Flash Flood — Loving, Texas

2014-09-20 · near Mentone, Loving, Texas

$2K

Property damage

Event narrative

Heavy rain moved across Loving County and produced flash flooding in Mentone. Eight to ten men were stranded on oil field equipment due to high water in town. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate.

Wider weather episode

The remains of Tropical Storm Odile were moving across the region as they rotated around the circulation of an upper ridge. A circulation was also located over the central Permian Basin which was allowing rain to move across the same areas. There was plentiful moisture across the area from Odile as well as from tropical storm Polo. Good upper level lift was also present from Odile. Heating from breaks in the cloud cover allowed for instability to increase. This moisture, lift and instability allowed for rain and thunderstorms to continue moving over the same areas leading to more flash flooding for West Texas and southeast New Mexico.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 540281. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.