Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 68, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 20, 1990, 9:18 PM CDT for Sutton County, Texas. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 20, 1990, 9:18 PM CDT (02:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 21, 1990, 9:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sutton 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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 759 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1194 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSJT 210221 FFWSJT TXC435-211415- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 918 PM CDT THU SEP 20 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN TEXAS ...SUTTON COUNTY RUNOFF FROM RAINS THE LAST FEW DAYS CONTINUES TO KEEP A COUPLE OF FARM ROADS IN SUTTON COUNTY CLOSED. FM 864 IN EASTERN SUTTON COUNTY AND FM 189 AT THE DEVILS RIVER CROSSING ON THE SUTTON/VAL VERDE COUNTY LINE ARE STILL FLOODED OUT. THESE ROADS WILL REMAIN CLOSED TONIGHT. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. KEEP LISTENING FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
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, Sep 20, 5:21 PM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
TXZ012-015-019-024-029-030-210115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 515 PM CDT THU SEP 20 1990 HEAVY RAINFALL OVER PORTIONS OF NOLAN AND TAYLOR COUNTIES HAS CAUSED FLOODING ALONG ELM CREEK...NEAR AND ABOVE LAKE ABILENE. AT 5 PM CDT ABILENE CITY OFFICIALS REPORTED ELM CREEK OVERFLOWING ITS BANKS ABOVE LAKE ABILENE...AND COVERING FARM ROAD 89 NEAR THE LAKE. FM 89 WILL BE CLOSED NEAR LAKE ABILENE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. LAKE ABILENE IS CURRENTLY OVERFLOWING THE DRAW-DOWN TUBE (NOT THE SPILLWAY) BY ONE FOOT AND THE LAKE APPEARS TO HAVE CRESTED NEAR THAT POINT. NO SERIOUS FLOODING IS ANTICIPATED BETWEEN LAKE ABILENE AND THE CITY OF ABILENE UNLESS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS FALL ON THE ELM CREEK WATERSHED. ABILENE CITY OFFICIALS ARE CLOSELY MONITORING THE LAKE ABILENE/ELM CREEK SITUATION. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY TONIGHT AND FRIDAY AND PERSONS LIVING NEAR..$.OR WITH INTERESTS ALONG...ELM CREEK SHOULD STAY ABREAST OF DEVELOPING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Sep 20, 5:32 PM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
TXC399-210130- URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 530 PM CDT THU SEP 20 1990 THE HEAVY RAINS THIS MORNING CAUSED THE CLOSURE OF SEVERAL ROADS IN RUNNELS COUNTY...HOWEVER...LATE THIS AFTERNOON ONLY FM 384 SOUTH OF WINGATE WAS CLOSED. MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AS THE AIR OVER THE CONCHO VALLEY IS MOISTURE-LADEN AND DISTURBANCES IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE CROSSING OVER WILL TRIGGER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL OVER RUNNELS COUNTY THIS MORNING SATURATED THE GROUND... SO...ADDTIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL RUNOFF AND COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. PERSONS IN THE CONCHO VALLEY SHOULD WATCH FOR HEAVY RAINS IN THEIR AREA AND BE READY TO MOVE UP TO SAFETY IF WATER BEGINS TO RISE. MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID FORDING LOW WATER CROSSINGS WITH FAST RUNNING WATER FLOWING OVER AND DO NOT ENTER WATER OF AN UNKNOWN DEPTH. KEEP LISTENING FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Sep 20, 5:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
TXZ012-015-019-024-029-030-210200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 540 PM CDT THU SEP 20 1990 AT 540 PM CDT NUMEROUS RAINSHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE BIG COUNTRY. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM THROCKMORTON TO ANSON TO SWEETWATER TO NEAR STERLING CITY. HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS SOUTHEAST OF STAMFORD AND NORTH OF STERLING CITY...IN MITCCHELL COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Sep 20, 5:46 PM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
TXZ012-015-019-024-029-030-210200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 540 PM CDT THU SEP 20 1990 AT 540 PM CDT NUMEROUS RAINSHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE BIG COUNTRY. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM THROCKMORTON TO ANSON TO SWEETWATER TO NEAR STERLING CITY. HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS SOUTHEAST OF STAMFORD AND NORTH OF STERLING CITY...IN MITCFHELL COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Sep 20, 7:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
TXZ012-015-019-024-029-030-210315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 715 PM CDT THU SEP 20 1990 A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR PERSONS IN SCURRY ...MITCHELL...FISHER AND NOLAN COUNTIES OF THE BIG COUNTRY. AT 710 PM CDT NUMEROUS RAINSHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR THROCKMORTON TO ANSON TO MERKEL TO BLACKWELL TO NEAR STERLING CITY. HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS NEAR ASPERMONT ...AND NORTH OF STERLING CITY IN SOUTHERN MITCHELL COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. PERSONS IN OR CLOSE TO THE FLOOOD WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RISING WATER AND BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF FLOODING IS SIGHTED OR REPORTED. STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 4:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Coke, Runnels, Tom Green | 2 hr |
| Sep 21, 4:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Sterling | 2 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.