1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Jun 28, 2:37 AM CST, 6 hours 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 337 AM CDT MON JUN 28 2004 .SHORT TERM... BAND OF CONVECTION STILL ONGOING ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE CWA EARLY THIS MORNING...GENERALLY NORTHWEST OF A MENTONE...SEMINOLE LINE. NEW STORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER THE EDWARDS PLATEAU AND HAVE BEEN SHOWING SIGNS OF MOVING NORTH/NORTHWEST. 08Z SURFACE ANALYSIS PLACES A WAEK COLD FRONT ACROSS NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE FAR NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. THE LATEST RUC 500 MB HEIGHT ANALYSIS PLACES A WEAK UPPER RIDGE OVER NEW MEXICO/FAR WEST TEXAS...WITH GENERALLY A WEAK WEST/NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT OVER THE FORECAST AREA. LATEST MODEL PROGS BRING THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY DOWN INTO THE NORTHERN PART OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. DEEP LAYER MOISTURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVER ALL AREAS TODAY. LIFT ENHANCED BY THE BOUNDARY AND A GENERAL UPSLOPE FLOW AT THE SURFACE...ALONG WITH MINOR SHORTWAVES IN THE FLOW ALOFT SHOULD ALLOW SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING...SO HEAVY RAINS/FLOODING WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERNS TODAY. OVERALL CONFIDENCE OF WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINS IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO WARRANT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH YET...BUT DAY SHIFT WILL WANT TO MONITOR TRENDS...ESPECIALLY OVER AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED HEAVY RAINS OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS. CLOUD COVER/COOLER 850 MB TEMPERATURES WILL KEEP CONTINUED COOL AFTERNOON MAX TEMPS OVER THE AREA...GENERALLY IN THE LOWER TO MID 80S OVER MOST LOCATIONS. .LONG TERM... CONVECTION CHANCES WILL PERIST OVER THE AREA TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AS DEEP MOISTURE...UPSLOPE FLOW...RESIDUAL BOUNDARIES...AND CONTINUED SHORTWAVES IN THE UPPER FLOW ALL COMBINE TO KEEP THE WET PATTERN IN PLACE. MID LEVEL RIDGING WILL BEGIN TO BUILD BACK EAST TOWARD THE AREA ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...STRENGTHENING FURTHER AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND. THIS SHOULD KEEP CONVECTION MORE ISOLATED...MAINLY FOCUSED OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. TEMPERATURES SHOULD ALSO WARM BACK UP CLOSER TO SEASONAL NORMS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BIG SPRING TX 81 64 83 66 / 40 40 40 30 CARLSBAD NM 82 63 86 63 / 30 40 40 30 DRYDEN TX 87 68 84 67 / 30 50 40 30 FORT STOCKTON TX 85 66 84 65 / 40 50 40 30 GUADALUPE PASS TX 76 59 81 60 / 30 40 30 30 HOBBS NM 81 63 84 62 / 30 40 40 30 MARFA TX 81 59 80 55 / 40 50 40 30 MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 82 64 83 66 / 40 40 40 30 ODESSA TX 82 64 83 65 / 40 40 40 30 WINK TX 89 67 89 65 / 30 40 40 30 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. NM...NONE. && 21
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 940 AM CDT MON JUN 28 2004 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-282000- 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- 940 AM CDT (332 AM MDT) MON JUN 28 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY SCATTERED STORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE MOST FAVORED AREAS FOR STORMS TODAY WILL BE FROM THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN AND WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS SOUTH TO THE BIG BEND REGION AND LOWER TRANS PECOS. HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERN... ALTHOUGH A FEW STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH OR ONE INCH HAIL. AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS WILL BE MOST AT RISK OF FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT.
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 191 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:19 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorms produced heavy rainfall over the northern parts of Terrell County during the morning of the 28th. Flash flooding was reported at the Terrell County Gas Plant where high water was observed flowing over Texas State Highway 349.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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