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Flash Flood Warning 64, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 28, 2004Terrell County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 28, 2004, 9:33 AM CDT for Terrell 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 28, 2004, 9:33 AM CDT (14:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2004, 12:30 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Terrell County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 182 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:33 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

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 165 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2004-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1424 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2004-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 88 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
1424 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
632 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 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 281434
FFWMAF
TXC443-281730-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
933 AM CDT MON JUN 28 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT

* AT 923 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED   
  A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM 11 MILES 
  NORTHWEST OF THE TERRELL GAS PLANT...SOUTH TO NEAR DRYDEN. THE THREAT
  FOR FLASH FLOODING IS INCREASING ALONG U.S. 349 FROM THE INTERSECTION
  OF FARM TO MARKET 2400 TO THE INTERSECTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 90.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS 
IMMINENT. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND 
IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS...CREEKS...AND OTHER LOW 
LYING AREAS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND 
PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF
UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.

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

LAT...LON 3061 10174 3064 10211 3057 10235 3027 10235
      3027 10256 3008 10257 2988 10227 2985 10179

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS74 KMAF 281722
FFSMAF
TXC443-281730-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1222 PM CDT MON JUN 28 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR TERRELL COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO 
EXPIRE AT 1230 PM CDT...

AT 1150 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER 
RUNNING OVER HIGHWAY 349 NEAR THE TERRELL GAS PLANT...OR 27 MILES 
NORTHEAST OF DRYDEN. AT 1215 PM CDT..NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN PERSISTING OVER MUCH 
OF TERRELL COUNTY. 

ALTHOUGH THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPEIRE AT 1230 
PM CDT...RUNOFF WATER FROM THE HEAVY RAINS WILL TAKE SEVERAL MORE 
HOUR TO RECEDE.   

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. MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE. TURN
AROUND... DONT DROWN.

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

LAT...LON 3061 10174 3064 10211 3057 10235 3027 10235
      3027 10256 3008 10257 2988 10227 2985 10179

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 7:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFUpton3 hr

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.