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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 3, 2004Reeves County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Apr 3, 2004, 8:12 PM CST for Reeves County, Texas. It was in force for 4 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
Apr 3, 2004, 8:12 PM CST (02:12 UTC)
Expired
Apr 4, 2004, 12:15 AM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Reeves County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 00:00Z on 2004-04-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 444 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 00:00Z on 2004-04-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
444 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1270 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
237 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.9

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KMAF 040216
FFWMAF
TXC389-040615-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
812 PM CST SAT APR 3 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  REEVES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS

* UNTIL 1215 AM CST

* AT 810 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
  SCATTERED...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE COUNTY...PRODUCING
  FLASH FLOODING...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
  INTERSTATE 20 SOUTHWEST OF TOYAH
  INTERSTATE 10 WEST OF BALMORHEA
  THE INTERSECTION OF INTERSTATE 10 AND 20 IN SOUTHWEST REEVES COUNTY
  RURAL REEVES COUNTY.

FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS...NORMALLY
DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. THIS INCLUDES
NINE MILE DRAW...SAN MARTINE DRAW...AND SALT DRAW.

DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN 
IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING 
IS OBSERVED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 3115 10408 3099 10390 3082 10358 3130 10314
          3138 10322 3141 10336 3136 10345 3151 10352
          3170 10378 3190 10392 3197 10401 3164 10403

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS74 KMAF 040454
FFSMAF
TXC389-040615-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1045 PM CST SAT APR 3 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1215 AM CST FOR 
REEVES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...

AT 1035 PM CST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN REEVES COUNTY REPORTED
PORTIONS OF FARM TO MARKET ROAD 2903 BETWEEN TOYAH AND BALMORHEA
WAS FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE.  
 
AT 1030 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS MUCH OF
REEVES COUNTY. THIS ACTIVITY IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 
15 MPH AND WILL AGGRAVATE THE ONGOING FLASH FLOODING. 

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS 
HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. 

LAT...LON 3115 10408 3099 10390 3082 10358 3130 10314
          3138 10322 3141 10336 3136 10345 3151 10352
          3170 10378 3190 10392 3197 10401 3164 10403

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 6:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster59 min
Apr 3, 6:32 PM CSTTornado WarningMAFGaines58 min
Apr 3, 6:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves63 min
Apr 3, 7:14 PM CSTTornado WarningMAFReeves46 min
Apr 3, 7:15 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMAFGaines3 hr
Apr 3, 7:31 PM CSTTornado WarningMAFGaines59 min
Apr 3, 8:01 PM CSTTornado WarningMAFReeves, Ward59 min
Apr 3, 8:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews28 min
Apr 3, 8:30 PM CSTTornado WarningMAFGaines60 min
Apr 3, 9:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson52 min
Apr 3, 9:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines60 min
Apr 3, 9:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster49 min
Apr 3, 9:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPresidio62 min
Apr 3, 10:15 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMAFAndrews, Gaines6 hr
Apr 3, 10:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson59 min
Apr 4, 12:11 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster64 min
Apr 4, 12:15 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMAFReeves4 hr
Apr 4, 1:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster2 hr
Apr 4, 1:56 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos2 hr
Apr 4, 4:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos59 min
Apr 4, 4:56 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFAndrews, Gaines5 hr
Apr 4, 5:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos60 min
Apr 4, 6:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos29 min
Apr 4, 6:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFPecos4 hr
Apr 4, 7:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFReeves4 hr
Apr 4, 8:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFJeff Davis46 min
Apr 4, 9:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFWard4 hr
Apr 4, 10:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFPecos6 hr
Apr 4, 11:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFAndrews, Gaines6 hr
Apr 4, 11:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEctor4 hr
Apr 4, 11:44 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFReeves5 hr
Apr 4, 1:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFWinkler4 hr
Apr 4, 1:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFMidland4 hr
Apr 4, 2:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFWard3 hr
Apr 4, 3:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEctor4 hr

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.