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Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 5, 2003, 4:20 AM CDT for Brown 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 5, 2003, 4:20 AM CDT (09:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2003, 7:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Brown 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
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 1300 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1529 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 5.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KSJT 050923 FFWSJT TXC049-051230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 420 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... BROWN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS * UNTIL 730 AM CDT * AT 340 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF COLEMAN TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF COLEMAN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR... LAKE BROWNWOOD...BROWNWOOD AT 415 AM CDT BROWNWOOD AT 445 AM CDT CROSS CUT AT 430 AM CDT * ESTIMATED RAINFALL TOTALING 2 TO 5 INCHES WILL FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 730 AM CDT. LAT...LON 3205 9918 3150 9915 3172 9874 3204 9895 $$ 24
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KSJT 051031 FFSSJT TXC253-051300- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 528 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR JONES COUNTY UNTIL 800 AM CDT... AT 528 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER JONES COUNTY SINCE 1 AM...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO 2 INCHES EXPECTED BY 800 AM CDT. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS MANY STRANDED MOTORISTS DUE TO HIGH WATER ALONG HIGHWAYS 277 AND 83. ALSO THE HIGH WATER WAS BEGINNING TO FLOOD A NUMBER OF HOMES IN LOW LYING AREAS ACROSS THE COUNTY...INCLUDING ANSON. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW SAFE PASSAGE. REMEMBER...MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. $$ 24
000 WGUS74 KSJT 051046 FFSSJT TXC049-051230- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 542 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BROWN COUNTY UNTIL 730 AM CDT... AT 541 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER BROWN COUNTY SINCE 3 AM...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED BY 730 AM CDT. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS STREETS WITH HIGH WATER IN AND AROUND BROWNWOOD. ALSO SPOTTERS REPORTED 2.5 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER A 30 MINUTE SPAN IN BROWNWOOD BETWEEN 510 AM AND 540 AM 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. $$ 24
000 WGUS74 KSJT 051201 FFSSJT TXC049-083-095-399-051230- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 655 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2003 ... FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CONCHO... RUNNELS...COLEMAN AND BROWN COUNTIES UNTIL 730 AM CDT... STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED THIS MORNING IN BALLINGER...COLEMAN AND BROWNWOOD. SOME LOW WATER CROSSING MAY SEE BE FILLED WITH WATER. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINS ACROSS COLEMAN AND BROWN COUNTIES WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH 830 AM. COLEMAN WILL SEE ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 1/10 INCH AND BROWN COUNTY AROUND 1/4 INCH. $$ 04
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 Jun 4, 8:47 PM CDT, 7 hours 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 8:47 PM CDT, 7 hours 33 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 847 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2003 MUCH QUIETER EVENING OVER WC TX...THUS FAR. AIRMASS THIS AFTERNOON WAS HEAVILY MODIFIED FROM LAST EVENINGS STORMS...WITH DAYTIME MAX TEMPS ONLY REACHING THE MID 80S UNDER LOW AMPLITUDE SHORTWAVE RIDGING ALOFT. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE STILL ABUNDANT AT MID EVENING...WITH DEWPOINTS OVER WC TX IN THE MID AND UPPER 60S AND 850MB DEWPOINTS IN THE MID TEENS C. GOES IR IMAGERY AND KLBB RADAR INDICATE A SOUTH-SOUTHEAST PROPAGATING MCS ENTERING THE SOUTH PLAINS AT 0130Z. PROPAGATION VECTOR BRINGS THIS MCS INTO THE FAR WESTERN BIG COUNTRY AROUND MIDNIGHT OR 1 AM. 21Z RUC AND THE 18Z MESOETA INDICATE BEST 850 MB MOISTURE CONVERGENCE TO REMAIN OVER EAST CENTRAL NM AND THE PERMIAN BASIN AFTER MIDNIGHT...NEAR A LEE SIDE 850MB LOW AND ASSOCIATED WARM FRONT. HOWEVER...20-25KT LOW LEVEL JET ALREADY EVIDENT ON KDYX VAD WIND PROFILER...WHICH MAY AID SOUTHEAST PROPAGATION OF THE MCS INTO THE BIG COUNTRY. ISOLATED STORMS OVER SW TX WERE MOVING NE AROUND 10 MPH AND MAY MERGE WITH APPROACHING MCS OVER THE PERMIAN BASIN. ANY STORMS THAT ENTER WC TX LATE TONIGHT WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. WILL MENTION THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE IN THE FIRST PERIOD. PER COORDINATION WITH THE SPC... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH...INCLUDING WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE BIG COUNTRY...MAY BE ISSUED SHORTLY. TOMORROW EVENING/OVERNIGHT STILL APPEARS TO HOLD THE POSSIBILITY OF A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EVENT OVER WC TX. MORE INFORMATION WILL BE FORTHCOMING IN THE EARLY MORNING FORECAST DISCUSSION. 14 -------------------- 355 PM DISCUSSION... DESPITE NUMEROUS BOUNDARIES LEFT OVER FROM LAST NIGHTS CONVECTION...WITH THE ATMOSPHERE SLOWLY REJUVENATING ITSELF...DO NOT EXPECT ANOTHER THE WIDESPREAD OUTBREAK. HOWEVER STORMS ARE FIRING UP ACROSS NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO INTO THE TX/OK PANHANDLES. THIS WILL ALLOW A MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM TO SLIDE SOUTHEAST ALONG THE NORTHWEST FLOW. WILL GO WITH THE SHORT TERM MODELS THINKING...WITH THE CORE OF THE SYSTEM SLIDING ALONG THE RED RIVER. HOWEVER THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THIS SYSTEM WILL MAINLY AFFECT THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE BIG COUNTRY. THEREFORE WILL GRADUALLY REDUCE POPS FROM NORTH TO THE SOUTH. STORMS ARE ALSO POPPING UP FROM NEAR ROSWELL INTO FAR WEST TEXAS. MODELS ARE NOT INDICATING MUCH DEVELOPMENT WITH THESE...HOWEVER WITH MORE OF A WEST TO EAST FLOW WITH THESE STORMS...WILL CONTINUE WITH CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE SOUTH. THURSDAY AFTERNOON CONVECTION WILL ONCE AGAIN FIRE UP ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO INTO WEST TEXAS...MUCH AS ON TUESDAY. WITH A WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW...THIS WILL DRAG ANOTHER MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. WITH BETTER UPPER SUPPORT AND NUMEROUS BOUNDARIES LEFT OVER FROM PREVIOUS DAYS CONVECTION...HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG STORMS DEVELOPMENT LOOKS TO BE SIMILAR TO TUESDAY NIGHT. THEREFORE WILL GO WITH HIGH POPS FOR ALL AREAS...WITH THE BEST CHANCES IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN COUNTIES. A COLD FRONT FINALLY DRAGS THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING HELPING TO CLEAR THE STORMS ON FRIDAY. THIS WILL ALSO ALLOW SLIGHTLY COOLER AIR TO FILTER DOWN INTO WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. THUS HAVE BUMPED DOWN HIGH TEMPS A FEW DEGREES ON FRIDAY. SATURDAY THE ATMOSPHERE REJUVENATES WITH THE SOUTHERLY FLOW RETURNING. THIS WILL ALLOW DEEPER MOISTURE TO BEGIN TO RETURN AHEAD OF THE NEXT SYSTEM. ANOTHER STRONG SHORTWAVE PASSING ACROSS...DRAGS A COLD FRONT THROUGH SUNDAY. ALSO THE LEFT EXIT REGION OF THE SUBTROPICAL JET PROVIDES SOME UPPER SUPPORT SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. WITH MOISTURE POOLING UP ALONG THE FRONT...A LINE OF STORMS IS POSSIBLE. EXPECT CLOUDS AND SHOWER ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE BEHIND THE FRONT THROUGH MONDAY...WITH THE NORTHEAST TO EAST UPSLOPE LOW LEVEL FLOW. OTHERWISE...RIDGING GRADUALLY BUILDS IN THROUGHOUT NEXT WEEK...ALLOWING HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS TO GRADUALLY RETURN. PRELIMINARY CCF ABI 067/085/065/080 6362 SJT 068/087/066/083 3372 JCT 069/088/069/084 3263 .SJT...NONE. 24
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 1:30 PM CDT, 14 hours 50 minutes before
TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140- 154-155-168>170-051815- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 130 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE... MOIST UNSTABLE AIR REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT EXISTS...ALTHOUGH THE MASSIVE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ON TUESDAY HAS STABILIZED THE ATMOSPHERE SOMEWHAT. BEST CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT WILL BE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE BIG COUNTRY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY THURSDAY EVENING/NIGHT...AS A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE REGION. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS INTO SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY. 25
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 12:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Fisher | 73 min |
| Jun 5, 12:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Nolan | 79 min |
| Jun 5, 1:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Jones | 84 min |
| Jun 5, 1:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Fisher | 60 min |
| Jun 5, 2:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Fisher, Jones, Nolan | 2 hr |
| Jun 5, 2:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coke | 56 min |
| Jun 5, 2:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Taylor | 54 min |
| Jun 5, 2:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Runnels | 78 min |
| Jun 5, 2:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 93 min |
| Jun 5, 3:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Irion | 84 min |
| Jun 5, 3:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Callahan, Shackelford | 78 min |
| Jun 5, 3:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Jones | 43 min |
| Jun 5, 3:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 3 hr |
| Jun 5, 4:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Coleman, Runnels | 3 hr |
| Jun 5, 4:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Concho | 3 hr |
| Jun 5, 4:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Callahan, Fisher, Jones, Nolan, Shackelford, Taylor | 3 hr |
| Jun 5, 5:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | McCulloch | 3 hr |
| Jun 5, 5:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Mason, San Saba | 3 hr |
| Jun 5, 6:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | San Saba | 59 min |
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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.