Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003

Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS San Angelo, TX

June 1, 2003Concho County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 1, 2003, 11:12 PM CDT for Concho 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
Jun 1, 2003, 11:12 PM CDT (04:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2003, 5:15 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Concho County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 224 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 2003-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1772 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2003-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1772 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2629 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
162 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
8.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS54 KSJT 020413
FFWSJT
TXC095-021015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1112 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CONCHO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS

* UNTIL 515 AM CDT

* AT 1111 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MILLERSVIEW...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTH OF
  PAINT ROCK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS  
  WILL MOVE OUT OF TOM GREEN COUNTY AND MOVE OVER THE SAME GENERAL   
  AREA THROUGH 2 AM CDT.

* THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR...
   MILLERSVIEW AT 1145 PM CDT

* RAINFALL TOTALING 2 TO 4 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN THE WARNED 
AREA...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO 3 INCH EXPECTED THROUGH 515 AM 
CDT.

TURN AROUND DONT DROWN DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS
THE ROAD. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW SAFE PASSAGE.
REMEMBER...MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...
ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

LAT...LON 3158 10010 3135 10012 3123 10008 3122 9967
          3146 9964 3156 9971

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS74 KSJT 020808
FFSSJT
TXC095-020830-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
308 AM CDT MON JUN 2 2003

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS CANCELLED THE FLASH
FLOOD WARNING FOR CONCHO COUNTY...

AT 305 AM CDT...ONLY LIGHT RAIN IS EXPECTED OVER CONCHO COUNTY AND 
THE THREAT OF FLOODING HAS ENDED...THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
FOR CONCHO COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

17

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho60 min
Jun 1, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho58 min
Jun 1, 7:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTThrockmorton56 min
Jun 1, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTom Green64 min
Jun 1, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMcCulloch68 min
Jun 1, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho63 min
Jun 1, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMenard65 min
Jun 1, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSterling44 min
Jun 1, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTNolan71 min
Jun 1, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Runnels63 min
Jun 1, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTFisher59 min
Jun 1, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSterling33 min
Jun 1, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTom Green57 min
Jun 1, 9:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho57 min
Jun 1, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTRunnels48 min
Jun 1, 10:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTTom Green5 hr
Jun 1, 10:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho63 min
Jun 2, 12:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Sterling45 min
Jun 2, 1:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSan Saba60 min
Jun 2, 1:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMason31 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003

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.