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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 16, 2004Brewster County, Jeff Davis County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 2004, 8:16 PM CDT for Brewster County, Jeff Davis 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
Jun 16, 2004, 8:16 PM CDT (01:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2004, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Brewster County, TX, Jeff Davis County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 223 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:19 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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 223 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 2004-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2151 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2004-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -17 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
2151 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2475 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 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 170119
FFWMAF
TXC043-243-170515-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
816 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BREWSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
  SOUTHEASTERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT

* RAINFALL FROM EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWESTERN BREWSTER
  AND SOUTHEASTERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY HAS RESULTED IN FLASH FLOODING
  OVER NORTHWESTERN BREWSTER COUNTY.  FORT DAVIS FIRE DEPARTMENT
  REPORTS BLACK CREEK RUNNING 100 YARDS WIDE ABOUT 12 MILES NORTH OF
  ALPINE.  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY 
  RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE...CREATING ADDITIONAL HEAVY RUNOFF AND
  FLASH FLOODING.

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

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF ARROYOS AND DRAWS...ROADS
AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS MAY TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES
IN STEEP TERRAIN. 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 3045 10403 3040 10379 3009 10378 3047 10318
      3080 10364

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster48 min
Jun 16, 9:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster23 min
Jun 16, 11:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell62 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004

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.