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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 14, 1989, 8:18 PM CDT for Runnels County, Tom Green County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 1989, 8:18 PM CDT (01:18 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1989, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Runnels County, TX, Tom Green County, TX
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 211 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
- 1876 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 779 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 14, 3:48 PM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, May 14, 5:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 545 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 1989 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING FOR MOST OF THE BIG COUNTRY... AT 535 PM A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN EXTREME SOUTHERN MITCHELL COUNTY. THIS STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR. VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN THIS THUNDERSTORM. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS THE AREA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM FLUVANNA TO FORT PHANTOM HILL. PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. PERSONS IN THE BIG COUNTRY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPID THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. BE PREPARED TO GO TO A SAFE PLACE IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A WARNING ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO 7FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 14, 6:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 645 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 1989 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING FOR MOST OF THE BIG COUNTRY... AT 635 PM SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM FLUVANNA TO MCCAULLEY TO BAIRD. PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST 15 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE BIG COUNTRY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDu THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. BE PREPARED TO GO TO A SAFE PLACE IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A WARNING ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 14, 7:46 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 745 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 1989 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING FOR MOST OF THE BIG COUNTRY... AT 740 PM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY WEST OF A LINE FROM ASPERMONT TO STAMFORD TO BAIRD TO SOUTH OF COLEMAN. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST 15 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE BIG COUNTRY SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR RAPID THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS EVENING. BE PREPARED TO GO TO A SAFE PLACE IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A WARNING ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 14, 8:02 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO, TX 759 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR LARGE PORTION OF CONCHO VALLEY UNTIL 10PM THIS SUNDAY EVENING... AT 800PM A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL OF THE CONCHO VALLEY. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE INDICATED FROM STERLING CITY..THROUGH SAN ANGELO...AND EAST TO EDEN. STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. EXTENSIVE LOW LAND FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF TOM GREEN COUNTY. ALL MOTORISTS IN NORTH AND EAST TOM GREEN COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT AT WATER CROSSINGS AND OTHER KNOWN FLOOD PRONE AREAS. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF MARBLE SIZE HAIL HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN THE CITY OF SAN ANGELO...ALL PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES OR SEVERE THU?NDERSTORMS. BE ON THE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coke | 59 min |
| May 14, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 56 min |
| May 14, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 62 min |
| May 14, 11:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | McCulloch | 43 min |
| May 15, 12:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Mason | 68 min |
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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.