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Flash Flood Warning 83, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Oct 24, 2002, 1:16 PM CDT for Kimble County, Sutton County, Texas. It was in force for 6 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, 1:16 PM CDT (18:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 24, 2002, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Kimble County, TX, Sutton 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
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 610 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 213 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 345 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KSJT 241816
FFWSJT
TXC267-435-250015-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
115 PM CDT THU OCT 24 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
KIMBLE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
SUTTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
* AT 110 PM CDT...THE KIMBLE COUNTY SHERIFF AND TEXAS DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION REPORTED THAT FLOODING CONTINUES ON HIGHWAY
377 SOUTH OF JUNCTION. FM385 IS ALSO FLOODED. IN ADDITION...
FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG THE SOUTH LLANO RIVER. THE SUTTON
COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED THAT FLOODING CONTINUES ON
HIGHWAY 189 IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE COUNTY...AND ALONG
THE FOLLOWING COUNTY ROADS: CUSENBARY ROAD AND ALDWELL ROAD.
DURING THE AFTERNOON...WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE
LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL.
HOWEVER...WATER LEVELS WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE ON THE FLOODED
ROADWAYS AND THE SOUTH LLANO RIVER.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 3065 10092 3032 10093 3033 9936 3048 9936
3049 9951 3069 9953What 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, 7 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 24, 6:05 AM CDT, 7 hours 11 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, 7 hours 16 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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 24, 7:55 AM CDT, 5 hours 21 minutes before
TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140- 154-155-168>170-241400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 755 AM CDT THU OCT 24 2002 ...A VARIETY OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER OCCURRING THIS MORNING OVER WEST CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 750 AM...RADAR SHOWED A SMALL LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH LOCATED ABOUT 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SWEETWATER. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REACH SWEETWATER AT AROUND 9 AM. BE ALSO PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. IN ADDITION...TO THESE THUNDERSTORMS...BEWARE OF AREAS OF DENSE FOG. PLEASE USE YOUR LOW BEAMS AND SLOW DOWN. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING SOUTH TOWARDS SONORA...JUNCTION...MASON...OR OZONA...BEWARE OF FLOODED ROADWAYS. 26
Special weather statement, Oct 24, 7:57 AM CDT, 5 hours 19 minutes before
TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140- 154-155-168>170-241400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED LAST PARAGRAPH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 757 AM CDT THU OCT 24 2002 ...A VARIETY OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER OCCURRING THIS MORNING OVER WEST CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 750 AM...RADAR SHOWED A SMALL LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH LOCATED ABOUT 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SWEETWATER. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REACH SWEETWATER AT AROUND 9 AM. BE ALSO PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. IN ADDITION...TO THESE THUNDERSTORMS...BEWARE OF AREAS OF DENSE FOG. PLEASE USE YOUR LOW BEAMS AND SLOW DOWN. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST TOWARDS SONORA... JUNCTION...MASON...OR OZONA...BEWARE OF FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS. 26
Local storm report, Oct 24, 12:32 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO, TX
1232 PM CDT THU OCT 24 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0100 PM 1 S JUNCTION TX FLASH FLOODS
10/23/02 KIMBLE COUNTY ROAD FLOODED NEAR
SOUTH LLANO STATE PARK
0445 AM TELEGRAPH TX FLASH FLOODS
10/24/02 KIMBLE HIGHWAY 377 FLOODED NEAR
TELEGRAPH
0940 AM 20 SW SONORA TX FLASH FLOODS
10/24/02 SUTTON HIGHWAY 189 FLOODED IN FAR
SOUTHWESTERN SUTTON COUNTY
0940 AM TELEGRAPH TX FLASH FLOODS
10/24/02 KIMBLE FLOODING OF SOUTH LLANO
RIVER AROUND TELEGRAPH
0940 AM 15 SW SONORA TX FLASH FLOODS
10/24/02 SUTTON A FEW COUNTY ROADS
FLOODED...ESPECIALLY
SOUTHWEST OF SONORAThe 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, 7:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Crockett | 5 hr |
| Oct 24, 9:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Kimble, Sutton | 3 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.