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Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 4, 2004Ector County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Apr 4, 2004, 3:38 PM CDT for Ector 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, 3:38 PM CDT (20:38 UTC)
Expired
Apr 4, 2004, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Ector County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 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 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 39 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 12:00Z on 2004-04-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2004-04-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 231 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
730 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
231 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
339 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS54 KMAF 042043
FFWMAF
TXC135-050045-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 336 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM HEAVY 
  RAINS ACROSS ECTOR COUNTY NEAR ODESSA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
  PRODUCING THESE RAINS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEST
  ODESSA...PENWELL...NORTH COWDEN...GOLDSMITH AND GARDENDALE.

REPORTS FROM SYCAMORE AMD UNIVERSITY INDICATE WATER OVER THE ROADS AND 
LOW WATER CROSSINGS ALONG MOSS ROAD ARE FLOODED. OTHER FAVORED AREAS ACROSS
ODESSA AND ECTOR COUNTY ARE LIKELY FLOODED AS WELL.
  
FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW
WATER CROSSINGS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE
ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.

LAT...LON 3186 10277 3168 10277 3168 10247 3167 10231
          3207 10230 3207 10277

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS74 KMAF 050041
FFSMAF
TXC135-050100-

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

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ECTOR COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO 
EXPIRE AT 745 PM CDT...

THE RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS ECTOR COUNTY. SOME RUNOFF MAY CONTINUE 
FROM THE EARLIER HEAVY RAINS. RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXERCISE 
CAUTION IF DRIVING ON AREA ROADS THIS EVENING.     

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY. ADDITIONAL 
THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY. RESIDENTS ACROSS 
ECTOR COUNTY SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS...AS ANY 
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN RAPID RUNOFF AND ADDITIONAL 
FLOODING ON THE ALREADY 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 3186 10277 3168 10277 3168 10247 3167 10231
          3207 10230 3207 10277

$$

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, 6:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFPecos4 hr
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

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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.