Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS San Angelo, TX

Issued

Jun 6, 1997, 4:05 AM CDT (09:05 UTC)

Expired

Jun 6, 1997, 7:05 AM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS San Angelo, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties Fisher County, TX, Nolan County, TX

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
405 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO TX HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 705 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN NORTHWESTERN TEXAS

   ...SOUTHERN FISHER COUNTY
   ...NORTHERN NOLAN COUNTY
 
AT 404 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN NOLAN AND SOUTHERN
FISHER COUNTIES. RADAR ESTIMATES AS MUCH AS 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN SINCE 230 AM.  WITH THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO MOVE OVER
THE SAME AREAS....AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE
EXPECTED OVER NORTHERN NOLAN AND SOUTHERN FISHER COUNTIES.  THIS
RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING OF ROADS AND STREAMS...ESPECIALLY IN
AND AROUND SWEETWATER. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS
THE ROAD.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN2 IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
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.
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NWS San Angelo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 6, 2:29 AM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
229 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 1997

RIDGE IN CENTRAL US...WITH AXIS ALONG LEE OF ROCKY MOUNTAINS...WAS
PRODUCING NEARLY MERIDIANAL FLOW THIS MORNING. FURTHER TO
WEST...WATER VAPOR INDICATED UPPER LEVEL LOW WAS BEING CUT OFF IN
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA...WITH SIGNIFICANT SHORTWAVE MOVING INTO BAJA
CALIFORNIA.

ETA AND NGM MODELS PICK UP ON SHORTWAVE BUT BOTH MAY BE SLOW IN ITS
MOVEMENT AROUND LOW. SHORTWAVE SHOULD REMAIN WEST OF CWA IN ANY CASE.
BOTH MODELS DO PICK UP ON SEVERAL WEAKER DISTURBANCES MOVING
THROUGH CWA MOVING UP FROM THE BIG BEND THIS AFTERNOON...AND SLOWLY
MOVING OVER REGION TONIGHT. THIS ALONG WITH WEAKENING 700 MB
TEMPERATURES WILL BE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. NGM FORECAST SOUNDINGS BREAKS CAP AT
19Z FOR SAN ANGELO AND ABILENE...WHICH HAS NOT BEEN DONE THE LAST
SEVERAL DAYS. MODELS ALSO BRING IN ADDITIONAL MOISTURE AT LOWER
LEVELS...WITH THE ETA MODEL THE MOST PROGRESSIVE...BRING IN 80
PERCENT RH AT 850 MB BEGINNING AT 18Z.

WEAK UPPER LEVEL WINDS WILL PRODUCE SLOW MOVING STORMS AND LOCALLY
HEAVY AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL. STORMS EARLIER THIS EVENING JUST SOUTH OF
CWA PRODUCED LOCALIZED 3 INCH ESTIMATED STORM TOTALS.

WILL SEE SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES WITH ADDITIONAL CLOUD COVER
AND MOISTURE TODAY. FWC GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES LOOK REASONABLE.

ABI 084/065 23
JCT 085/067 23
SJT 085/067 33

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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.