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Flash Flood Warning 70, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 28, 2002, 7:32 PM 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
- Jul 28, 2002, 7:32 PM CDT (00:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2002, 10:30 PM 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 00:00Z, 0.5 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
- 670 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2995 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KSJT 290032 FFWSJT TXC451-290330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 727 PM CDT SUN JUL 28 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... TOM GREEN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS * UNTIL 1030 PM CDT * AT 721 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURING OVER SAN ANGELO AS TWO THUNDERSTORMS COLIDE OVER THE CITY. * RAINFALL TOTALING 1 TO 3 INCHES...POSSIBLY HIGHER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BY 9 PM CDT. 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 3151 10059 3162 10032 3139 10008
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KSJT 290054 FFSSJT TXC451-290215- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 752 PM CDT SUN JUL 28 2002 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TOM GREEN COUNTY UNTIL 1030 PM CDT... AT 750 PM CDT...THE SAN ANGELO FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED STREET FLOODING OCURRING IN DOWNTOWN SAN ANGELO. RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST 30 MINUTES OVER THE EASTERN AND NORTHERN SECTIONS OF SAN ANGELO. DO NOT GO THROUGH LOW WATER CROSSINGS THESE PLACES ARE VERY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAINS.
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 Jul 28, 1:45 PM CDT, 5 hours 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 1:45 PM CDT, 5 hours 47 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 145 PM CDT SUN JUL 28 2002 ...FORECAST CHALLENGE WILL BE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES THROUGH TUESDAY... .CURRENT...LATEST RADAR TRENDS INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AS SHORT WAVE BEGINS TO WORK ITS WAY INTO THE AREA. MOISTURE IS STILL HERE WITH DEWPOINTS AT 1 PM REMAINING IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S WITH WELL MIXED ATMOSPHERE. .SHORT TERM...SHORT WAVE TROUGH WORKS INTO THE AREA. THUS EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY FORM TO INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS MAY DISSIPATE SOME AFTER SUNSET...HOWEVER WITH THE LOW LEVEL JET IN PLACE AGAIN TONIGHT CANT RULE OUT THUNDERSTORMS SURVIVING THROUGH THE NIGHT. THINK THE BEST COVERAGE OF SCATTERED VARIETY WILL BE FROM THE CONCHO VALLEY NORTHWARD INTO THE BIG COUNTRY. WITH ISOLATED COVERAGE AT BEST ELSEWHERE. THE WINDS HAVE BEEN RATHER BREEZY ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND EXPECT THIS TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS...THUS WILL ADD CAUTION ON AREA LAKES TO THE ZONES. .MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...AS THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH PASSES BY THE SOUTHERN END IS FORECAST TO GET LEFT BEHIND...THUS LEAVING A WEAKNESS IN THE RIDGE THROUGH TUESDAY. PLAN ON LEAVING SCATTERED POPS ACROSS THE NORTH TAPERING TO ISOLATED BY TUESDAY. ACROSS THE SOUTH...CURRENT ISOLATED MENTION LOOKS TO BE GOOD AND WILL KEEP. TEMPERATURES WILL BE A LITTLE COOLER DUE TO THE CLOUDS AND SOME PRECIP AROUND. .WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...LOOKS LIKE THE RIDGE WILL TAKE OVER ON WEDNESDAY...THUS WILL PULL THE CURRENT SLIGHT CHANCE IN FORECAST. HOWEVER THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...THE RIDGE GRADUALLY BUILDS INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS LEAVING WEST CENTRAL TEXAS ON THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF THIS FEATURE AND GIVING US HOPE FOR AN EASTERLY WAVE. MODELS ALSO INDICATE A FAIRLY WEAK CAP STRENGTH WITH 700MB TEMPERATURES ONLY RUNNING 8C OR BELOW THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. WITH ALL THAT SAID WILL NOT PUT RAIN CHANCES IN JUST YET THAT FAR OUT...BUT MAY HAVE TO IN LATER FORECASTS. ABI 075/093/073/093 3332 SJT 076/094/072/094 3332 JCT 075/093/073/093 2222 .SJT...CAUTION ON AREA LAKES THIS EVENING. 27/BRAZZELL
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 2:21 PM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140- 154-155-168>170-282300- WEST CENTRAL TEXAS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 221 PM CDT SUN JUL 28 2002 ...ISOLATED NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TONIGHT... WARM TEMPERATURES IN THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL SUPPRESS THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER MOST OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED NEAR AN UPPER DISTURBANCE....NEAR THE WESTERN CONCHO VALLEY AND WESTERN BIG COUNTRY. INSTABILITY SHOULD BE INSUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT SUSTAINED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE SEE STATEMENTS AND OUTLOOKS FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES ACROSS TEXAS...OKLAHOMA...AND NEW MEXICO. 14
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 57 min |
| Jul 28, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Jones, Taylor | 35 min |
| Jul 28, 9:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Irion | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 63 min |
| Jul 28, 9:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Coke | 59 min |
| Jul 28, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 29 min |
| Jul 28, 10:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Coke, Tom Green | 107 min |
| Jul 29, 11:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coke | 60 min |
| Jul 29, 1:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 4 hr |
Nearby
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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.