$$
&&
BELOW ARE THE LATEST RIVER STAGES AND FORECASTS (FEET):
BF FLD OBSERVED FORECAST 7AM (FT)
LOCATION STG STG STG DAY TIME SUN MON TUE WED THU
DEL RIO 4 4 4.1 SAT 9 AM 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1
BELOW ARE THE LATEST RIVER STAGES AND FORECASTS (METERS):
BF FLD OBSERVED FORECAST 7AM (M)
LOCATION STG STG STG DAY TIME SUN MON TUE WED THU
DEL RIO 1 1 1.2 SAT 9 AM 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2
$$
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
532 AM CDT SAT JUL 31 2010
NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-011045-
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-
532 AM CDT SAT JUL 31 2010 /432 AM MDT SAT JUL 31 2010/
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERN
ESPECIALLY NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND URBAN AREAS WITH POOR
DRAINAGE WHERE LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.
.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
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
451 AM CDT SAT JUL 31 2010
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-311700-
HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD-NOBLE-
ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-BECKHAM-
WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-
POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-
COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-COTTON-JEFFERSON-
CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-
WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY-
451 AM CDT SAT JUL 31 2010
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT... ALTHOUGH
ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE.
DISCUSSION...
A WEAK COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO NORTHERN OKLAHOMA TODAY.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT
NEAR AND NORTH OF THIS FRONT... WITH THE HIGHEST CHANCE IN NORTHWEST
OKLAHOMA. ISOLATED STRONG STORMS PRODUCING STRONG WINDS WILL BE
POSSIBLE... BUT ATMOSPHERIC WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT AND WIND SHEAR
WILL BE LOW SO THE CHANCES OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LOW.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT SUNDAY AUG 1.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...40 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...10 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL CLIMB TO 100 TO 105 ACROSS MUCH OF
THE AREA.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MID-WEEK ACROSS PORTIONS
OF NORTHERN OKLAHOMA.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
PERSISTENT AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES OVER 100 ARE EXPECTED NEXT
WEEK. WITH THE PERSISTENCE OF THIS HEAT... CAUTION SHOULD BE
EXERCISED WHEN PLANNING OUTDOOR WORK AND ACTIVITIES OVER THE NEXT
FEW DAYS.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT NOON
TODAY.
$$
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
837 AM CDT SAT JUL 31 2010
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>134-141-311545-
MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN-
HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS-
ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-
JOHNSON-ELLIS-COMANCHE-
837 AM CDT SAT JUL 31 2010
.NOW...
A COUPLE VERY ISOLATED SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE LATE
MORNING HOURS OVER THE REGION. MOST AREAS WILL REMAIN DRY...BUT
THOSE THAT DO SEE RAINFALL WILL AVERAGE A TRACE TO A FEW
HUNDREDTHS.
OTHERWISE...SKIES WILL BE PARTLY CLOUDY WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING
RAPIDLY INTO THE LOW 90S BY NOON.
$$
