Flash Flood Warning 201, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Oct 6, 2004, 3:06 AM CDT (08:06 UTC)

Expired

Oct 6, 2004, 7:00 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 Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS54 KMAF 060809
FFWMAF
TXC371-061200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
306 AM CDT WED OCT 6 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 700 AM CDT

* AT 302 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH
  FLOODING IN FORT STOCKTON FROM A THUNDERSTORM THAT HAS PASSED 
  THROUGH TOWN.  THIS STORM IS 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT STOCKTON
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED
  IN FORT STOCKTON.

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 3077 10357 3136 10301 3127 10283 3131 10266
      3122 10246 3112 10243 3103 10229 3098 10197
      3090 10187 3066 10177 3066 10213 3060 10215
      3061 10236 3029 10238 3027 10257 3008 10259

$$

000 
WGUS74 KMAF 060821
FFSMAF
TXC371-061200-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
319 AM CDT WED OCT 6 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR PECOS
COUNTY...

AT 314 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH
FLOODING ON HWY 67 SOUTH OF TOWN... ON OLD ALPINE HWY... AND 
ON CITY STREETS IN FORT STOCKTON.  ADDITIONAL FLOODING CAN
BE EXPECTED.

TO REPORT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.

LAT...LON 3077 10357 3136 10301 3127 10283 3131 10266
      3122 10246 3112 10243 3103 10229 3098 10197
      3090 10187 3066 10177 3066 10213 3060 10215
      3061 10236 3029 10238 3027 10257 3008 10259

$$

000 
WGUS74 KMAF 061206
FFSMAF
TXC371-061215-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
700 AM CDT WED OCT 6 2004

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PECOS COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE 
AT 700 AM CDT...

AT 650 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN PECOS COUNTY 
REPORTED THAT EARLIER FLASH FLOODING ON HWY 67 AND OTHER AREA 
ROADWAYS HAS SUBSIDED. 

AT 655 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL WAS MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN 
PECOS COUNTY. RUNOFF MAY CONTINUE TO RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING OF LOW 
LYING AREAS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...BUT THE THREAT OF FLASH 
FLOODING HAD ENDED.

LAT...LON 3077 10357 3136 10301 3127 10283 3131 10266
      3122 10246 3112 10243 3103 10229 3098 10197
      3090 10187 3066 10177 3066 10213 3060 10215
      3061 10236 3029 10238 3027 10257 3008 10259

$$

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