Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1996
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 7, 1996, 6:10 AM CDT for San Saba County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 1996, 6:10 AM CDT (11:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1996, 9:10 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County San Saba County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 236 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
- 2193 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1725 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSJT 071111 FFWSJT TXC411-071410- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 610 AM CDT FRI JUN 7 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO TX HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 910 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...SAN SABA COUNTY AT 610 AM CDT...SAN SABA SHERIFFS OFFICE WAS REPORTING FLOODING IN THE CITY OF SAN SABA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF THE COUNTY OVER THE LAST 2 HOURS. WITH STORMS CONTINUING OVER THE COUNTY...ANOTHER 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER THE COUNTY THROUGH 8 AM. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE TXHE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING. IF 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 7, 1:31 AM CDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before
TXZ064>066-071>073-076>078-154-155-168>170-070735- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 132 AM CDT FRI JUN 7 1996 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM THIS MORNING FOR MUCH OF THE CONCHO VALLEY AND THE NORTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU... AT 127 AM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WIDELY SCATTERED LIGHT RAINSHOWERS IN RUNNELS COUNTY. THESE SHOWERS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST 25 MILES AN HOUR AND DISSIPATING. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY AFFECT THE CONCHO VALLEY LATER THIS MORNING. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. AREA RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER. BE PREPARED FOR QUICK ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A WARNING ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 2:43 AM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
TXZ064>066-071>073-076>078-154-155-168>170-070850- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 243 AM CDT FRI JUN 7 1996 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE CONCHO VALLEY HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 8 AM... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE HEARTLAND INCLUDING MCCULLOCH AND SAN SABA COUNTIES... ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE NORTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU IS CANCELLED AND NO LONGER IN EFFECT... AT 240 AM DOPPLER RADAR IN SAN ANGELO DETECTED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN CROCKETT AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN IRION COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS OCCURRING BETWEEN OZONA AND BARNHART. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTH 20 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY AFFECT THE CONCHO VALLEY AND HEARTLAND LATER THIS MORNING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 3:39 AM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
TXZ064>066-071>073-076-154-155-070940- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 338 AM CDT FRI JUN 7 1996 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 8 AM... AT 330 AM CDT...SAN ANGELO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE NORTHERN BORDERS OF COKE AND RUNNELS COUNTIES MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS WERE PART OF A LARGE COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR LUBBOCK TO WACO. THIS AREA WILL CONTINUE TO DROP SOUTHWARD AND WILL AFFECT MUCH OF THE CONCHO VALLEY AND HEARTLAND BY SUNRISE. VERY HEAVY RAINS...LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS ACTIVITY THROUGH 8 AM. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. OAKS
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 4:14 AM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
TXZ064>066-071>073-154-155-168>170-071020- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 413 AM CDT FRI JUN 7 1996 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SAN SABA COUNTY UNTIL 10 AM... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CONCHO VALLEY AND MCCULLOCH COUNTY UNTIL 8 AM... AT 410 AM CDT...SAN ANGELO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE NORTHERN BORDER OF RUNNELS COUNTY MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WINTERS AREA BY 415 AM AND THE BALLINGER AREA BY 430 AM. ANOTHER LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHEAST SAN SABA COUNTY MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 35 MPH. SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE VICINITY OF CHEROKEE THROUGH 430 AM. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO DEVELOPING OVER MENARD AND MCCULLOCH COUNTIES AND WILL AFFECT THE BRADY AND MENARD AREAS BY 5 AM. THESE STORMS WERE PART OF A LARGE COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR LUBBOCK TO WACO. THIS AREA WILL CONTINUE TO DROP SOUTHWARD AND WILL AFFECT MUCH OF THE CONCHO VALLEY... HEARTLAND...AND NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY BY SUNRISE WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. OAKS
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 5:04 AM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
TXZ127-054-053-113-114-140-128-139-049-071100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 502 AM CDT FRI JUN 7 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR BROWN AND NOLAN COUNTIES CANCELLED... AT 502 AM CDT...RADAR SHOWED THE STORMS HAVE MOVED SOUTH OF NOLAN COUNTY AND THE STORMS OVER BROWN COUNTRY ARE BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR THESE COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CANCELLED.
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 5:54 AM CDT, 16 minutes before
TXZ064>066-071>073-154-155-168>170-071155- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 553 AM CDT FRI JUN 7 1996 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SAN SABA COUNTY UNTIL 10 AM... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CONCHO VALLEY AND MCCULLOCH COUNTY UNTIL 8 AM... AT 550 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM STERLING CITY...TO SAN ANGELO...TO MASON. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF STERLING CITY IN EXTREME NORTHWEST STERLING COUNTY...NEAR EOLA IN EXTREME WESTERN CONCHO COUNTY...AND 15 MILES WEST OF SAN SABA IN WESTERN SAN SABA COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH AS THEY MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OF UP TO ONE INCH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS LINE OF STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. PMCCULLOUGH
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 11:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coke | 61 min |
| Jun 7, 4:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Runnels | 59 min |
| Jun 7, 6:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Sterling | 63 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1996Every flash flood warning in 1996
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.