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Flash Flood Warning 68, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 29, 2004, 10:33 PM 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 29, 2004, 10:33 PM CDT (03:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 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 Terrell County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 194 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:34 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 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 1048 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 905 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KMAF 300335
FFWMAF
TXC443-300630-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1033 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
TERRELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
* UNTIL 130 AM CDT
* AT 1026 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR SANDERSON...MOVING EAST AT
10 MPH. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO 1 AND 3 QUARTER INCHES OF
RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DRYDEN...
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.
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.
TO REPORT FLOODING... HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
MIDLAND.
LAT...LON 2979 10205 2984 10224 2987 10231 3005 10256
3027 10252 3029 10236 3059 10236 3059 10215
3065 10213 3063 10166 3054 10164 3042 10173
3034 10166 3027 10177 2979 10176 2977 10181
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS74 KMAF 300445
FFSMAF
TXC443-300630-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1141 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR TERRELL
COUNTY...
AT 1125 PM CDT...WATER WAS REPORTED RUNNING ACROSS U.S. 90 TEN MILES
WEST OF SANDERSON WITH THE BAR DITCHES FULL. THIS STORM IS NOW LOCATED
FIVE MILES SOUTHEAST OF SANDERSON MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND.
TO REPORT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.
LAT...LON 2979 10205 2984 10224 2987 10231 3005 10256
3027 10252 3029 10236 3059 10236 3059 10215
3065 10213 3063 10166 3054 10164 3042 10173
3034 10166 3027 10177 2979 10176 2977 10181
$$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, 7:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Midland | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 10:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Pecos | 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.