Flash Flood Warning 151, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Sep 26, 2004, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)

Expired

Sep 26, 2004, 10:00 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Gaines County, TX

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS54 KMAF 262108
FFWMAF
TXC165-270300-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 355 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER
  OVER THE ROADWAY AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 62/180 AND COUNTY
  ROAD 237.  LAW ENFORCEMENT HAD REPORTED A VEHICLE HAD WASHED INTO
  THE MEDIAN AT THIS LOCATION. AT 4 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF GAINES COUNTY...MOVING
  NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. RAINFALL RATES OF OVER ONE INCH PER HOUR CAN BE 
  EXPECTED THROUGH 530 PM CDT ACROSS WESTERN GAINES COUNTY...WITH 
  THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT LIKELY ACROSS EASTERN SECTIONS. 

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 3258 10302 3255 10266 3257 10224 3293 10224
      3293 10267 3291 10304

$$

000 
WGUS74 KMAF 262356
FFSMAF
TXC165-270300-

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

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR GAINES
COUNTY...

AT 630 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER
OVER TEXAS HIGHWAY 214 IN EXTREME NORTHWEST GAINES COUNTY NEAR
THE YOAKUM COUNTY LINE. AT 645 PM CDT LAW ENFORCEMENT HAD REPORTED
THAT THE TEXAS HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT WAS IN ROUTE TO THE AFFECTED AREA
TO INVESTIGATE THE SEVERITY OF THE FLOODING. 

AT 650 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS
AFFECTING GAINES COUNTY. THE MOST PERSISTENT ACTIVITY WAS ACROSS THE 
WESTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY...WEST AND NORTHWEST OF SEMINOLE. THIS WOULD 
INCLUDE HIGHWAY 62/180 AND TEXAS HIGHWAY 214.

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 3258 10302 3255 10266 3257 10224 3293 10224
      3293 10267 3291 10304

$$

000 
WGUS74 KMAF 270112
FFSMAF
TXC165-270300-

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

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR GAINES
COUNTY...

AT 808 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A 
BAND OF HEAVY RAINFALL BEGINNING TO MOVE OVER THE CITY OF SEMINOLE. 
RAIN WILL FALL AT A RATE OF 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR THROUGH 9 PM CDT. 
FLASH FLOODING OF THE CITY STREETS IN SEMINOLE MAY OCCUR.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 
ROADWAY. MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE. 

TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN

LAT...LON 3258 10302 3255 10266 3257 10224 3293 10224 3293 10267     
      3291 10304

$$

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