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Flash Flood Warning 47, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 5, 2004Pecos County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 5, 2004, 10:37 PM CDT for Pecos 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
Jun 5, 2004, 10:37 PM CDT (03:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2004, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pecos County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:40 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, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 148 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 00:00Z on 2004-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 485 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2004-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KMAF 060337
FFWMAF
TXC371-060630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1037 PM CDT SAT JUN 5 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT

* AT 1032 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
  COYANOSA TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BELDING...OR ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 22 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT STOCKTON TO 20 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF FORT STOCKTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BELDING...
  FORT STOCKTON...

FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW
WATER CROSSINGS... 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.

TO REPORT FLOODING... HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
MIDLAND.

LAT...LON 3074 10354 3078 10357 3100 10337 3110 10326       
3116 10320 3136 10300 3127 10274 3062 10275 3061 10324

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS74 KMAF 060618
FFSMAF
TXC371-060630-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
116 AM CDT SUN JUN 6 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN
PECOS COUNTY...

AT 110 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROMPTED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
HAVE MOVED OUT OF NORTHWESTERN PECOS COUNTY.  HOWEVER...MOTORISTS 
SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS AS CREEKS...STREAMS...AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS 
MAY STILL BE COVERED WITH WATER. 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.

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

LAT...LON 3074 10354 3078 10357 3100 10337 3110 10326
      3116 10320 3136 10300 3127 10274 3062 10275

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 7:10 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFMidland, Upton50 min
Jun 5, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPresidio55 min
Jun 5, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves51 min
Jun 5, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster65 min
Jun 5, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves, Ward43 min
Jun 5, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves, Ward33 min
Jun 5, 9:17 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFReeves43 min
Jun 5, 9:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFWard40 min
Jun 5, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFWinkler46 min
Jun 5, 9:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFLoving, Reeves, Ward, Winkler3 hr
Jun 5, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves37 min
Jun 5, 10:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos41 min
Jun 5, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos46 min
Jun 5, 11:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos37 min
Jun 5, 11:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines49 min
Jun 6, 12:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson52 min
Jun 6, 12:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Scurry48 min
Jun 6, 1:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson46 min
Jun 6, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFJeff Davis61 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.