Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 1, 1992, 9:37 PM CDT for Reagan County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 1, 1992, 9:37 PM CDT (02:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1992, 12:07 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- 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, 2.6 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSJT 020237 FFWSJT TXC383-020545- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 937 PM CDT MON JUN 1 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN TEXAS ...REAGAN COUNTY THE HEAVY RAINS EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING HAVE CAUSED FLASH FLOODING IN REAGAN COUNTY. THE RAINS HAVE ALMOST CEASED IN REAGAN COUNTY AT 930 PM CDT...HOWEVER...RADAR INDICATED MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF THE COUNTY MOVING EAST. AS THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVE OVER THE SOAKED GROUND THE WATER WILL RUNOFF AND FLASH FLOODING MAY OCCUR. PERSONS IN REAGAN COUNTY SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON THEIR LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO MOVE UP TO A SAFE PLACE IF WATER BEGINS TO RISE. MOTORISTS TRAVELING IN REAGAN COUNTY SHOULD NOT ENTER AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. BE ESPECIALLY 5CAUTIOUS 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.
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, 3:59 PM CDT, 5 hours 38 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, 4 hours 44 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, 4 hours 20 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, 3 hours 35 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.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 9:03 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
TXZ012-015-019-024-029-030-020300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 900 PM CDT MON JUN 01 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH REISSUED FOR MUCH OF THE BIG COUNTRY UNTIL 300 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING...INCLUDING NOLAN...MITCHELL...CALLAHAN...COLEMAN...AND TAYLOR COUNTIES. ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR STONEWALL COUNTY. ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR BROWN...SHACKELFORD AND THROCKMORTON COUNTIES. ...TORNADO WATCH EXPIRED FOR SCURRY...FISHER AND JONES COUNTIES. ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT ACROSS WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE BIG COUNTRY TONIGHT. AT 900 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG A LINE FROM DICKENS TO LAMESA. MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED FROM STERLING CITY TO EAST OF SAN ANGELO. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN AN AREA BOUNDED BY DALLAS...AUSTIN AND JUNCTION. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS PARTS OF SCURRY...MITCHELL...NOLAN AND FISHER COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MPH. 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...AES 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Reagan | 58 min |
| Jun 1, 8:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Reagan | 69 min |
| Jun 1, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Reagan | 69 min |
| Jun 1, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 65 min |
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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.