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Flash Flood Warning 149, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

September 26, 2004Loving County, Reeves County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 26, 2004, 3:41 PM CDT for Loving County, Reeves County, Texas. It was in force for 6 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
Sep 26, 2004, 3:41 PM CDT (20:41 UTC)
Expired
Sep 26, 2004, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Loving County, TX, Reeves County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:40 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 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 135 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 2004-09-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 137 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2004-09-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 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
137 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
690 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KMAF 262045
FFWMAF
TXC301-389-270245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
341 PM CDT SUN SEP 26 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 334 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
  CONTINUED RAINFALL ACROSS MOST OF REEVES AND LOVING COUNTIES.
  EARLIER...FLASH FLOODING REPORTS WERE RECEIVED ALONG THE BORDER
  OF REEVES AND LOVING COUNTIES...NEAR THE TOWN OF ORLA.  

MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE...AND MANY OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS
DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. IT IS NEVER SAFE TO DRIVE ON FLOODED
ROADS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY 
AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

TO REPORT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.

LAT...LON 3111 10410 3200 10401 3199 10333 3166 10335
      3164 10354 3160 10351 3145 10349 3142 10326
      3137 10322 3136 10306 3137 10303 3078 10357

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS74 KMAF 262156
FFSMAF
TXC301-389-270245-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
453 PM CDT SUN SEP 26 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR REEVES AND
LOVING COUNTIES...

AT 450 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED 
WIDESPREAD MODERATE RAINS STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING 
OVER THE WARNED AREA.  AT 445 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED 5 TO 6 
FEET OF WATER OVER COUNTY ROAD 447...5 N ORLA.  THIS IS A VERY 
SERIOUS SITUATION.  

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. MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE. TURN
AROUND... DONT DROWN.

TO REPORT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.

LAT...LON 3111 10410 3200 10401 3199 10333 3166 10335
      3164 10354 3160 10351 3145 10349 3142 10326
      3137 10322 3136 10306 3137 10303 3078 10357

$$
000 
WGUS74 KMAF 270018
FFSMAF
TXC301-389-270245-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
715 PM CDT SUN SEP 26 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR REEVES AND
LOVING COUNTIES...

AT 7 PM CDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED WATER 3 FEET DEEP
FROM SALT CREEK OVER COUNTY ROAD 447...5 MILES NORTH OF ORLA IN 
REEVES COUNTY. 

AT 7 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE PRECIPITATION HAD
TEMPORARILY DIMINISHED ACROSS REEVES AND LOVING COUNTIES. HOWEVER 
FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE...DUE HEAVY RAINFALL FROM 
EARLIER TODAY. 

FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW
WATER CROSSINGS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE
ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.

TO REPORT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.

LAT...LON 3111 10410 3200 10401 3199 10333 3166 10335
      3164 10354 3160 10351 3145 10349 3142 10326
      3137 10322 3136 10306 3137 10303 3078 10357

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 26, 9:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFJeff Davis6 hr
Sep 26, 9:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFBrewster6 hr
Sep 26, 9:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFCulberson6 hr
Sep 26, 9:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFLoving, Reeves6 hr
Sep 26, 3:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFCulberson6 hr
Sep 26, 4:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFGaines6 hr
Sep 26, 5:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEctor6 hr
Sep 26, 6:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFHoward4 hr
Sep 26, 6:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFAndrews4 hr
Sep 26, 6:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFWard, Winkler4 hr

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.