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Flash Flood Warning 81, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Oct 24, 2002, 7:08 AM CDT for Crockett County, Texas. It was in force for 5 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
- Oct 24, 2002, 7:08 AM CDT (12:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 24, 2002, 12:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Crockett 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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 468 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 87 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 546 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 750 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KSJT 241208 FFWSJT TXC105-241700- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 705 AM CDT THU OCT 24 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CROCKETT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS * UNTIL 1200 PM CDT * AT 703 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER EXTREME NORTHEASTERN TERRELL COUNTY...OR ABOUT 31 MILES WEST OF OZONA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * RAINFALL UP TO AN INCH IS EXPECTED THROUGH 1200 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. ALSO...MANY DEATHS OCCUR AT NIGHT BECAUSE MOTORTISTS HAVE DIFFICULTY SEEING FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS. BE CAREFUL AND AVOID ALL LOW WATER CROSSINGS. LAT...LON 3060 10187 3047 10171 3102 10101 3106 10167
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KSJT 241612 FFSSJT TXC105-241700- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 1109 AM CDT THU OCT 24 2002 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CROCKETT COUNTY UNTIL NOON CDT... THE MAIN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED EAST OUT OF CROCKETT COUNTY. A FEW SHOWERS WILL OCCUR THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER THIS MORNING ON SATURATED GROUND MAY HAVE CAUSED FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND POOR DRAINAGE PLACES. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.
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 Oct 24, 6:05 AM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 24, 6:05 AM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
605 AM CDT THU OCT 24 2002
BASED ON METAR DATA AND CALLS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT...DECIDED TO ISSUE
A DENSE FOG ADVISORY FOR THE BIG COUNTRY AND THE CONCHO VALLEY.
OTHERWISE...NO OTHER CHANGES.
.SJT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CROCKETT COUNTY TODAY.
DENSE FOG ADVISORY BIG COUNTRY AND CONCHO VALLEY THIS MORNING.
23/HUBER
**** 345 AM CDT THU OCT 24 2002 ****
CURRENT...WSR-88D AND SATELLITE DATA INDICATES SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF OUR CWFA.
SURFACE DEWPOINTS RANGE FROM 50 ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY...TO THE MID
50S ACROSS THE CONCHO VALLEY...AND AROUND 60 THROUGHOUT OUR SOUTHERN
ZONES. IN ADDITION...SURFACE ANALYSIS PLACES FRONT ACROSS OUR
SOUTHERN ZONES IN AN EAST TO WEST LINE.
DAYS 1-3...MODEL DATA INDICATES THE MAIN SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY WILL DEVELOP OR MOVE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY.
ISENTROPIC ANALYSIS OF THE 300K AND 310K THETA E SURFACES SHOWS MAIN
UPGLIDE WILL DEVELOP AROUND NOON TODAY. ALSO...BEST THETA E RIDGE ON
THE 700 MB SURFACE DEVELOPS AROUND NOON. BEST SURFACE AND 925 MB
MOISTURE CONVERGENCE DEVELOPS ALONG THE SURFACE FRONT TODAY. AS FOR
POPS...WILL GO CLOSE TO GUIDANCE TODAY WITH A DOWNWARD TREND FOR
TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. BASED ON LATEST COORDINATION CALL WITH
SPC...WILL INCLUDE CROCKETT COUNTY IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
FOR TODAY. AS FOR HIGHS TODAY...APPEARS ETA AND AVN MOS TOO HIGH.
LATEST RUC SUGGESTS TEMPERATURES ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS WILL
CHANGE LITTLE IF ANY TODAY. FOR TONIGHT AND BEYOND...NUMBERS CLOSE
TO GUIDANCE LOOK GOOD.
DAYS 4-7...NO CHANGES HERE.
CCF PRELIMS...
ABI 050/048/060/048 8311
SJT 057/053/063/050 8322
JCT 065/058/065/053 8433
.SJT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CROCKETT COUNTY TODAY.
23/HUBERHazardous weather outlook, Oct 24, 6:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140- 154-155-168>170-241500- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 600 AM CDT THU OCT 24 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE... THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS WEST TEXAS. THE GREATEST THREAT FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FLASH FLOODING...MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM OZONA...TO MENARD AND MASON. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY ACROSS SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE SUNDAY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 3:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Kimble, Sutton | 5 hr |
| Oct 24, 4:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Mason | 5 hr |
| Oct 24, 9:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Kimble, Sutton | 3 hr |
| Oct 24, 1:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Kimble, Sutton | 6 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.