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Flash Flood Warning 73, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

July 10, 2004Jeff Davis County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 10, 2004, 4:13 PM CDT for Jeff Davis 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
Jul 10, 2004, 4:13 PM CDT (21:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2004, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Jeff Davis County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 221 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 221 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 12:00Z on 2004-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1823 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 12:00Z on 2004-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 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
1823 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
730 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 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 102115 CCA
FFWMAF
TXC243-110015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED...CORRECTION
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
413 PM CDT SAT JUL 10 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 410 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED   
RAINFALL AMOUNTS NEAR 3 INCHES HAD FALLEN SINCE 230 PM CDT NEAR FORT 
DAVIS.  IN ADDITION...RADAR DETECTED HEAVY RAINFALL BETWEEN ONE AND 
TWO INCHES PER HOUR FROM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM 
14 MILES NORTH OF FORT DAVIS TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF FORT DAVIS. THESE 
STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FORT DAVIS AND RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS COUNTY...

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.

LAT...LON 3053 10429 3043 10382 3067 10353 3082 10369
      3104 10406 3085 10433

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS74 KMAF 102226
FFSMAF
TXC243-110015-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
525 PM CDT SAT JUL 10 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL JEFF
DAVIS COUNTY...

AT 513 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A ROCK 
SLIDE WITHIN FORT DAVIS STATE PARK ON HIGHWAY 118 DUE TO HEAVY 
RAINFALL...APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE WEST OF FORT DAVIS. NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN 
AND AROUND FORT DAVIS SINCE 230 PM CDT. AT 520 PM CDT...DOPPLER 
RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDED FROM 
15 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT DAVIS TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT 
DAVIS...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.  

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FORT 
DAVIS...RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY. 

FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW
WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO ARROYOS...DRAWS...AND OTHER LOW LYING
AREAS. HEAVY RAINFALL...EVEN FROM DISTANT STORMS...CAN CREATE SUDDEN
FLOWS CAPABLE OF OVERTAKING CAMPERS AND HIKERS. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE
RISING WATER.

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

LAT...LON 3053 10429 3043 10382 3067 10353 3082 10369
      3104 10406 3085 10433

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFJeff Davis52 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.