Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Mar 4, 2004, 10:38 AM CST for Scurry County, Texas. It was in force for 3 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
- Mar 4, 2004, 10:38 AM CST (16:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 4, 2004, 1:45 PM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Scurry County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 622 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 477 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KMAF 041642 FFWMAF TXC415-041945- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1038 AM CST THU MAR 4 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SCURRY COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS * UNTIL 145 PM CST * AT 1038 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINFALL OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH OVER SCURRY COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF SCURRY COUNTY ALREADY THIS MORNING. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE... DERMOTT...DUNN...HERMLEIGH...IRA...KNAPP...RANDALLS CORNER...SNYDER AND UNION DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. LAT...LON 3256 10115 3255 10072 3293 10070 3293 10113 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KMAF 041752 FFSMAF TXC415-041945- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1148 AM CST THU MAR 4 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SCURRY COUNTY UNTIL 145 PM CST... AT 1140 AM CST...A STORM SPOTTER REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS IN SNYDER CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER...WITH ADDITIONAL REPORTS OF MOTORISTS BEING RESCUED FROM HIGH WATER. AT 1148 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO DETECT HEAVY RAINFALL UP TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES PER HOUR MOVING NORTHEAST OVER SCURRY COUNTY AT 45 MPH. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE OVER A FLOODED ROAD. THE ROAD MAY BE WASHED OUT. LAT...LON 3255 10113 3254 10071 3293 10069 3294 10114 $$
000 WGUS74 KMAF 041842 FFSMAF TXC415-041945- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1241 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SCURRY COUNTY UNTIL 145 PM CST... AT 1241 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS COME TO AN END OVER SCURRY COUNTY. HOWEVER...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL CONTINUE DUE TO RUNOFF. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. LAT...LON 3255 10115 3255 10070 3293 10069 3293 10115 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 10:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews | 45 min |
| Mar 4, 1:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 32 min |
| Mar 4, 2:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin | 27 min |
| Mar 4, 4:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Upton | 52 min |
| Mar 4, 4:44 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson | 46 min |
| Mar 4, 4:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson | 40 min |
| Mar 4, 4:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 49 min |
| Mar 4, 5:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard | 35 min |
| Mar 4, 6:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 32 min |
| Mar 4, 6:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reagan | 28 min |
| Mar 4, 6:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 44 min |
| Mar 4, 6:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 41 min |
| Mar 4, 6:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 32 min |
| Mar 4, 6:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard | 35 min |
| Mar 4, 7:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin | 36 min |
| Mar 4, 7:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell, Scurry | 57 min |
| Mar 4, 7:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 52 min |
| Mar 4, 7:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 47 min |
| Mar 4, 8:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard, Martin | 52 min |
| Mar 4, 8:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Upton | 47 min |
| Mar 4, 8:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reagan | 67 min |
| Mar 4, 9:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden | 48 min |
| Mar 4, 9:16 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 44 min |
| Mar 4, 9:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 27 min |
| Mar 4, 9:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden | 19 min |
| Mar 4, 9:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard | 38 min |
| Mar 4, 10:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 57 min |
| Mar 4, 10:28 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Howard | 3 hr |
| Mar 4, 10:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 49 min |
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.