Flash Flood Warning 99, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

000 
WGUS74 KMAF 281119
FFSMAF
TXC115-281400-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
619 AM CDT WED JUL 28 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR NORTHERN
DAWSON COUNTY...

AT 615 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER NORTHERN 
DAWSON COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 
FALLEN OVER STATE ROUTE 137 APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF 
LAMESA. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY 

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 
ROADWAY VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED 
QUICKLY. MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE. 

TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN

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

LAT...LON 3294 10218 3271 10219 3272 10171 3294 10171

$$

000 
WGUS74 KMAF 281158
FFSMAF
TXC115-281400-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
657 AM CDT WED JUL 28 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR NORTHERN
DAWSON COUNTY...

AT 653 AM CDT...THE DAWSON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED 
INTERMITTENT WATER COVERING PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 87 BETWEEN THE LYNN 
COUNTY LINE AND LAMESA. 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE 
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL OVER NORTHERN DAWSON COUNTY. 
THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS FALLEN OVER STATE ROUTE 137 NORTHWEST OF 
LAMESA. 

MOTORISTS ALONG HIGHWAYS 87 AND 137 SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE 
DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS

LAT...LON 3294 10218 3271 10219 3272 10171 3294 10171

$$

000 
WGUS74 KMAF 281243
FFSMAF
TXC115-281400-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
743 AM CDT WED JUL 28 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR NORTHERN
DAWSON COUNTY...

AT 733 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL APPROACHING U.S. 
HIGHWAY 87 NORTH OF LAMESA. THIS MAY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL FLOOD 
WATERS OVER HIGHWAY 87.

MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREA ON THE 
ROADWAY VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED 
QUICKLY. MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE. 

TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN

LAT...LON 3294 10218 3271 10219 3272 10171 3294 10171

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
410 AM CDT WED JUL 28 2004

.SHORT TERM...
ACTIVE NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT IS HELPING TO SUSTAIN HEAVY RAIN
PRODUCING STORMS ACROSS THE BIG BEND...DAVIS MOUNTAINS...LOWER TRANS
PECOS AND WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS EARLY THIS MORNING. THE HIGHEST
POPS WILL BE PLACED OVER THE ABOVE MENTIONED REGION THROUGH THIS
MORNING. BREAKS IN THE CLOUD COVER THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD ALLOW
INSTABILITY TO INCREASE OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. SPC HAS THE WESTERN
LOW ROLLING PLAINS IN A SLIGHT RISK OUTLOOK. THERE IS DECENT VEERING
OF WINDS IN THE LOW-LEVELS AND PROVIDED LOW-LEVEL INSTABILITY CAN
INCREASE...A SEVERE STORM OR TWO IS POSSIBLE. WE WILL MENTION THE
ABOVE IN THE UPCOMING ZONES AND HWO. POPS WERE INCREASED OVER THE
AREA TONIGHT AS A MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVES THROUGH THE AREA.
ASSOCIATED MID-LEVEL COOLING AND A 50KT JET STREAK AS WELL AS PLENTY
OF MOISTURE AROUND THE AREA ALL ARGUE FOR POPS ABOVE MOS GUIDANCE.

.LONG TERM...
LITTLE TIME TO INVESTIGATE THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST DUE TO
ONGOING STORMS. THE AVAILABLE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS SUGGEST MID AND
UPPER LEVEL HEIGHTS WILL INCREASE OVER THE AREA. TEMPERATURES SHOULD
REBOUND CLOSER TO NORMAL BY THE END OF THIS WEEK. NO CHANGES WERE
MADE TO THE CURRENT SET OF GRIDS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BIG SPRING TX             83  69  90  71 /  60  40  20  20
CARLSBAD NM               89  68  93  69 /  40  30  20  20
DRYDEN TX                 85  69  92  72 /  80  40  20  20
FORT STOCKTON TX          87  68  92  71 /  80  40  30  30
GUADALUPE PASS TX         84  63  86  66 /  50  30  20  20
HOBBS NM                  86  66  92  67 /  40  30  30  30
MARFA TX                  81  59  87  62 /  80  40  30  30
MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX   85  69  91  71 /  60  40  30  30
ODESSA TX                 85  69  92  70 /  60  40  30  30
WINK TX                   91  70  95  71 /  60  40  30  30

&&

.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...NONE.
NM...NONE.

&&

06/06

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
501 AM CDT WED JUL 28 2004

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-282100-
ANDREWS-BIG BEND AREA-BORDEN-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-CRANE-
DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-DAWSON-ECTOR-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-GAINES-
GLASSCOCK-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-
HOWARD-LOVING-MARFA PLATEAU-MARTIN-MIDLAND-MITCHELL-
NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-REAGAN-
REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-SCURRY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-
TERRELL-UPTON-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-WARD-WINKLER-
501 AM CDT (401 AM MDT) WED JUL 28 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN
NEW MEXICO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING OVER THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS...
GENERALLY EAST OF A GAIL TO BIG SPRING LINE.  LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS.

PORTIONS OF THE STOCKTON PLATEAU AND LOWER TRANS PECOS WILL SEE
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS THIS MORNING...WHICH WILL LIKELY RESULT IN
FLASH FLOODING.  LATER TODAY...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE
POSSIBLE FROM THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS TO THE BIG BEND REGION...EASTWARD
ACROSS THE STOCKTON PLATEAU AND LOWER TRANS PECOS.

A FLOODING WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE RIO GRANDE FROM NEAR
PRESIDIO AND DOWNSTREAM TO NEAR LAJITAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE THREAT OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR THE
LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND BE PREPARED SHOULD HEAVY RAINFALL AND
FLASH FLOODING THREATEN THE AREA.