Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Apr 4, 2004, 11:44 AM CDT (16:44 UTC)

Expired

Apr 4, 2004, 4:30 PM CDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Reeves County, TX

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS54 KMAF 041646
FFWMAF
TXC389-042045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1144 AM CDT SUN APR 4 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 1135 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
  THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING ACROSS MUCH OF THE COUNTY WHICH
  WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE AREA.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  VERHALEN...TOYAVALE...TOYAH LAKE...TOYAH...SARAGOSA...RED BLUFF AND
  ORLA.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1-2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.

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.

FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW
WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO ARROYOS...DRAWS...AND OTHER LOW LYING
AREAS. HEAVY RAINFALL...EVEN FROM DISTANT STORMS...CAN CREATE SUDDEN
FLOWS CAPABLE OF OVERTAKING CAMPERS AND HIKERS. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE
RISING WATER

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

LAT...LON 3111 10408 3194 10402 3159 10351 3143 10349
          3136 10303 3078 10360

$$

000 
WGUS74 KMAF 041811
FFSMAF
TXC389-042045-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
110 PM CDT SUN APR 4 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR REEVES
COUNTY...

AT 100 PM CDT...SHOWERS AND THUDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN 
CONTINUE ACROSS REEVES COUNTY. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 
HIGHWAYS 17, 2903, 869, AND 1450 WERE ALL CLOSED AS OF 1000 AM. THE 
FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED TO BE SUBSIDING BUT ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL 
GENERATE RAPID RUNOFF AND ADDITIONAL RISES AND THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING
CONTINUES.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
PECOS...TOYAH...AND TOYAH LAKE.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

LAT...LON 3130 10310 3132 10279 3075 10188 3078 10228
          3044 10251 3023 10273 3062 10331 3095 10340

$$

000 
WGUS74 KMAF 042130
FFSMAF
NMC025-TXC003-165-371-389-042300-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
429 PM CDT SUN APR 4 2004

...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR LEA...GAINES...ANDREWS...REEVES...
AND PECOS COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

AT 421 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAD
MOVED OUT OF THESE COUNTIES. HOWEVER...STANDING OR RUNNING WATER
IN EACH OF THESE COUNTIES WILL TAKE SEVERAL HOURS TO RUNOFF.  
THEREFORE...RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXERCISE CAUTION IF 
TRAVELING ON AREA ROADWAYS.     

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR ALL OF
SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL RESULT IN RAPID RUNOFF AND FLASH FLOODING DUE TO SATURATED
GROUND. 

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.

LAT...LON 3188 10227 3166 10228 3170 10182 3207 10182
          3207 10227

$$

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