Flash Flood in Loving County, Texas
Flash Flood September 20, 2014 · Loving County, Texas
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
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.
The wider storm
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.
Began near Mentone (31.7047, -103.5993).
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 540281. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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