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Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 15, 2002, 7:22 AM CDT for Tom Green 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 2002, 7:22 AM CDT (12:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2002, 10:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Tom Green County, TX
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this flash flood warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 459 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -160 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1113 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 220 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 444 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KSJT 151222 FFWSJT TXC451-151515- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 721 AM CDT SAT JUN 15 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... TOM GREEN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS * UNTIL 1015 AM CDT * AT 721 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM STERLING CITY...TO ROBERT LEE...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR... CARLSBAD AT 745 AM CDT GRAPE CREEK AT 750 AM CDT SAN ANGELO AT 815 AM CDT * HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED WITH THESE STORMS. THE WARNED AREA CAN EXPECT RAINFALL TOTALING BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES BETWEEN 750 AM AND 9 AM. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. LAT...LON 3167 10030 3166 10072 3113 10062 3112 10012
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KSJT 151430 FFSSJT TXC451-151515- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 923 AM CDT SAT JUN 15 2002 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TOM GREEN COUNTY UNTIL 1015 AM CDT... AT 920 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN FROM THE OVER THE CITY OF SAN ANGELO... AND ALONG HIGHWAY 87 NORTH THROUGH GRAPE CREEK TO EAST OF WATER VALLEY. RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN TOM GREEN COUNTY...INCLUDING SAN ANGELO. THE STORMS WERE MOVING MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE RAIN WILL TAPER OFF IN SAN ANGELO BETWEEN 945 AM AND 1015 AM...BUT AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN IS LIKELY. OVER EASTERN TOM GREEN COUNTY...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN WILL OCCUR THROUGH 1015 AM. STREET FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN SAN ANGELO...AND THE SITUATION WILL WORSEN UNTIL AFTER THE RAIN SUBSIDES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED UNTIL THE WATER LEVELS RECEDE. FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL OCCUR THROUGHOUT CENTRAL AND EASTERN TOM GREEN COUNTY. SMALL CREEK FLOODING IS ALSO LIKELY. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.
000 WGUS74 KSJT 151432 CCA FFSSJT TXC451-151515- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 930 AM CDT SAT JUN 15 2002 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TOM GREEN COUNTY UNTIL 1015 AM CDT... AT 920 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE CITY OF SAN ANGELO... AND ALONG HIGHWAY 87 NORTH THROUGH GRAPE CREEK TO EAST OF WATER VALLEY. RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN TOM GREEN COUNTY...INCLUDING SAN ANGELO. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE RAIN WILL TAPER OFF IN SAN ANGELO BETWEEN 945 AM AND 1015 AM...BUT AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN IS LIKELY. OVER EASTERN TOM GREEN COUNTY...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN WILL OCCUR THROUGH 1015 AM. STREET FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN SAN ANGELO...AND THE SITUATION WILL WORSEN UNTIL AFTER THE RAIN SUBSIDES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED UNTIL THE WATER LEVELS RECEDE. FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL OCCUR THROUGHOUT CENTRAL AND EASTERN TOM GREEN COUNTY. SMALL CREEK FLOODING IS ALSO LIKELY. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.
000 WGUS74 KSJT 151436 CCA FFSSJT TXC451-151515- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 936 AM CDT SAT JUN 15 2002 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TOM GREEN COUNTY UNTIL 1015 AM CDT... AT 920 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE CITY OF SAN ANGELO... AND ALONG HIGHWAY 87 NORTH THROUGH GRAPE CREEK TO EAST OF WATER VALLEY. RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN TOM GREEN COUNTY...INCLUDING SAN ANGELO. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE RAIN WILL TAPER OFF IN SAN ANGELO BETWEEN 945 AM AND 1015 AM...BUT AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN IS LIKELY. OVER EASTERN TOM GREEN COUNTY...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN WILL OCCUR THROUGH 1015 AM. STREET FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN SAN ANGELO...AND THE SITUATION WILL WORSEN UNTIL AFTER THE RAIN SUBSIDES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED UNTIL THE WATER LEVELS RECEDE. FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL OCCUR THROUGHOUT CENTRAL AND EASTERN TOM GREEN COUNTY. SMALL CREEK FLOODING IS ALSO LIKELY. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.
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.
NWS San Angelo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 15, 2:49 AM CDT, 4 hours 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 2:49 AM CDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 249 AM CDT SAT JUN 15 2002 ACTIVE NORTHWEST FLOW CONTINUES. MINOR SHORTWAVE EMBEDDED WITHIN TO PASS OVER THE SOUTH HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA TODAY...BRINGING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. A MAJOR SHORTWAVE WILL GRAZE THE NORTHERN HALF TONIGHT...GENERATING AN MCS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL POTENTIAL. BY MONDAY...THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS BACK OVER THE REGION... ENDING PRECIPITATION CHANCES. NEW MRF PARKS THE UPPER RIDGE THROUGH FRIDAY...SO HAVE REMOVED POPS ACCORDINGLY. CCF PRELIMS... ABI 091/069/089/064 2411 SJT 093/070/092/065 3211 JCT 092/072/091/066 3111 .SJT...NONE. 17
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 4:44 AM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140- 154-155-168>170-151700- WEST CENTRAL TEXAS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 444 AM CDT SAT JUN 15 2002 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL THIS MORNING AND TONIGHT... THIS MORNING...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION IS HELPING TO TRIGGER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. UNTIL THIS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PASSES BY LATE MORNING... ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP. ANOTHER DISTURBANCE IS FORECAST TO MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE BIG COUNTRY TONIGHT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LEVELS. HOWEVER...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE SEE STATEMENTS AND OUTLOOKS FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES ACROSS TEXAS...OKLAHOMA...AND NEW MEXICO.
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 4:44 AM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140- 154-155-168>170-151700- WEST CENTRAL TEXAS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 444 AM CDT SAT JUN 15 2002 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THIS MORNING AND TONIGHT... THIS MORNING...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION IS HELPING TO TRIGGER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. UNTIL THIS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PASSES BY LATE MORNING... ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP. ANOTHER DISTURBANCE IS FORECAST TO MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE BIG COUNTRY TONIGHT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LEVELS. HOWEVER...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE SEE STATEMENTS AND OUTLOOKS FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES ACROSS TEXAS...OKLAHOMA...AND NEW MEXICO.
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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.