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  1. Flood WarningPresidio County, TXIn effect · Until
  2. Mesoscale Discussion 2412parts of southeastern New Mexico and southwestern TexasIn effect · Until

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  • Flood Warning 1
  • Mesoscale Discussion 1

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Snow analysis — NOHRSC

Source-rendered snow depth and snow water equivalent for the lower 48. History changes this snow picture only; warnings and radar keep their own clocks.

Stored snow depth · footprint valid 2026-10-27 12:00:00 UTC, picture retrieved 2026-10-27 18:23:05.795 UTC.

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Radar-derived cells (7) · current

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  1. BRO / I9 · scan 2026-10-27T19:43:16Z · current
  2. CRP / A4 · scan 2026-10-27T19:38:43Z · stale
  3. CRP / D4 · scan 2026-10-27T19:38:43Z · stale
  4. EWX / H7 · scan 2026-10-27T19:40:27Z · current
  5. HGX / S6 · scan 2026-10-27T19:40:14Z · current
  6. LCH / P1 · scan 2026-10-27T19:44:22Z · current
  7. POE / B0 · scan 2026-10-27T19:42:45Z · current
Station and river observations (173)

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Surface station KBMQ

current · Observed 2026-10-27 18:53:00 UTC · wind 4 kt · temperature 25.6 °C.

Station KBMQ · -98.2354, 30.7407 (longitude, latitude).

Source checked 2026-10-27 19:45:06.387Z · current.

Station observations, not an address forecast or cyclone maximum wind. Maintenance-flagged, old and implausible reports are excluded by the existing parser; this is not independent NWS quality control.

Retained observations: 1; target 24 hours, at most 96 reports per station. Recording began 2026-10-17 06:15:07.108Z; oldest available reading 2026-10-27 18:53:00 UTC.

Observed sustained wind at KBMQ (kt)Dots are retained observations. Lines break for missing fields, long intervals or changed station location or units. 0 recorded discontinuities. Dashed lines, when present, are the separately issued NWS forecast.53kt10-27 18:53Z10-27 19:53Z2026-10-27 18:53:00 UTC · 4 kt
Observed sustained wind · 1 retained observations; 0 discontinuities. Lines join reported values only; missing intervals are not interpolated.
Temperature, dew point and pressure trends
Observed temperature at KBMQ (°C)Dots are retained observations. Lines break for missing fields, long intervals or changed station location or units. 0 recorded discontinuities. Dashed lines, when present, are the separately issued NWS forecast.26.624.6°C10-27 18:53Z10-27 19:53Z2026-10-27 18:53:00 UTC · 25.6 °C
Observed temperature · 1 retained observations; 0 discontinuities. Lines join reported values only; missing intervals are not interpolated.
Observed dew point at KBMQ (°C)Dots are retained observations. Lines break for missing fields, long intervals or changed station location or units. 0 recorded discontinuities. Dashed lines, when present, are the separately issued NWS forecast.14.912.9°C10-27 18:53Z10-27 19:53Z2026-10-27 18:53:00 UTC · 13.9 °C
Observed dew point · 1 retained observations; 0 discontinuities. Lines join reported values only; missing intervals are not interpolated.
Observed sea-level pressure at KBMQ (mb)Dots are retained observations. Lines break for missing fields, long intervals or changed station location or units. 0 recorded discontinuities. Dashed lines, when present, are the separately issued NWS forecast.1021.41019.4mb10-27 18:53Z10-27 19:53Z2026-10-27 18:53:00 UTC · 1020.4 mb
Observed sea-level pressure · 1 retained observations; 0 discontinuities. Lines join reported values only; missing intervals are not interpolated.
Observed reports as a table (1)
Observed (UTC)Wind / gust (kt)From (° true)Temperature / dew point (°C)Pressure (mb)Visibility (mi)
2026-10-27 18:53:00 UTC4 / Not reportedVariable25.6 / 13.91020.410 or more
Capture times, quality and provenance

Each report keeps its observation time, first capture of this version, and the SHA-256 of the source bulk body. Corrections at the same observation time replace that point and are marked; unrelated bulk-file changes do not freshen a report.

  • Observed 2026-10-27 18:53:00 UTC, captured 2026-10-27 19:00:07.312Z; source body SHA-256 84a7d93c8569d18618b70cac16c4ad917159ab79068335c07b60e3e90b0114bd.

Values use the decoded station report. Null means not reported, never zero. Gust is kept separate from sustained wind.

Observation source page · Cached readings as JSON · Official source

Alert changes

Source collection activity (15)
  • office hwo · source revision · collected
  • office afd · source revision · collected
  • surface analysis · source revision · collected
  • metars · source revision · collected
  • gauges observed · source revision · collected
  • gauge details · source revision · collected
  • radar alerts · source revision · collected
  • office hwo · source revision · collected
  • office afd · source revision · collected
  • gauges forecast · source revision · collected
  • radar alerts · source revision · collected
  • radar alerts · source revision · collected

A new collection or source revision does not establish a consequential weather change.

Recording coverage and limits
  • warnings: retained from 2026-10-26T19:49:38.972Z through 2026-10-27T19:49:04.995Z
  • outlooks: retained from 2026-10-26T19:49:38.972Z through 2026-10-27T19:45:07.891Z
  • hydro: retained from 2026-10-26T19:49:38.972Z through 2026-10-27T19:45:06.961Z
  • analysis: retained from 2026-10-26T19:49:38.972Z through 2026-10-27T19:45:07.870Z
  • winter: retained from 2026-10-26T19:49:38.972Z through 2026-10-27T19:38:04.272Z

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Analysis

Area, source times and interpretation

Current cached context, independently dated. Regional reference: TX; a reference within a wider monitoring area does not replace the complete warning geography. This section remains separate from the historical replay cursor and official cyclone forecast. Use Forecast to pin a retained model package.

Soundings: what weather balloons measured

SPC’s skew-T diagram and hodograph of the sounding at Birmingham, AL (BMX), 12Z. Its levels are in the table below.
Observed Sounding at Birmingham, AL (BMX), for (7 h 49 min ago). SPC’s graphic; the values in its panels (CAPE, shear, the indices) are SPC’s computations from these levels. Data: NOAA/SPC.

A balloon launched about an hour before the time named, measuring as it rose and drifted with the wind: the atmosphere above one place, at one time. Model soundings, which are forecasts, are not shown here.

The levels this sounding was drawn from (62)
Birmingham, AL (BMX): the surface first, then up through the atmosphere. Temperature and dew point in °C, as measured.
PressureHeightTemperatureDew pointWind
1004 mb178 m9.08.4calm
1000 mb207 m12.612.2055° 4 kt
988 mb309 m14.611.7080° 6 kt
978 mb395 m16.211.2—
964 mb518 m15.49.4—
925 mb867 m12.47.4115° 10 kt
905 mb1050 m10.86.5—
889 mb1200 m12.9-5.7115° 9 kt
871 mb1371 m15.4-19.6—
853 mb1547 m14.7-19.2175° 8 kt
850 mb1577 m14.6-20.4170° 8 kt
838 mb1697 m14.0-17.0—
823 mb1848 m13.3-20.7180° 9 kt
787 mb2222 m11.1-17.3155° 5 kt
776 mb2340 m10.4-15.6—
760 mb2513 m9.9-18.1135° 7 kt
743 mb2700 m9.3-20.1145° 7 kt
707 mb3110 m7.9-23.0080° 2 kt
700 mb3192 m7.8-24.2095° 4 kt
684 mb3382 m7.4-26.6100° 5 kt
672 mb3527 m7.4-27.6—
636 mb3975 m4.5-20.6170° 6 kt
609 mb4327 m2.0-14.1155° 3 kt
591 mb4569 m0.4-14.1140° 4 kt
579 mb4733 m-0.6-15.2180° 2 kt
541 mb5272 m-2.7-21.7—
525 mb5509 m-4.5-22.8265° 10 kt
505 mb5812 m-7.0-24.3275° 11 kt
500 mb5890 m-7.7-24.7275° 11 kt
488 mb6078 m-9.5-24.5—
463 mb6482 m-12.5-26.7240° 11 kt
451 mb6682 m-13.9-28.9—
436 mb6938 m-16.1-28.1225° 14 kt
422 mb7183 m-18.3-30.3—
402 mb7543 m-21.4-32.7240° 15 kt
400 mb7580 m-21.7-32.7235° 15 kt
388 mb7804 m-23.8-31.3235° 17 kt
375 mb8052 m-26.1-33.4235° 17 kt
352 mb8505 m-29.9-33.8235° 21 kt
340 mb8753 m-32.0-33.9245° 22 kt
329 mb8986 m-33.8-35.4235° 19 kt
319 mb9202 m-35.7-37.7—
300 mb9630 m-36.5-48.5275° 8 kt
290 mb9863 m-38.1-52.1—
276 mb10195 m-41.2-53.2270° 18 kt
265 mb10469 m-43.7-54.0275° 20 kt
254 mb10753 m-46.3-55.0280° 22 kt
250 mb10860 m-47.3-55.3280° 23 kt
239 mb11156 m-49.6-56.4290° 17 kt
227 mb11492 m-52.4-58.5295° 20 kt
217 mb11784 m-53.9-59.9—
207 mb12088 m-53.5-61.8275° 36 kt
200 mb12310 m-54.5-63.5270° 37 kt
184 mb12843 m-55.7-65.7—
173 mb13235 m-56.3-66.3—
154 mb13966 m-60.8-70.5270° 67 kt
150 mb14130 m-61.5-71.5270° 55 kt
135 mb14776 m-65.5-74.5240° 49 kt
123 mb15337 m-68.3-76.8245° 57 kt
113 mb15845 m-69.1-77.1—
103 mb16395 m-70.9-78.9—
100 mb16570 m-71.5-78.5255° 27 kt
Every station with a sounding (77)

SPC observed soundings checked · Data: NOAA/SPC

Spotlight: SPC Day 1 outlook

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SPC Day 1 outlook

  • General Thunderstorms Risk
  • Marginal Risk highest in this area

SPC’s Day 1 categorical outlook, valid to , issued . SPC’s categories, as drawn. Data: NOAA/SPC.

Watches

No tornado or severe thunderstorm watch in force in this area.

SPC’s watches, by number, matched by the counties they list. Data: NOAA/SPC.

Mesoscale discussions

  • Mesoscale Discussion 2412 Severe potential...Watch unlikely · until

SPC’s mesoscale discussions whose outline reaches the area. Data: NOAA/SPC.

Storm ingredients

SPC’s hourly mesoanalysis, observed soundings and model guidance for the area, on the Analysis tab with its own clocks.

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Drawn by the Analysis tab’s own renderer. Data: NOAA/SPC, NOAA/NCEP.

Flash-flood risk, Day 1

  • Marginal

WPC’s excessive rainfall outlook, to , issued : a chance of flash flooding, in four categories. Data: NOAA/WPC.

River gauges in flood

No river, coastal or lake gauge in this area is in flood, observed or forecast; 7 gauges at action stage.

NWS’s gauges at flood stage or above in the area, worst first, each with its forecast hydrograph on Rain & rivers. Data: NOAA/NWPS.

Rain expected and rain that fell

WPC’s rain forecast and MRMS’s radar estimate of the rain that fell, on the Briefing’s map for the area.

Open Rain & rivers

Data: NOAA/WPC, NOAA/NSSL MRMS.

Radar

NOAA’s radar for the area, loaded by your browser as on the Radar page.

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What changed, last 60 minutes

  1. Mesoscale Discussion 2412 issued by NOAA/SPC: parts of southeastern New Mexico and southwestern Texas
Monitoring area details
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Texas (NWS states: TX)
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In force in this area 2

  1. Flood Warning1until 22:00Z
  2. Mesoscale Discussion11 new · until 21:45Z
Every alert in this area, most urgent first
  1. Flood WarningPresidio County, TXuntil · NWS Midland/Odessa TX
  2. Mesoscale Discussion 2412parts of southeastern New Mexico and southwestern Texasuntil · NOAA/SPC · drawn over this area

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WarningsTest123 · 2 alerts
Flood WarningPresidio County, TXUntil Mesoscale Discussion 2412parts of southeastern New Mexico and southwestern TexasUntil
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