Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 79, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 25, 2004, 3:20 AM CDT for Pecos County, Terrell County, Texas. It was in force for 6 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 25, 2004, 3:20 AM CDT (08:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2004, 9:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Pecos County, TX, Terrell County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:20 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 674 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 914 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KMAF 250820
FFWMAF
TXC371-443-251415-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
320 AM CDT SUN JUL 25 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
TERRELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
* UNTIL 915 AM CDT
* AT 319 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
FLOOD PRODUCING RAINFALL FROM AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS
ENCOMPASSING MUCH OF PECOS AND TERRELL COUNTIES.
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.
MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE...AND MANY OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS
DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. IT IS NEVER SAFE TO DRIVE ON FLOODED
ROADS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY
AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. 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 2987 10231 3077 10357 3136 10303 3127 10283
3131 10266 3122 10246 3107 10238 3098 10197
3090 10187 3071 10182 3063 10166 3057 10164
3045 10173 3034 10166 3027 10177 2977 10178
2978 10207
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS74 KMAF 251142
FFSMAF
TXC371-443-251415-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
641 AM CDT SUN JUL 25 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 915 AM CDT FOR TERRELL AND
PECOS COUNTIES...
AT 633 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING MODERATE
TO HEAVY RAINFALL...AND FLASH FLOODING OVER MUCH OF PECOS AND
TERRELL COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.
FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW
WATER CROSSINGS...AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE
ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.
TO REPORT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.
LAT...LON 2987 10231 3077 10357 3136 10303 3127 10283
3131 10266 3122 10246 3107 10238 3098 10197
3090 10187 3071 10182 3063 10166 3057 10164
3045 10173 3034 10166 3027 10177 2977 10178
2978 10207
$$000
WGUS74 KMAF 251328
FFSMAF
TXC371-443-251415-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
828 AM CDT SUN JUL 25 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 915 AM CDT FOR TERRELL AND
PECOS COUNTIES...
AT 815 AM CDT...THE STAFF AT THE TERRELL COUNTY GAS PLANT MEASURED
4.50 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE LATE LAST NIGHT. STANDING WATER WAS MAKING
TRAVEL IMPOSSIBLE ON SECONDARY ROADWAYS NEAR THE PLANT. NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING
OVER MOST OF TERRELL COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL CONTINUES TO
OCCUR ALONG HIGHWAY 349 AND FARM TO MARKET ROAD 2400 IN THE NORTHERN
PART OF THE COUNTY.
LAT...LON 2987 10231 3077 10357 3136 10303 3127 10283 3131 10266
3122 10246 3107 10238 3098 10197 3090 10187 3071 10182 3063
10166 3057 10164 3045 10173 3034 10166 3027 10177 2977 10178
2978 10207
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 8:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Upton | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 4:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Loving, Reeves, Ward | 6 hr |
| Jul 25, 9:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 6 hr |
| Jul 25, 9:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Brewster | 6 hr |
| Jul 25, 9:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ector | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 3:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 4 hr |
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.