Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS San Angelo, TX

Issued

Mar 25, 1997, 1:46 AM CST (07:46 UTC)

Expired

Mar 25, 1997, 2:45 AM CST

In force

59 min

Issued by

NWS San Angelo, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties Irion County, TX, Tom Green County, TX

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TTAA00 KSJT 250746 RRA
SVRSJT
TXC235-451-251045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
146 AM CST TUE MAR 25 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO TX HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 AM CST
AND A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS

   ...IRION COUNTY
   ...TOM GREEN COUNTY
 
AT 140 AM CST... A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR
BARNHART THROUGH MERTZON AND NORTHERN SAN ANGELO TO NEAR MILES... OR
GENERALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 67 IN IRION AND TOM GREEN COUNTIES. AT
140 AM CST... NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 2 MILES WEST OF
ARDEN. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST
RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER NORTHERN PARTS OF IRION
AND TOM GREEN COUNTY.

BY 140 AM CST... ONE HOUR RAINFALL ESTIMATES HAD EXCEEDED 1 INCH
OVER LARGE PORTIONS OF NORTHERN IRION COUNTY AND TOM GREEN COUNTY
WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER RAINFALL TOTALS. THIS AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL LIKELY OVERTAKE THE REST OF IRION AND TOM GREEN COUNTIES BY 245
AM RESULTING IN THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING OVER MUCH OF TOM
GREEN AND IRION COUNTIES.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.
REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE
ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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