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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 4, 2004Pecos County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Apr 4, 2004, 6:12 AM CDT for Pecos 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 4, 2004, 6:12 AM CDT (11:12 UTC)
Expired
Apr 4, 2004, 10:15 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pecos County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:12 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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 125 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 041113
FFWMAF
TXC371-041515-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
612 AM CDT SUN APR 4 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1015 AM CDT

* AT 607 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED    
  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS IN PECOS COUNTY...MOVING         
  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...FORT       
  STOCKTON...GIRVIN.

SATELLITE AND RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF OVER 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL 
HAVE BEEN DETECTED OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS IN PECOS COUNTY.  THIS 
RAINFALL...ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL POSSIBLE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 
WILL LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING IN PECOS COUNTY THIS MORNING.  

LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS ALSO REPORTED WATER UP TO THE INTERIOR 
FLOOR OF THEIR VEHICLES.  

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. ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS...CREEKS...AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND
PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF
UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.

TO REPORT FLOODING...CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 5 9 7 3 2 2 0.

LAT...LON 3077 10358 3008 10259 3029 10259 3029 10238
          3062 10239 3061 10215 3067 10215 3067 10180
          3092 10191 3099 10202 3099 10220 3111 10245
          3122 10246 3125 10254 3129 10268 3126 10284
          3132 10291 3136 10301

$$

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, 8:12 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMAFReeves4 hr
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, 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

Nearby

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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.