Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Apr 3, 2004, 5:16 PM CST for Culberson County, Jeff Davis County, Reeves 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
- Apr 3, 2004, 5:16 PM CST (23:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2004, 8:15 PM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Culberson County, TX, Jeff Davis County, TX, Reeves County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 196 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:19 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 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -258 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 753 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KMAF 032320
FFWMAF
TXC109-243-389-040215-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
516 PM CST SAT APR 3 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL CULBERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
REEVES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
NORTH CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
* UNTIL 815 PM CST
* AT 510 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
AND FLASH FLOODING NEAR KENT AND ADJACENT INTERSTATE 10...ADJACENT
TO KENT IN EAST CENTRAL CULBERSON AND WESTERN REEVES COUNTY
INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 10 AND 20 INTERSECTION.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO KENT...
TOYAH AND BORACHO.
FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW
WATER CROSSINGS...AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE
ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.
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...CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 5 9 7 3 2 2 0.
LAT...LON 3107 10445 3078 10426 3123 10346 3177 10389
3168 10408
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS74 KMAF 040100
FFSMAF
TXC109-243-389-040215-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
700 PM CST SAT APR 3 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 815 PM CST FOR EAST CENTRAL
CULBERSON...REEVES...AND NORTH CENTRAL DAVIS COUNTIES...
AT 650 PM CST DOPPLER RADAR HAD ESTIMATED 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD
FALLEN SINCE LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS INTERSTATE 10 FROM NEAR KENT
IN EASTERN CULBERSON COUNTY TO NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF INTERSTATE 10
AND 20 IN WESTERN REEVES COUNTY...INCLUDING NINE MILE DRAW...SAN MARTINE
DRAW...AND SALT DRAW.
AT 655 PM CST DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE SCATTERED SLOW MOVING
THUNDERSTORMS...LIKELY PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING...ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL
JEFF DAVIS...REEVES...AND EAST CENTRAL CULBERSON COUNTIES.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS
HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING.
TO REPORT FLOODING...CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 5 9 7 3 2 2 0.
LAT...LON 3206 10369 3206 10310 3231 10307 3267 10310
3255 10307 3257 10295 3256 10246 3273 10244
3285 10256 3297 10310 3348 10333 3339 10367
$$000
WGUS74 KMAF 040103 CCA
FFSMAF
TXC109-243-389-040215-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX...CORRECTION TO LAT LON
700 PM CST SAT APR 3 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 815 PM CST FOR EAST CENTRAL
CULBERSON...REEVES...AND NORTH CENTRAL DAVIS COUNTIES...
AT 650 PM CST DOPPLER RADAR HAD ESTIMATED 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD
FALLEN SINCE LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS INTERSTATE 10 FROM NEAR KENT
IN EASTERN CULBERSON COUNTY TO NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF INTERSTATE 10
AND 20 IN WESTERN REEVES COUNTY...INCLUDING NINE MILE DRAW...SAN MARTINE
DRAW...AND SALT DRAW.
AT 655 PM CST DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE SCATTERED SLOW MOVING
THUNDERSTORMS...LIKELY PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING...ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL
JEFF DAVIS...REEVES...AND EAST CENTRAL CULBERSON COUNTIES.
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. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS
HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING.
TO REPORT FLOODING...CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 5 9 7 3 2 2 0.
LAT...LON 3107 10445 3078 10426 3123 10346 3177 10389
3168 10408
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 3:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MAF | Gaines | 57 min |
| Apr 3, 3:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 3:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 54 min |
| Apr 3, 3:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MAF | Gaines | 39 min |
| Apr 3, 3:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson, Jeff Davis | 61 min |
| Apr 3, 4:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Presidio | 57 min |
| Apr 3, 4:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MAF | Reeves | 51 min |
| Apr 3, 4:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews | 49 min |
| Apr 3, 4:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Gaines | 3 hr |
| Apr 3, 4:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MAF | Gaines | 59 min |
| Apr 3, 4:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis | 38 min |
| Apr 3, 4:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MAF | Gaines | 46 min |
| Apr 3, 5:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 58 min |
| Apr 3, 5:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Presidio | 55 min |
| Apr 3, 5:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis | 29 min |
| Apr 3, 5:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 65 min |
| Apr 3, 5:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MAF | Gaines | 59 min |
| Apr 3, 5:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis | 51 min |
| Apr 3, 5:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 64 min |
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.