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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 29, 1996, 10:21 PM CDT for Menard 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
- May 29, 1996, 10:21 PM CDT (03:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 1996, 1:20 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Menard County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 3217 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1714 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.2
- Supercell composite
- -3.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSJT 300320 FFWSJT TXC327-300620- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 1021 PM CDT WED MAY 29 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO TX HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 120 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...MENARD COUNTY THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE MOVING THROUGH MENARD COUNTY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS THE COUNTY UNTIL 300 AM THURSDAY MORNING. THE RAIN WILL CAUSE VERY RAPID RISES ON THE STREAMS IN MENARD COUNTY. STREAMBEDS WHICH HAVE BEEN DRY WILL FILL RAPIDLY WITH WATER AND RUN OVER THEIR BANKS. THE SAN SABA RIVER AT MENARD WILL RISE RAPIDLY ALSO. PERSONS ALONG THE SAN SABA RIVER AND THE OTHER STREAMS IN MENARD COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR ABRUPT RISES IN WATER LEVEL AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. $$ JACKSON/OAKS/MATEJKA
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 29, 4:47 PM CDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before
TXZ064-065-071-072-292235- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 448 PM CDT WED MAY 29 1996 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE CONCHO VALLEY... AT 4:45 PM CDT SAN ANGELO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER NOWTHWEST IRION COUNTY AND NORTHERN REAGAN COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. AS THE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS CONTINUE OVER THE CONCHO VALLEY MORE STORMS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP...SOME OF WHICH MAY BECOME SEVERE. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.
Special weather statement, May 29, 6:02 PM CDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before
TXZ127-054-053-113-114-140-128-139-049-300000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 559 PM CDT WED MAY 29 1996 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR TAYLOR...JONES...NOLAN...MITCHELL AND FISHER UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... AT 530 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AROUND 70 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE WESTERN BIG COUNTRY COUNTIES. THESE STORMS HAVE CONTINUED TO INTENSIFY AND PRODUCED DIME SIZED HAIL AND A POSSIBLE TORNADO. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS IS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25-30 MPH. PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT TO POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER MOVING INTO OR DEVELOPING IN YOUR AREA. REMEMBER THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DEADLY LIGHTNING...GUSTY THUNDERSTORM WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND HAIL. TAKE SHELTER WHEN THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED IN YOUR AREA UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASS3ED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR THE LATEST WEATVHER INFORMATION. &
Special weather statement, May 29, 6:07 PM CDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
TXZ127-054-053-113-114-140-128-139-049-300000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 559 PM CDT WED MAY 29 1996 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR TAYLOR...JONES...NOLAN...MITCHELL AND FISHER COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... AT 530 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AROUND 70 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE WESTERN BIG COUNTRY COUNTIES. THESE STORMS HAVE CONTINUED TO INTENSIFY AND PRODUCED DIME SIZED HAIL AND A POSSIBLE TORNADO. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS IS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25-30 MPH. PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT TO POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER MOVING INTO OR DEVELOPING IN YOUR AREA. REMEMBER THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DEADLY LIGHTNING...GUSTY THUNDERSTORM WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND HAIL. TAKE SHELTER WHEN THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED IN YOUR AREA UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIZONS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. &
Special weather statement, May 29, 8:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
TXZ127-054-053-113-114-140-128-139-049-300215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 815 PM CDT WED MAY 29 1996 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR TAYLOR...JONES...NOLAN...FISHER AND MITCHELL COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR NOLAN AND SOUTHWEST COLEMAN COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM CDT... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MITCHELL COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... AT 800 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDER- STORMS OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF NOLAN COUNTY...15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SWEETWATER AND ALSO OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF NOLAN COUNTY NORTHEAST OF OAK CREEK RESERVOIR. MOVEMENT HAS BEEN GENERALLY NORTHEAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 25-30 MPH. PERSONS LOCATED NEAR THESE STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WEATHER. THESE STORMS SHOULD PRODUCE STRONG WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS... DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL. TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER MOVES INTO OR DEVELOPS IN YOUR AREA UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 29, 9:36 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
TXZ064>066-071>073-154-155-168>170-300740- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 937 PM CDT WED MAY 29 1996 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL TEXAS... INCLUDING PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY...THE HEARTLAND...AND PORTIONS OF THE CONCHO VALLEY UNMTIL 200 AM CDT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER THE CONCHO VALLEY AND THE NORTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU. THE STORMS ARE MOVING INTO THE NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY AND THE HEARTLAND. MORE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP UNTIL AROUND 200 AM. THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE...AND MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. A TORNADO WA\TCH CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF WEST TEXAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT. MATEJKA
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 63 min |
| May 29, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Sterling | 60 min |
| May 29, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Schleicher | 62 min |
| May 29, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 64 min |
| May 29, 8:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Irion | 62 min |
| May 29, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Irion, Tom Green | 63 min |
| May 29, 8:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Schleicher | 60 min |
| May 29, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Runnels | 66 min |
| May 29, 8:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Menard | 65 min |
| May 29, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 61 min |
| May 29, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Irion | 64 min |
| May 29, 9:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Irion, Schleicher, Tom Green | 3 hr |
| May 29, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Schleicher | 61 min |
| May 29, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Menard | 63 min |
| May 29, 10:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Schleicher | 63 min |
| May 29, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Sutton | 62 min |
| May 29, 11:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Kimble, Sutton | 48 min |
Nearby
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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.