Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 14, 1994, 10:40 PM CDT for Kimble County, Sutton County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 1994, 10:40 PM CDT (03:40 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1994, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Kimble County, TX, Sutton County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 254 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
- 436 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2113 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 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 150341 FFWSJT TXC267-435-150545- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 1040 PM CDT SAT MAY 14 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES S... IN TEXAS ...SOUTHERN KIMBLE COUNTY...SUTTON COUNTY AT 1030 SAN ANGELO RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF SONORNA TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JUNCTION. REPORTS FROM THE KIMBLE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE...THAT OVER THE NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF JUNCTION THAT ROADS ARE COVERED WITH 6 INCHES OF WATER ON FM 377 BETWEEN JUNCTION AND LONDON. RAINFALL OBSERVER AT LONDON REPORTS THAT 2.50 INCHES OF RAIN OCCURRED OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AT 1025PM. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHEAST AND WILL PRODUCE FLOODING OF ROADWAYS OVER SOUTHER PORTIONS OF SUTTON AND KIMBLE COUNTY AS WELL AS OTHER KNOWN LOW WATER CROSSING IN THESE COUNTIES. MOTORIST ARE ADVISED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT WHEN VISIONS ARE OBSCURED BY HEAVY RAIN. THESE STORMS MAY ALSO CONTAIN SMALL HAIL. 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.
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 14, 5:12 PM CDT, 5 hours 28 minutes before
TXZ154-168>170-142315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 512 PM CDT SAT MAY 14 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY AND MCCULLOCH COUNTY UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 510 PM CDT SAN ANGELO RADAR INDICATED AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTHWEST OF MASON. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. KEEP LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 14, 5:12 PM CDT, 5 hours 28 minutes before
TXZ154-168>170-142315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 512 PM CDT SAT MAY 14 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY AND MCCULLOCH COUNTY UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 510 PM CDT SAN ANGELO RADAR INDICATED AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTHWEST OF MASON. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. KEEP LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 14, 5:22 PM CDT, 5 hours 18 minutes before
TXZ154-168>170-142325- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 522 PM CDT SAT MAY 14 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY AND MCCULLOCH COUNTY UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 510 PM CDT SAN ANGELO RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTHWEST OF MASON. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. KEEP LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 14, 5:22 PM CDT, 5 hours 18 minutes before
TXZ154-168>170-142325- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 522 PM CDT SAT MAY 14 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY AND MCCULLOCH COUNTY UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 510 PM CDT SAN ANGELO RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTHWEST OF MASON. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. KEEP LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 14, 6:06 PM CDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before
TXZ140-128-139-098-113-054-053-044-049-048-114-127-099-152310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 605 PM CDT SAT MAY 14 1994 AT 605 PM...THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED NEAR MAY IN BROWN COUNTY. VERY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE IN THIS STORM. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. [
Special weather statement, May 14, 6:06 PM CDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before
TXZ140-128-139-098-113-054-053-044-049-048-114-127-099-152310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 605 PM CDT SAT MAY 14 1994 AT 605 PM...THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED NEAR MAY IN BROWN COUNTY. VERY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE IN THIS STORM. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. [
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Mason | 60 min |
| May 14, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Sutton | 62 min |
| May 14, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Mason | 68 min |
| May 14, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Kimble | 68 min |
| May 14, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | McCulloch | 55 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1994Every flash flood warning in 1994
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.