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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS San Angelo, TX

June 3, 2003Runnels County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 3, 2003, 9:56 PM CDT for Runnels 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
Jun 3, 2003, 9:56 PM CDT (02:56 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2003, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Runnels County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 275 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2003-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 894 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2003-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 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
894 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1984 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
172 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KSJT 040257
FFWSJT
TXC399-040600-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
956 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT

* AT 956 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY       
  HEAVY RAIN FROM WINTERS TO BALLINGER AND ROWENA. 

* THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR...
   BENOIT AT 1005 PM CDT

* RAINFALL TOTALING 1 TO 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN THE WARNED 
AREA...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED THROUGH 100 
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.

LAT...LON 3177 10007 3164 9991 3166 9973 3200 9988

$$
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1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS74 KSJT 040447
FFSSJT
TXC399-040600-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1145 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR RUNNELS COUNTY UNTIL 
100 AM CDT...

AT 1142 PM CDT...THE RUNNELS COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED THAT 
MANY ROADS REMAIN FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE IN BALLINGER. RADAR HAS 
ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN AND NEAR 
BALLINGER SINCE 9 PM...WITH ANOTHER HALF INCH OF RAIN LIKELY BY 1 
AM. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS ENDED...STREETS AND ROADS WILL 
REMAIN IMPASSABLE THROUGH 1 AM AND IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL MORE HOURS 
FOR THE FLOODWATER TO DRAIN OFF OF AREA ROADWAYS.

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. 
REMEMBER...MOST FLOODING DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES AND FLASH FLOOD 
CAN BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT.

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSterling67 min
Jun 3, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTNolan63 min
Jun 3, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCrockett74 min
Jun 3, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTaylor67 min
Jun 3, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTom Green66 min
Jun 3, 8:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTTom Green2 hr
Jun 3, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho54 min
Jun 3, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan77 min
Jun 3, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSan Saba58 min
Jun 3, 8:33 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTTom Green57 min
Jun 3, 8:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTSterling3 hr
Jun 3, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTIrion62 min
Jun 3, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSterling58 min
Jun 3, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown63 min
Jun 3, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTColeman55 min
Jun 3, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSchleicher70 min
Jun 3, 9:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTCoke2 hr
Jun 3, 9:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTConcho4 hr
Jun 3, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho76 min
Jun 3, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Runnels75 min
Jun 3, 9:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTTaylor3 hr
Jun 3, 9:25 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTTom Green65 min
Jun 3, 9:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTBrown, Coleman2 hr
Jun 3, 9:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTTom Green3 hr
Jun 3, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown65 min
Jun 3, 10:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSutton56 min
Jun 3, 10:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMcCulloch69 min
Jun 3, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMenard59 min
Jun 3, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble, Mason, San Saba91 min
Jun 3, 10:55 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTMcCulloch65 min
Jun 3, 11:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTMcCulloch2 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.