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Flash Flood Warning 67, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 29, 2004Midland County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 29, 2004, 7:47 PM CDT for Midland 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 29, 2004, 7:47 PM CDT (00:47 UTC)
Expired: Jun 29, 2004, 10:45 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Midland County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:48 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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 23 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1351 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1338 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 135 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 5.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KMAF 300051
FFWMAF
TXC329-300345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
747 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MIDLAND COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 739 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED    
  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING NORTHWEST MIDLAND       
  COUNTY...OR ABOUT NEAR ODESSA...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.  RADAR      
  ESTIMATES THAT AS MUCH AS 1 INCH OF RAIN PER HOUR IS FALLING FROM  
  THE HEAVIER STORMS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WARFIELD...
  MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...
  MIDLAND...
  COTTON FLAT...
  VALLEY VIEW...
  GREENWOOD...
  SPRABERRY...

FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... STREETS AND 
UNDERPASSES...NOTABLY LOOP 250 AND WADLEY...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.

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.

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


LAT...LON 3166 10229 3208 10228 3208 10178 3166 10177
      3166 10177

$$

3 follow-up statements

000 
WGUS74 KMAF 300149
FFSMAF
TXC329-300345-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
845 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR MIDLAND
COUNTY...

AT 843 PM CDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH MIDLAND COUNTY HAS 
PRODUCING FLOODING ON BUSINESS 20 AND ITS FRONTAGE ROADS NEAR THE MIDLAND
AND ECTOR COUNTY LINE. THE STRONGEST PART OF THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
SOUTH OF VALLEY VIEW...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MIDLAND...MOVING EAST
AT 15 MPH. ADDITIONAL STORMS EXTEND ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY.    

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING
INCLUDE...MIDLAND...GREENWOOD...VALLEY VIEW AND COTTON FLAT.

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.

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 3166 10229 3208 10228 3208 10178 3166 10177
      3166 10177

$$

000 
WGUS74 KMAF 300214
FFSMAF
TXC329-300345-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
912 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR MIDLAND
COUNTY...

AT 905 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
IN MIDLAND AT THE INTERSECTION OF MIDLAND AND WALL STREET.  THE CITY IS 
IN THE PROCESS OF BARRICADING THIS STREET.  ALSO FLOODING WAS REPORTED 
FROM COMANCHE STREET TO WALL STREET IS ALSO REPORTED FLOODING.  THE PUBLIC
REPORTED CARS STALLED OUT IN FLOODING ON WADLEY.  THIS STORM CURRENTLY 
EXTENDS FROM SOUTH OF VALLEY VIEW TO THE CITY OF MIDLAND AND IS SLOWLY MOVING
EAST.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING
INCLUDE...MIDLAND...VALLEY VIEW AND COTTON FLAT.

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 3166 10229 3208 10228 3208 10178 3166 10177
      3166 10177

$$

000 
WGUS74 KMAF 300412
FFSMAF
TXC329-300700-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1100 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MIDLAND COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO      
   EXPIRE...

AT 1055 PM CDT...MIDLAND RADAR INDICATED EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS HAD 
EXITED MIDLAND COUNTY TO THE EAST...AND RAINFALL HAD ENDED.  
HOWEVER...WATER CONTINUES TO RUN HIGH IN SOME LOW LYING AREAS.  ON 
FAIRGROUDS ROAD IN MIDLAND...BETWEEN FLORIDA AND CLOVERDALE...6 TO 
12 INCHES OF RUNOFF WAS STILL REPORTED.  OTHER LOCATIONS REMAIN 
FLOODED AS WELL.  THIS FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO RECEDE OVER THE NEXT 
FEW HOURS.

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 3166 10229 3208 10228 3208 10178 3166 10177
      3166 10177

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 29, 7:29 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Ector	3 hr
Jun 29, 10:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Terrell	3 hr
Jun 29, 10:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Pecos	3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2004 Every 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.