Residual shower and thunderstorm activity persisted over west Texas until the unusually moist tropical airmass was finally shunted east of the region late on the 29th. Thunderstorms that developed were very efficient rain producers, and flash flooding remained an occasional threat through the period.
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The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
Residual shower and thunderstorm activity persisted over west Texas until the unusually moist tropical airmass was finally shunted east of the region late on the 29th. Thunderstorms that developed were very efficient rain producers, and flash flooding remained an occasional threat through the period.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 28, 1:59 PM CST, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 259 PM CDT WED JUL 28 2004 .SHORT TERM... COUNTY WARNING AREA IN BETWEEN SHORTWAVES AS ONE IS DEPARTING THE EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN AND ANOTHER WILL BE APPROACHING SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO LATE TONIGHT. THE BEST POPS (CHANCE) TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE EXTREME WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS AND LOWER TRANS PECOS... JUST EAST OF THE TROUGH AXIS AND LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE DUE TO A SURFACE LOW. WILL GO WITH CHANCE POPS IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO FOR POSSIBLE CONVECTION LATE TONIGHT WITH APPROACH OF NEXT SIGNIFICANT 500 MILLIBAR TROUGH/SHORTWAVE. .LONG TERM... EXPECTING SOME SORT OF COMPLEX TO DEVELOP/MOVE THROUGH THE PERMIAN BASIN DURING THE DAY TOMORROW AS THE SIGNIFICANT SHORTWAVE MOVES THROUGH THE AREA IN THE NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AND DRAGS THE SURFACE BOUNDARY BACK SOUTHWARD TOWARD THE RIO GRANDE. LATER SHIFTS MAY HAVE TO RAISE POPS OR MENTION LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN OR POTENTIAL FLASH FLOODING TOMORROW. WILL CONTINUE TO GO LOWER THAN GUIDANCE ON HIGH TEMPERATURES TOMORROW WITH RAIN AND A LOT OF CLOUD COVER EXPECTED. BEST POPS SHOULD SHIFT SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE RIO GRANDE TOMORROW NIGHT AS THE AFOREMENTIONED FEATURES TRANSLATE TOWARD THAT AREA WITH THE REST OF THE COUNTY WARNING AREA ON THE COOLER/SUBSIDENT SIDE OF THE SYSTEM. ANOTHER SURGE POSSIBLE LATE TOMORROW ALONG THE RIO GRANDE. LOOKS LIKE QUIETER WEATHER PATTERN FRIDAY AND BEYOND WITH INCREASING STABILITY IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH NO FRONTS AND STEERING FLOW NOT CONDUCIVE FOR STORM DEVELOPMENT/MOVEMENT FAR INTO THE PERMIAN BASIN. NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WOULD FAVOR ISOLATED CONVECTION IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...PERHAPS THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS EARLY NEXT WEEK. SIGNIFICANT WARMING TREND ANTICIPATED BEYOND THURSDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BIG SPRING TX 69 85 67 93 / 20 60 20 0 CARLSBAD NM 68 90 66 96 / 30 40 20 20 DRYDEN TX 69 86 71 95 / 30 40 50 10 FORT STOCKTON TX 68 87 68 94 / 20 40 30 10 GUADALUPE PASS TX 63 78 63 89 / 30 30 20 20 HOBBS NM 66 89 65 95 / 30 50 20 10 MARFA TX 59 83 56 88 / 20 30 20 20 MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 69 84 66 93 / 20 60 20 0 ODESSA TX 69 85 66 95 / 20 50 20 0 WINK TX 70 90 70 98 / 20 50 20 10 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. NM...NONE. && 12
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 216 PM CDT WED JUL 28 2004 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-291000- 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- 216 PM CDT (116 PM MDT) WED JUL 28 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED NON-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. THE BEST CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL STRETCH FROM SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO SOUTH INTO THE BIG BEND...AND FROM THERE EAST ACROSS THE LOWER TRANS PECOS. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORM. RAINFALL RATES NEARING AN INCH PER HOUR WILL RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ARROYOS...DRAWS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS...AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS...PARTICULARLY FROM THE BIG BEND EAST ACROSS TERRELL COUNTY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO THURSDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY FROM THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS...SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN...AND DOWN INTO THE BIG BEND. ISOLATED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES...AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN MIDLAND CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT http://www.srh.noaa.gov/maf.
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 191 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:22 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement officials reported high water flowing over Farm to Market Road 2400 in several locations across northern Terrell County.
Emergency officials in Snyder barricaded several city streets due to flash flooding.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, July 2004
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5414135, 5414136.