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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS San Angelo, TX

June 1, 1992Reagan County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 1, 1992, 8:21 PM CDT for Reagan County, Texas. It was in force for 69 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 1992, 8:21 PM CDT (01:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 1992, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Reagan County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 91 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1992-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 675 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1992-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 107 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
675 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1407 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
5.2

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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, Jun 1, 2:44 PM CDT, 5 hours 37 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 1, 3:59 PM CDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before
TXZ016-017-029-034-018-012300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
358 PM CDT MON JUN 1 1992

...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR THE CONCHO VALLEY AND NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT...

AT MID AFTERNOON RADAR INDICATED NO PRECIPITATION OVER THE CONCHO
VALLEY OR NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY.

PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP A WEATHER EYE OUT FOR
SIGNS OF DANGEROUS WEATHER AND BE READY TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

KEEP LISTENING FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 4:53 PM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
TXZ012-015-019-024-029-030-012300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX
450 PM CDT MON JUN 01 1992

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR MUCH OF THE BIG COUNTRY
INC
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 5:17 PM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
TXZ012-015-019-024-029-030-012300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX
510 PM CDT MON JUN 01 1992

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR BROWN...CALLAHAN...
SHACKELFORD AND THROCKMORTON COUNTIES.

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR MUCH OF THE BIG COUNTRY
INCLUDING...NOLAN...SCURRY...FISHER...MITCHELL...COLEMAN...JONES...
AND TAYLOR COUNTIES.

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT ACROSS WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE BIG
COUNTRY TONIGHT.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
CONCHO VALLEY BETWEEN SAN ANGELO AND PAINT ROCK. THESE STORMS WERE
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL EFFECT SOUTHERN
COLEMAN AND BROWN COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.

THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES AND MAY PRODUCE HAIL...FLOODING...OR
TORNADOES.

RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER FOR LATER STATEMENTS
OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY FOR RAPIDLY DEVELOPING
STORMS.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 6:02 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
TXZ012-015-019-024-029-030-020100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX
600 PM CDT MON JUN 01 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR
STONEWALL COUNTY.

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR BROWN...CALLAHAN...
SHACKELFORD AND THROCKMORTON COUNTIES.

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR MUCH OF THE BIG COUNTRY
INCLUDING...NOLAN...SCURRY...FISHER...MITCHELL...COLEMAN...JONES...
AND TAYLOR COUNTIES.

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT ACROSS WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE BIG
COUNTRY TONIGHT.

AT 600 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS...SOME
SEVERE...STRETCHING FROM NEAR FORT WORTH TO GLEN ROSE AND GOLDTHWAITE
AND EXTENDED WEST ALONG SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF BROWN AND COLEMAN COUNTIES
AND INTO THE CONCHO VALLEY TO WEST OF SAN ANGELO. THESE STORMS WERE
DEVELOPING RAPIDLY. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS AFFECTING BROWN AND COLEMAN
COUNTIES WAS EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES AND MAY PRODUCE HAIL...FLOODING...OR
TORNADOES.

MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY TO
UNKNOWN DEPTHS...AS FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS...UNDERPASSES AND
LOW-LYING AREAS IS LIKELY.

RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER FOR LATER STATEMENTS
OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTReagan58 min
Jun 1, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTReagan69 min
Jun 1, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTom Green65 min
Jun 1, 9:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTReagan3 hr

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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.