Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 149, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 9:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis | 6 hr |
| Sep 26, 9:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Brewster | 6 hr |
| Sep 26, 9:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Culberson | 6 hr |
| Sep 26, 9:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Loving, Reeves | 6 hr |
| Sep 26, 3:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Culberson | 6 hr |
| Sep 26, 4:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Gaines | 6 hr |
| Sep 26, 5:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ector | 6 hr |
| Sep 26, 6:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Howard | 4 hr |
| Sep 26, 6:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Andrews | 4 hr |
| Sep 26, 6:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ward, Winkler | 4 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.