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Flash Flood Warning 76, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

July 24, 2004Scurry County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 24, 2004, 1:43 PM CDT for Scurry County, Texas. It was in force for 4 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 24, 2004, 1:43 PM CDT (18:43 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2004, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Scurry County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 2004-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 261 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 2004-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -26 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
261 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1271 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
2 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 241843
FFWMAF
TXC415-242245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
143 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 140 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
  THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING NEAR IRA...OR
  ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH OF SNYDER...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SNYDER...
  UNION...
  RANDALLS CORNER...
  DERMOTT...

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

LAT...LON 3252 10072 3264 10073 3291 10069 3294 10113
      3254 10114

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS74 KMAF 241941
FFSMAF
TXC415-242245-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
240 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR SCURRY
COUNTY...

AT 235 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM THAT PRODUCED FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED
7 MILES NORTHWEST OF SNYDER...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. ADDITIONAL STORMS
EXTEND EAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE COUNTY. LOCALIZED STREET
FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN SNYDER.

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

LAT...LON 3252 10072 3264 10073 3291 10069 3294 10113
      3254 10114

$$
000 
WGUS74 KMAF 242016
FFSMAF
TXC415-242245-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
313 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR SCURRY
COUNTY...

AT 309 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER RESCUES
OCCURRING IN SNYDER AT AVE E AND 20TH. THE STORM THAT CAUSED THIS FLOODING
HAS MOVED NORTH OF SNYDER AND WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK NORTH AT 15 MPH ACROSS
THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY.

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

LAT...LON 3252 10072 3264 10073 3291 10069 3294 10113
      3254 10114

$$

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.