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Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 5, 2004, 9:47 PM CDT for 4 counties in 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
- Jun 5, 2004, 9:47 PM CDT (02:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2004, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Loving County, TX, Reeves County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:49 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 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 485 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3647 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KMAF 060248
FFWMAF
TXC301-389-475-495-060545-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
947 PM CDT SAT JUN 5 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WINKLER COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS
SOUTHEASTERN LOVING COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS
WARD COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS
EASTERN REEVES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT
* AT 940 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES WEST OF
WINK TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TOYAH LAKE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 15 MILES EAST OF MENTONE TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PECOS...
MOVING EAST AT AROUND 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WINK...
PYOTE...
KERMIT...
WICKETT...
MONAHANS...
TO REPORT FLOODING... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.
FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... LOW WATER CROSSINGS...
NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY.
DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 3105 10389 3178 10354 3184 10349 3198 10323 3199
10307 3207 10305 3208 10301 3208 10280
3136 10290 3137 10303 3085 10352
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS74 KMAF 060354
FFSMAF
TXC301-389-475-495-060545-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1049 PM CDT SAT JUN 5 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR EASTERN
REEVES...WARD...SOUTHEASTERN LOVING...AND WINKLER COUNTIES...
AT 1008 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 1 TO 2
FEET OF WATER OVER HIGHWAY 302 12 MILES WEST OF KERMIT IN WINKLER
COUNTY DUE TO FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH
THE AREA EARLIER.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING
INCLUDE...MONAHANS...ROYALTY...THE MONAHANS SANDHILLS ST AND THE
MONAHANS SANDHILLS STATE PARK.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND.
TO REPORT FLOODING... HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
MIDLAND.
LAT...LON 3181 10351 3193 10333 3198 10333 3199 10307
3208 10305 3208 10280 3130 10278 3128 10283
3139 10303 3137 10315 3143 10326 3145 10347
3158 10351 3107 10387
$$000
WGUS74 KMAF 060401
FFSMAF
TXC301-389-475-495-060545-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1100 PM CDT SAT JUN 5 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR EASTERN
REEVES...WARD...SOUTHEASTERN LOVING...AND WINKLER COUNTIES...
AT 1008 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 1 TO 2
INCHES OF WATER OVER HIGHWAY 302 12 MILES WEST OF KERMIT IN WINKLER
COUNTY DUE TO FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH
THE AREA EARLIER.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING
INCLUDE...MONAHANS...ROYALTY...THE MONAHANS SANDHILLS ST AND THE
MONAHANS SANDHILLS STATE PARK.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND.
TO REPORT FLOODING... HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
MIDLAND.
LAT...LON 3181 10351 3193 10333 3198 10333 3199 10307
3208 10305 3208 10280 3130 10278 3128 10283
3139 10303 3137 10315 3143 10326 3145 10347
3158 10351 3107 10387
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 7:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Midland, Upton | 50 min |
| Jun 5, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Presidio | 55 min |
| Jun 5, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 51 min |
| Jun 5, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 65 min |
| Jun 5, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves, Ward | 43 min |
| Jun 5, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves, Ward | 33 min |
| Jun 5, 9:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Reeves | 43 min |
| Jun 5, 9:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ward | 40 min |
| Jun 5, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Winkler | 46 min |
| Jun 5, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 37 min |
| Jun 5, 10:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 41 min |
| Jun 5, 10:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Pecos | 3 hr |
| Jun 5, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 46 min |
| Jun 5, 11:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 37 min |
| Jun 5, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 49 min |
| Jun 6, 12:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson | 52 min |
| Jun 6, 12:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Scurry | 48 min |
| Jun 6, 1:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson | 46 min |
| Jun 6, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis | 61 min |
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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.