Flash Flood — Midland, Texas

2024-09-02 · near (maf) Midland Intl, Midland, Texas

Event narrative

The Business 20 frontage road is impassible in spots. A police cruiser is blocking the road with at least one stalled vehicle. The property damage cost is an estimation.

Wider weather episode

A slow-moving upper-level low pressure over a stationary frontal boundary helped to generate widespread showers and thunderstorms across the region. Repeated rounds of moderate to heavy rainfall within a tropical airmass caused significant flash flooding across many Permian Basin and Southeast New Mexico areas.

View location on OpenStreetMap → (31.9415, -102.1869)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1202575. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.