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Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS San Angelo, TX

July 31, 1990Crockett County, Schleicher County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 31, 1990, 9:27 PM CDT for Crockett County, Schleicher County, Texas. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 31, 1990, 9:27 PM CDT (02:27 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 1990, 5:30 AM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Crockett County, TX, Schleicher County, TX

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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, Jul 31, 4:01 PM CDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before
TXZ012-015-019-024-029-030-312200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX
345 PM CDT TUE JUL 31 1990

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ONLY ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED
ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY AT MID-AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...SEVERAL STRONG
STORMS WITH POSSIBLE HEAVY RAIN AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS WERE LOCATED
NEAR THROCKMORTON...NORTHEAST OF ALBANY NEAR HUBBARD CREEK RESERVOIR
AND ALSO WEST OF LAKE BROWNWOOD.

THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS INDICATED POSSIBLE RAINFALL RATES OF
1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR. SOME FLOODING OF ROAD DITCHES AND LOW CROSSINGS
MAY OCCUR...SO MOTORIST SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION TRAVELING BETWEEN
THROCKMORTON AND HASKELL AND ALSO NORTHEAST OF ALBANY.

BOATERS ON THE NEARBY LAKES SHOULD BE ALERT TO SUDDEN WIND SHIFTS AND
LIGHTNING DANGERS AS STORMS BUILD OR DRIFT INTO RECREATION AREAS.

STAY ALERT TO LOCAL WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OVER
NOAA WEATHER

The office that day

Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 5:38 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTCrockett, Schleicher, Sutton6 hr
Aug 1, 11:34 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTSchleicher, Sutton6 hr
Aug 1, 5:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTSutton4 hr

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.