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Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 5, 2003, 4:48 AM CDT for 6 counties in 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, 4:48 AM CDT (09:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2003, 8:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Callahan County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Jones County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Taylor 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 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 217 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
- 1942 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2141 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KSJT 050950 FFWSJT TXC059-151-253-353-417-441-051300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 448 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SHACKELFORD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS JONES COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS FISHER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TEXAS TAYLOR COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS CALLAHAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS NOLAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TEXAS * UNTIL 800 AM CDT * AT 448 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE BIG COUNTRY. THIS COMPLEX OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE STORM COMPLEX WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL AFFECT... ABILENE...SWEETWATER...ROTAN...ANSON...ALBANY... AND BAIRD. * RAINFALL ESTIMATES TOTALING 2 TO 6 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN THE WARNED AREA...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED THROUGH 800 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 3292 10062 3213 10063 3212 9914 3292 9912 $$ 24
6 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KSJT 051013 FFSSJT TXC353-051300- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 510 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NOLAN COUNTY UNTIL 800 AM CDT... AT 506 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER NOLAN SINCE 1 AM...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO 2 INCHES EXPECTED BY 8 AM CDT. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. ALSO NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS ACROSS THE COUNTY HAVE BEEN ATTRIBUTED TO HIGH WATER ACROSS ROADWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 20. $$ 24
000 WGUS74 KSJT 051022 FFSSJT TXC151-051300- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 515 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FISHER COUNTY UNTIL 800 AM CDT... AT 511 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED AS MUCH AS 2 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER FISHER COUNTY SINCE 1 AM...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO 1 INCH EXPECTED BY 800 AM CDT. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. ALSO HIGHWAYS 57 AND 180 REPORTED SOME LOW LYING AREAS UNDERWATER. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION ON AREA ROADS THIS MORNING. 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. $$
000 WGUS74 KSJT 051027 FFSSJT TXC441-051300- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 523 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TAYLOR COUNTY UNTIL 800 AM CDT... AT 523 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER TAYLOR COUNTY SINCE 1 AM...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO 2 INCHES EXPECTED BY 800 AM CDT. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. ALSO FARM ROADS TO THE SOUTH OF TRENT ALONG HIGHWAY 1085 WERE REPORTED UNDERWATER. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW SAFE PASSAGE. REMEMBER...MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. $$ 24
000 WGUS74 KSJT 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. $$ 24
000 WGUS74 KSJT 051035 FFSSJT TXC059-051300- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 532 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CALLAHAN COUNTY UNTIL 800 AM CDT... AT 526 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER CALLAHAN COUNTY SINCE 2 AM...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED BY 800 AM CDT. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. MINOR STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED ALONG THE FRONTAGE ROADS IN CLYDE. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW SAFE PASSAGE. REMEMBER...MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. $$ 24
000 WGUS74 KSJT 051038 FFSSJT TXC441-051300- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 536 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TAYLOR COUNTY UNTIL 800 AM CDT... AT 531 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER TAYLOR 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. SPOTTERS REPORTED NUMEROUS STREETS IN AND AROUND ABILENE WITH HIGH WATER...ESPECIALLY IN THE LOW LYING AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION THIS MORNING. 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
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, 8 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 8:47 PM CDT, 8 hours 1 minute 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, 15 hours 18 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, 4:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Brown | 3 hr |
| Jun 5, 4:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Concho | 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 |
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.