Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 101, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 29, 2004, 2:07 AM CDT for Dawson 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
- Jul 29, 2004, 2:07 AM CDT (07:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2004, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Dawson County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 93 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1466 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1243 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KMAF 290707 FFWMAF TXC115-291100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 207 AM CDT THU JUL 29 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... DAWSON COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS * UNTIL 600 AM CDT * AT 204 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WELCH...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF LAMESA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. 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. TO REPORT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3292 10216 3254 10218 3254 10171 3292 10173 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KMAF 290859 FFSMAF TXC115-291100- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 359 AM CDT THU JUL 29 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR DAWSON COUNTY... AT 354 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT MOST OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF DAWSON COUNTY. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL IN NORTHERN DAWSON COUNTY MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 87 WHERE FLOODING OCCURRED YESTERDAY. IN ADDITION...NEW THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS OCCURRING OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN AND MAY PRODUCE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IN DAWSON COUNTY BY 6 AM CDT BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. TO REPORT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3292 10216 3254 10218 3254 10171 3292 10173 $$
000 WGUS74 KMAF 291029 FFSMAF TXC115-291100- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 525 AM CDT THU JUL 29 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR DAWSON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED OVER DAWSON COUNTY. HOWEVER...RUNOFF MAY CONTINUE TO RESULT IN FLOODING OF SOME LOW LYING AREAS...ESPECIALLY HIGHWAYS 87 AND 137 NORTH OF LAMESA. 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. TO REPORT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3292 10216 3254 10218 3254 10171 3292 10173 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Scurry | 4 hr |
| Jul 29, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 41 min |
| Jul 29, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews | 39 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004
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.