Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 10, 1994, 3:35 PM CDT for Coke County, Runnels County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 1994, 3:35 PM CDT (20:35 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 1994, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Coke County, TX, Runnels County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 780 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 617 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 264 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
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, May 10, 1:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
TXZ127-099-054-053-113-114-140-128-139-098-044-049-048-102000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 120 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS...FOG...DRIZZLE AND HEAVY RAIN... AT 120 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING ABILENE. VERY HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. DENSE FOG AHEAD OF THE STORMS LIMITS VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE MILE...MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION. RAINFALL REPORTS FROM WESTERN COUNTIES INCLUDED 2.75 INCHES AT ROBY IN FISHER COUNTY AND 3.00 REPORTED AT THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANS- PORTATION AT SWEETWATER IN NOLAN COUNTY. ECCA VFD IN SOUTHWEST TAYLOR COUNTY REPORTED 1.50 INCHES IN THE PAST HOUR AT ELM CREEK. MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WAS EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. BIG COUNTRY RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO...FOR LATER STATEMENTS AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.
Special weather statement, May 10, 1:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
TXZ127-099-054-053-113-114-140-128-139-098-044-049-048-102000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 120 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS...FOG...DRIZZLE AND HEAVY RAIN... AT 120 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING ABILENE. VERY HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. DENSE FOG AHEAD OF THE STORMS LIMITS VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE MILE...MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION. RAINFALL REPORTS FROM WESTERN COUNTIES INCLUDED 2.75 INCHES AT ROBY IN FISHER COUNTY AND 3.00 REPORTED AT THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANS- PORTATION AT SWEETWATER IN NOLAN COUNTY. ECCA VFD IN SOUTHWEST TAYLOR COUNTY REPORTED 1.50 INCHES IN THE PAST HOUR AT ELM CREEK. MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WAS EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. BIG COUNTRY RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO...FOR LATE R STATEMENTS AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.
Special weather statement, May 10, 3:13 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
TXZ064>066-070>073-076>078-154-168>170-102115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 313 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR ALL OF CONCHO VALLEY UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR STERLING AND RUNNELS COUNTY UNTIL 6 PM... ...TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN RUNNELS COUNTY EXPIRED AT 3 PM CDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF THE CONCHO VALLEY... COKE...CONCHO...CROCKETT...IRION...REAGAN...RUNNELS...SCHLEICHER... STERLING...TOM GREEN...MCCULLOCH...AND MENARD. AT 300 PM CDT SAN ANGELO RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM CARSBAD IN NORTHERN TOM GREEN COUNTY TO BALLINGER AND WINTERS IN RUNNELS COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED IN NORTHERN COKE COUNTY. PERSONS TRAVELING THROUGH COKE COUNTY SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH LOW WATER CROSSING OR OTHER LOW AREA WHERE WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH COVERS THE ROAD REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR. BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. KEEP LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNING.
Special weather statement, May 10, 3:13 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
TXZ064>066-070>073-076>078-154-168>170-102115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 313 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR ALL OF CONCHO VALLEY UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR STERLING AND RUNNELS COUNTY UNTIL 6 PM... ...TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN RUNNELS COUNTY EXPIRED AT 3 PM CDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF THE CONCHO VALLEY... COKE...CONCHO...CROCKETT...IRION...REAGAN...RUNNELS...SCHLEICHER... STERLING...TOM GREEN...MCCULLOCH...AND MENARD. AT 300 PM CDT SAN ANGELO RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM CARSBAD IN NORTHERN TOM GREEN COUNTY TO BALLINGER AND WINTERS IN RUNNELS COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED IN NORTHERN COKE COUNTY. PERSONS TRAVELING THROUGH COKE COUNTY SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH LOW WATER CROSSING OR OTHER LOW AREA WHERE WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH COVERS THE ROAD REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR. BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. KEEP LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNING.
Special weather statement, May 10, 3:22 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
TXZ064>066-070>073-076>078-154-168>170-102120- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN COKE NATIONAL SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX COUNTY 322 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR ALL OF CONCHO VALLEY UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR STERLING AND COKE COUNTY UNTIL 6 PM... ...TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN RUNNELS COUNTY EXPIRED AT 3 PM CDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF THE CONCHO VALLEY... COKE...CONCHO...CROCKETT...IRION...REAGAN...RUNNELS...SCHLEICHER... STERLING...TOM GREEN...MCCULLOCH...AND MENARD. AT 300 PM CDT SAN ANGELO RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM CARLSBAD IN NORTHERN TOM GREEN COUNTY TO BALLINGER AND WINTERS IN RUNNELS COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED IN NORTHERN COKE COUNTY. PERSONS TRAVELING THROUGH COKE COUNTY SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH LOW WATER CROSSING OR OTHER LOW AREAD WHERE WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH COVERS THE ROAD REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR. BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. KEEP LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 10, 3:22 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
TXZ064>066-070>073-076>078-154-168>170-102120- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN COKE NATIONAL SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX COUNTY 322 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR ALL OF CONCHO VALLEY UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR STERLING AND COKE COUNTY UNTIL 6 PM... ...TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN RUNNELS COUNTY EXPIRED AT 3 PM CDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF THE CONCHO VALLEY... COKE...CONCHO...CROCKETT...IRION...REAGAN...RUNNELS...SCHLEICHER... STERLING...TOM GREEN...MCCULLOCH...AND MENARD. AT 300 PM CDT SAN ANGELO RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM CARLSBAD IN NORTHERN TOM GREEN COUNTY TO BALLINGER AND WINTERS IN RUNNELS COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED IN NORTHERN COKE COUNTY. PERSONS TRAVELING THROUGH COKE COUNTY SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH LOW WATER CROSSING OR OTHER LOW AREAD WHERE WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH COVERS THE ROAD REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR. BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. KEEP LISTENING TO 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Crockett | 42 min |
| May 10, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Runnels | 60 min |
| May 10, 1:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Runnels | 62 min |
| May 10, 6:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Sterling | 56 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.