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Flash Flood Warning 48, NWS San Angelo, TX

August 6, 1990Menard County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 6, 1990, 10:00 PM CDT for Menard County, Texas. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 6, 1990, 10:00 PM CDT (03:00 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 1990, 6:00 AM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Menard 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

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 195 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 1990-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 465 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 1990-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
465 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1830 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSJT 070307
FFWSJT
TXC327-435-071100-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1000 PM CDT MON AUG 6 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
 
IN  TEXAS
 
   ...MENARD COUNTY...SUTTON COUNTY
 
AT 1000 PM CDT SAN ANGELO RADAR SHOWED NO RAINFALL IN EITHER MENARD OR
SUTTON COUNTY. ALTHOUGH LITTLE OR NO RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THESE COUNTIES
TODAY, RUNOFF FROM THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS OF HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO
BLOCK SOME ROADS. FM 864 IS CLOSED IN BOTH MENARD AND SUTTON COUNTIES
NEAR FT MCKAVETT. IN MENARD COUNTY FM 2092 AND FM 1311 REMAIN CLOSED
AND IN SUTTON COUNTY HIGHWAY 189 TO JUNO IS CLOSED. OTHER ROADS ACROSS
SUTTON, SCHLIECHER AND MENARD COUNTIES THAT WERE CLOSED AND ARE NOW
OPEN MAY HAVE SUSTAINED DAMAGE FROM THE FLOOD WATERS. MOTORISTS IN
THESE COUNTIES ARE URGED TO REMAIN ALERT FOR WATER ACROSS ROADWAYS AND
FOR DAMAGED ROADS AT LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER IGNORE WARNING SIGNS
OR BARRICADES.
 
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS. A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS
OCCURRING. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER
ATTEMPT TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 10:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTSutton8 hr
Aug 7, 5:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTMenard6 hr
Aug 7, 5:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTSutton6 hr
Aug 7, 11:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTSutton6 hr
Aug 7, 11:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTMenard6 hr
Aug 7, 5:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTMenard12 hr
Aug 7, 5:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTSutton12 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.