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Flash Flood Warning 70, NWS San Angelo, TX

July 28, 2002Tom Green County, Texas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2002-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 670 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2002-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

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The office that day

Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTom Green57 min
Jul 28, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTJones, Taylor35 min
Jul 28, 9:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTIrion3 hr
Jul 28, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTom Green63 min
Jul 28, 9:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTCoke59 min
Jul 28, 10:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTom Green29 min
Jul 28, 10:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTCoke, Tom Green107 min
Jul 29, 11:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke60 min
Jul 29, 1:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTTom Green4 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.