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Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 7, 2003, 8:03 PM CDT for Sterling 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 7, 2003, 8:03 PM CDT (01:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2003, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Sterling 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, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 585 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3200 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KSJT 080105
FFWSJT
TXC431-080400-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
803 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
STERLING COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
* AT 803 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
RAIN 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STERLING CITY...OR ABOUT 16 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF GARDEN CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR...
STERLING CITY AT 845 PM CDT
* RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE WARNED
AREA THROUGH 1100 PM 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 3206 10081 3205 10083 3178 10082 3163 10127
3184 10126 3208 10086 3208 10081
$$
241 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KSJT 080320 FFSSJT TXC431-080400- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 1014 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR STERLING COUNTY UNTIL 1100 PM CDT... AT 1014 PM CDT...FLOOD WATERS HAVE COVERED HIGHWAY 87...3 MILES SOUTH OF STERLING CITY. RADAR ESTIMATES AND SPOTTERS REPORT UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE COUNTY. LITTLE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH 11 PM...HOWEVER MORE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS STERLING COUNTY AFTER MIDNIGHT. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN DRIVING ACROSS STERLING COUNTY TONIGHT. $$ 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 7, 1:50 PM CDT, 6 hours 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 1:50 PM CDT, 6 hours 13 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 150 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2003 .CURRENT...COLD FRONT APPROACHING LUBBOCK EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. FIREWORKS SHOULD GET STARTED BEFORE 00Z IN THIS REGION...AS TCU ALREADY EVIDENT ON VISIBLE IMAGERY. CLOSER TO HOME...MOISTURE ADVECTION UNDERWAY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...AS DEWPOINTS HAVE RISEN INTO THE MID 60S FROM JUNCTION AND SAN ANGELO...TO SWEETWATER. .TONIGHT...MCS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN VICINITY OF LUBBOCK LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN PROPAGATE/BUILD TOWARD SAN ANGELO AND SAN SABA TONIGHT. STORMS MAY NOT REACH SAN ANGELO UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT. WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES APPROACHING 1.75 INCHES...RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY AND NORTHERN HEARTLAND...ALONG THE ANTICIPATED TRACK OF THE MCS. CANNOT RULE OUT HEAVY RAIN FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS THE CONCHO VALLEY...AS CORFIDI VECTORS SUGGEST DEVELOPMENT ON THE SOUTHWEST FLANK. IN ADDITION...SHOWALTER VALUES ARE GREATEST ACROSS THE CONCHO VALLEY AND HEARTLAND...MINUS 6. .SUNDAY...COLD FRONT TO STALL NEAR I-10...PROVIDING A FOCUS FOR MORE DEVELOPMENT. ONLY CONCERN IS ATMOSPHERE MAY NOT RELOAD. BUT BASED ON ETA CAPES AND CIN VALUES...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD ERUPT WITH ANY KIND OF HEATING. STORMS TO LINGER THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS UNTIL SURFACE INSOLATION CEASES. .MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...SOUTHWEST FLOW GETS ESTABLISHED ALOFT. SERIES OF SHORTWAVES...SOME DECENT IN STRENGTH...TO INTERACT WITH DRYLINE. WESTERN COUNTIES FAVORED. NO SHORTAGE OF MOISTURE WITH DEWPOINTS REMAINING IN THE MID 60S AREAWIDE. .EXTENDED WEDNESDAY-SATURDAY...GFS STILL BACKING OFF OF PREVIOUSLY ADVERTISED RIDGING MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. IN FACT THIS ARE TRANSITIONING INTO MORE OF A ZONAL TO SOUTHWEST FLOW BY THE END OF THE PERIOD AS TROUGH DEVELOPS IN THE WESTERN US. THIS IS STILL FAVORABLE FOR SOME SLIGHT CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE EXTENDED. NO ONE DAY LOOKS BETTER THAN THE OTHER AT THIS POINT AND WITH CHANCES SO LOW...PLAN TO LEAVE OUT OF THE FORECAST AT THIS POINT WITH BIGGER FISH TO FRY TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL MODERATE THROUGH THE PERIOD...HOWEVER IT SHOULD NOT BE THAT BAD AS MOST SUNS ENERGY WILL STILL BE GOING TO DRY OUT THE ATMOSPHERE. HOWEVER IT COULD BE QUITE HUMID. PRELIMS... ABI 063/078/063/088 9421 SJT 066/081/065/089 6422 JCT 071/082/066/090 3311 12PLANET/ISC COORDINATION WITH FWD/EWX. THANKS SISTER WFOS. .SJT...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR THE BIG COUNTRY...CONCHO VALLEY AND HEARTLAND. 27/BRAZZELL/17
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 7, 1:29 PM CDT, 6 hours 34 minutes before
TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140- 154-155-168>170-090000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 129 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY...CONCHO VALLEY...AND HEARTLAND THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS NORTH OF A LINE FROM BROWNWOOD TO SAN ANGELO TO MERTZON. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME MODERATELY UNSTABLE SOUTH OF THE APPROACHING FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY BY LATE AFTERNOON AND BECOME MORE NUMEROUS DURING THE EVENING. THE STORMS COULD ORGANIZE INTO A COMPLEX AND MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO THE HEARTLAND TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL STORMS SHOULD DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT...AS IT MOVES DOWN INTO THE CONCHO VALLEY AND HEARTLAND TONIGHT. THE UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE AND VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES WILL SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREATS. IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE LIKELY WITH THE STORMS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES COULD OCCUR WITH THE STRONGER STORMS...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS TO THREE INCHES POSSIBLE. WITH THE GROUND NEARLY SATURATED FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINS... SOME LOCATIONS MAY EXPERIENCE WATER RUNOFF PROBLEMS AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED NORTH OF A LINE FROM MERTZON TO SAN ANGELO AND SAN SABA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY INTO TUESDAY...AS MOISTURE REMAINS WITH THE PRESENCE OF WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARIES... AND WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES TRAVERSE THE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT. 27/BRAZZELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Irion, Sterling, Tom Green | 63 min |
| Jun 7, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Fisher, Nolan | 57 min |
| Jun 7, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Sterling | 65 min |
| Jun 7, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 56 min |
| Jun 7, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Nolan, Taylor | 64 min |
| Jun 7, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coke | 74 min |
| Jun 7, 9:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Coke | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Sterling | 14 min |
| Jun 7, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Runnels | 88 min |
| Jun 7, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coke | 63 min |
| Jun 7, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 44 min |
| Jun 7, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Nolan | 39 min |
| Jun 7, 10:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Nolan | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Taylor | 67 min |
| Jun 7, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Concho | 61 min |
| Jun 7, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Fisher, Jones | 92 min |
| Jun 7, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Callahan | 79 min |
| Jun 7, 11:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Jones | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 12:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Haskell | 57 min |
| Jun 8, 12:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Shackelford | 59 min |
| Jun 8, 8:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Brown | 3 hr |
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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.