Flash Flood Warning 59, NWS San Angelo, TX

Issued

Jun 22, 1997, 4:24 AM CDT (09:24 UTC)

Expired

Jun 22, 1997, 4:20 PM CDT

In force

12 hr

Issued by

NWS San Angelo, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties Kimble County, TX, Mason County, TX

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KSJT 220936 COR
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TXC267-319-222120-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED HIGHWAY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
424 AM CDT SUN JUN 22 1997

...A FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SOUTH LLANO RIVER FROM
TELEGRAPH TO JUNCTION AND ALONG THE LLANO RIVER FROM JUNCTION TO
CASTELL...
 
AT 413 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS HAVE
BEEN TRAINING OVER SOUTHERN SUTTON AND NORTHERN EDWARDS COUNTIES
OVER THE PAST 2 TO 3 HOURS. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER
JUST BELOW THE LOW WATER CROSSING ALONG HIGHWAY 377 NEAR TELEGRAPH
AT AROUND 330 AM.

RAINFALL ESTIMATES OVER THE PAST THREE HOURS INDICATE BETWEEN 3 AND
4 INCHES WILL SPILL INTO THE SOUTH LLANO RIVER. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THE SOUTH LLANO RIVER
BASIN WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL POSSIBLE THROUGH
7 AM. THUS THE FLOOD WARNING FOR THE LLANO RIVER HAS BEEN EXTENDED
WESTWARD ALONG THE SOUTH LLANO RIVER FROM TELEGRAPH TO JUNCTION.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP
TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING
nWHEN 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, 2 hours 18 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.