Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Apr 4, 2004, 9:28 AM CDT (14:28 UTC)

Expired

Apr 4, 2004, 1:30 PM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Ward County, TX

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS54 KMAF 041429
FFWMAF
TXC475-041830-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 130 PM CDT

* AT 920 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
  A THUNDERSTORM NEAR PECOS MOVING TOWARD SOUTHWEST WARD
  COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  THIS THUNDERSTORM
  HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  WICKETT...ROYALTY...THE MONAHANS SANDHILLS ST AND THE MONAHANS
  SANDHILLS STATE PARK.

THIS AREA HAS ALREADY RECEIVED COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL
THROUGHOUT THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING AS THIS STORM ENTERS
WARD COUNTY.

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...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...DON/T DROWN

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

LAT...LON 3139 10322 3145 10347 3164 10350 3165 10278
          3136 10293

$$

000 
WGUS74 KMAF 041645
FFSMAF
TXC475-041830-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1146 AM CDT SUN APR 4 2004

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WARD COUNTY UNTIL 130 PM 
CDT...

AT 1027 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED SEVERAL STREETS
WERE FLOODED IN BARSTOW.  AT 1125 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 
REPORTED FM 1219 WAS FLOODED AT IT/S INTERSECTION WITH INTERSTATE 
20...AND ALONG A 4 MILE STRETCH...SOUTH FROM INTERSTATE 20.     

AT 1135 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH OVER PORTIONS OF WARD COUNTY. ALSO...  
MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE REDEVELOPING OVER JEFF DAVIS COUNTY...AND
ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH WARD COUNTY DURING THE NEXT 
FEW HOURS.      

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR WARD 
COUNTY.  ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO 
DEVELOP OVER WEST TEXAS LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. THESE ADDITIONAL 
STORMS WILL AGGRAVATE THE CURRENT 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.

$$

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