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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

March 4, 2004Howard County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Mar 4, 2004, 10:28 AM CST for Howard County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 4, 2004, 10:28 AM CST (16:28 UTC)
Expired
Mar 4, 2004, 1:30 PM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Howard County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 76 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2004-03-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 622 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2004-03-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 109 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
622 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
477 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS54 KMAF 041631
FFWMAF
TXC227-041930-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1028 AM CST THU MAR 4 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HOWARD COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS

* UNTIL 130 PM CST

* AT 1028 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINFALL    
  OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR WAS OCCURRING OVER MUCH OF HOWARD        
  COUNTY...WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH. 
  AT 1020 AM CST...WATER WAS REPORTED OVER HIGHWAY 87 NEAR FORSAN.   

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
  BIG SPRING...COAHOMA...ELBOW...FAIRVIEW...KNOTT...LUTHER...SAND
  SPRINGS...SOUTH HAVEN AND VINCENT

DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES.

LAT...LON 3213 10166 3213 10122 3248 10122 3249 10166

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS74 KMAF 041830
FFSMAF
TXC227-041930-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1229 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR HOWARD COUNTY UNTIL 130 PM
CST...

AT 1229 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVY 
RAINFALL HAS MOVED EAST OF HOWARD COUNTY.  ALTHOUGH THE RAINFALL HAS 
COME TO AN END...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL 
CONTINUE DUE TO RUNOFF.

DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES.

LAT...LON 3214 10164 3214 10121 3248 10121 3249 10162

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 3, 10:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews45 min
Mar 4, 1:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland32 min
Mar 4, 2:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin27 min
Mar 4, 4:38 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton52 min
Mar 4, 4:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson46 min
Mar 4, 4:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson40 min
Mar 4, 4:56 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock49 min
Mar 4, 5:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward35 min
Mar 4, 6:08 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock32 min
Mar 4, 6:12 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReagan28 min
Mar 4, 6:31 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry44 min
Mar 4, 6:34 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock41 min
Mar 4, 6:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland32 min
Mar 4, 6:55 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward35 min
Mar 4, 7:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin36 min
Mar 4, 7:33 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMitchell, Scurry57 min
Mar 4, 7:53 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos52 min
Mar 4, 7:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland47 min
Mar 4, 8:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward, Martin52 min
Mar 4, 8:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton47 min
Mar 4, 8:53 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReagan67 min
Mar 4, 9:12 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden48 min
Mar 4, 9:16 AM CSTTornado WarningMAFGlasscock44 min
Mar 4, 9:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell27 min
Mar 4, 9:41 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden19 min
Mar 4, 9:52 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward38 min
Mar 4, 10:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMitchell57 min
Mar 4, 10:38 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMAFScurry3 hr
Mar 4, 10:41 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry49 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.