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Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS San Angelo, TX

June 5, 20036 counties in Texas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2003-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1942 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 2003-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 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
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

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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

$$

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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.

$$

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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.
$$
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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.

$$
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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. 

$$

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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. 

$$
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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.

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--------------------
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.

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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.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 12:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTFisher73 min
Jun 5, 12:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTNolan79 min
Jun 5, 1:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTJones84 min
Jun 5, 1:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTFisher60 min
Jun 5, 2:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTFisher, Jones, Nolan2 hr
Jun 5, 2:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke56 min
Jun 5, 2:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTaylor54 min
Jun 5, 2:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTRunnels78 min
Jun 5, 2:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTom Green93 min
Jun 5, 3:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTIrion84 min
Jun 5, 3:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan, Shackelford78 min
Jun 5, 3:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTJones43 min
Jun 5, 3:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTTom Green3 hr
Jun 5, 4:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTColeman, Runnels3 hr
Jun 5, 4:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTBrown3 hr
Jun 5, 4:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTConcho3 hr
Jun 5, 5:16 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTMcCulloch3 hr
Jun 5, 5:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTMason, San Saba3 hr
Jun 5, 6:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSan Saba59 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.