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Flash Flood Warning 69, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 21, 1990, 4:55 PM CDT for Coke County, Runnels County, Tom Green County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 21, 1990, 4:55 PM CDT (21:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 21, 1990, 7:21 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Coke County, TX, 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
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSJT 212157 FFWSJT TXC081-399-431-451-220200- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 455 PM CDT FRI SEP 21 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN TEXAS ...COKE COUNTY...RUNNELS COUNTY...STERLING COUNTY...TOM GREEN COUNT ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE CONCHO VALLEY EXCEPT THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST... HEAVY RAINS IN THE CENTRAL CONCHO VALLEY WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING FOR THE IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED COUNTIES FOR THE NEXT FOUR HOURS. VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH. HEAVY RAINS IN EXCESS ON ONE INCH HAVE FALLEN TO THE NORTH OF SAN ANGELO IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION...DRIVE WITH HEAD LIGHTS ON...AND AVOID LOW WATER CROSSINGS. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING 9WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
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 21, 11:44 AM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
TXZ012-015-019-024-029-030-210030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 1130 AM CDT FRI SEP 21 1990 A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SCURRY...FISHER...MITCHELL AND NOLAN COUNTIES OF THE BIG COUNTRY UNTIL 700 PM CDT.... AT 1130 AM CDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING NORTH OF LINE FROM ROBERT LEE TO ABILENE MINERAL WELLS. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM LORAINE TO STAMFORD TO NEAR HUBBARD CREEK RESERVOIR. THE RAIN AREA IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS ARE LIKELY IN THESE STORMS. DURING THE PAST 12 HOURS RAINFALL REPORTED OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS THE NORTHERN COUNTIES OF THE BIG COUNTRY. PERSONS IN OR CLOSE TO THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR RISING WATER AND BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATION ACTION IF FLOODING IS SIGHTED OR REPORTED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE~ LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Sep 21, 3:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
TXZ017-029-018-212300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 353 PM CDT FRI SEP 21 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR CONCHO VALLEY EXCEPT EXTREME SOUTHEAST... AT 330PM SAN ANGELO RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FORM NEAR OZONA NORTHEAST TO WEST OF MERTZON...CARLSBAD AND INTO THE BIG COUNTRY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL IS SLOWLY MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH. THE GROUNDS ALREADY SATURATED WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALLS WILL CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS IN THE CENTRAL CONCHO VALLEY FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. SATELLITE ESTIMATES OF RAINFALL IS VERY HEAVY IN THE AREA FROM CROCKETT COUNTY NORTHEAST INTO STERLING COUNTY. ALL PERSONS SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UP2DATED INFORMATION...
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 9:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Sutton | 12 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.