Flash Flood Warning 57, NWS San Angelo, TX

Issued

Jun 22, 1997, 2:27 AM CDT (07:27 UTC)

Expired

Jun 22, 1997, 7:00 AM CDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

NWS San Angelo, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties Mason County, TX, Menard County, TX

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KSJT 220727
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TXC319-327-435-221200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
227 AM CDT SUN JUN 22 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO TX HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS

   ...MASON COUNTY
   ...MENARD COUNTY

IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS

   ...EASTERN SUTTON COUNTY
 
AT 216 AM...SAN ANGELO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WERE REDEVELOPING OVER THE SAME AREAS ACROSS SUTTON...
MENARD...AND MASON COUNTIES. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED BETWEEN 2 AND 3
INCHES HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN THESE AREAS OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS.
AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES REMAIN POSSIBLE OVER THESE AREAS THROUGH
5 AM. FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS IS LIKELY ESPECIALLY OVER
AREAS SOUTHEAST OF A SONORA TO MENARD TO FREDONIA LINE. IN
ADDITION...LARGER CREEKS AND RIVERS MAY SEE RAPID RISES BY SUNRISE.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN 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 22, 2:06 AM CDT, 21 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
206 AM CDT SUN JUN 22 1997

SERIOUS FLOODING PROBLEMS ARE SETTING UP OVER THE HILL COUNTRY WITH
ROADS ALREADY CLOSED OVER EASTERN KIMBLE COUNTY AND AN ABUNDANCE OF
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EXPECTED. SATELLITE IMAGERY AND DOPPER RADAR
TRENDS INDICATE UPPER LOW OVER CENTRAL TEXAS IS RETROGRADING
NORTHWEST ACROSS THE COUNTY WARNING AREA. DOPPLER ALSO SHOWS A
NOCTURNAL TREND OF PRECIPITATION FOCUSING CLOSER TO THE CENTER OF THE
LOW WHICH IS CURRENTLY LOCATED OVER CONCHO COUNTY. THUS WILL PUSH FOR
AN FFA FOR ALL OF THE COUNTY WARNING AREA EXCEPT MAYBE THE
WESTERNMOST SLICE OF THE COUNTY WARNING AREA. WILL COORDINATE
SPECIFICS WITH PARENT OFFICES CLOSER TO ZONE ISSUANCE TIME IF
NECESSARY.

WILL OBVIOUSLY WANT TO GO BELOW GUIDANCES WITH AVIATION GUIDANCE
BEING THE CLOSEST.

ABI 078/066 87
SJT 076/065 76
JCT 078/065 75

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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.