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Flash Flood Warning 71, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 28, 2002, 9:02 PM CDT for Irion 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, 9:02 PM CDT (02:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2002, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Irion 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, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 131 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 290202 FFWSJT TXC235-290500- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX ISSUED BY NWS MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 857 PM CDT SUN JUL 28 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... IRION COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS * UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT * AT 857 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR HAD INDICATED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE 8 PM...5 MILES NORTH OF BARNHART ALONG HIGHWAY 183. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS IRION COUNTY AT 855 PM. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. LAT...LON 3114 10124 3115 10076 3150 10079 3154 10123
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, 7 hours 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 1:45 PM CDT, 7 hours 17 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 7:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 3 hr |
| 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, 9:12 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 |
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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.