Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 64, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 7:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Upton | 3 hr |
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.