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Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS San Angelo, TX

June 8, 2003Brown County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 8, 2003, 8:21 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 8, 2003, 8:21 AM CDT (13:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2003, 11:15 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 12:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 12:00Z on 2003-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 12:00Z on 2003-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
770 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KSJT 081323
FFWSJT
TXC049-081615-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
821 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BROWN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL 1115 AM CDT

* AT 817 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN FROM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CROSS CUT TO 18 MILES WEST OF
  BROOKESMITH...OR FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF EARLY TO 16 MILES SOUTH
  OF SANTA ANNA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR...
   BANGS AT 830 AM CDT
   MAY AT 835 AM CDT
   BROWNWOOD...BROOKESMITH AT 840 AM CDT
   EARLY AT 845 AM CDT
   BLANKET AT 850 AM CDT
   ZEPHYR AT 900 AM CDT

* RAINFALL TOTALING RAINFALL UP TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED THROUGH 1115 
AM CDT

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.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER
LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.

LAT...LON 3211 9913 3152 9920 3150 9898 3170 9867
          3208 9891

$$
27/BRAZZELL
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS74 KSJT 081435
FFSSJT
TXC049-081615-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
931 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BROWN COUNTY UNTIL 1115 AM 
CDT...

AT 928 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT ONE AND A HALF INCHES 
OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER BROWN SINCE 830 AM CDT...WITH ADDITIONAL 
RAINFALL UP TO ONE INCH EXPECTED BY 1115 AM CDT. THIS WILL CONTINUE 
TO PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

ALTHOUGH THE VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED TO THE EAST OF THE 
COUNTY...RADAR IS SHOWING THAT MODERATE RAINS CONTINUE TO SPREAD TO 
THE EAST ACROSS THE COUNTY AND WILL DO SO THROUGH 1030 AM. 

AT 928 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED SIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING 
IN THE CITY OF BROWNWOOD. DO NOT TRY TO CROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY OR 
GO AROUND ANY BARRICADES.

$$
27/BRAZZELL

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, 9:10 PM CDT, 11 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 9:10 PM CDT, 11 hours 11 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
910 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2003

COLD FRONT ALONG A LINE FROM WICHITA FALLS SOUTHWEST TO JUST NORTH
OF BIG SPRINGS AT 9 PM. FRONT SHOULD BE ENTERING HASKELL
COUNTY...MOVING SOUTH 17 MPH. LARGE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALREADY
DEVELOPED AHEAD OF FRONT ALONG AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY THEN MOVED NORTH
INTO THE STERLING CITY AND ROBERT LEE AREA. SLOW MOVEMENT OF STORMS
MEANS THAT FLOODING LIKELY.  FRONT SHOULD REACH ABILENE AROUND 11
PM...1 OR 2 AM IN SAN ANGELO.

WILL RECONFIGURE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE ALL OF WEST
CENTRAL TEXAS...SO I WILL BE ADDING CROCKETT...SUTTON...SCHLEICHER...
MASON...MENARD...AND KIMBLE.

.SJT...FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALL OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 5 AM.
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #486 UNTIL 1 AM.

04

...150 PM DISCUSSION BELOW...
.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 8, 5:30 AM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140-
154-155-168>170-091100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
530 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE BIG COUNTRY WILL DRIFT SLOWLY
SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING. WITH SATURATED SOILS...
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOOD FLOODING
OVER THE BIG COUNTRY...AND PORTIONS OF THE CONCHO VALLEY AND
HEARTLAND THROUGH MIDDAY. WITH MARGINAL INSTABILITY...LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED OVER WEST CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 8, 6:42 AM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
642 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0745 PM    ABILENE                   TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/07/03   TAYLOR

0952 PM    ROBERT LEE                TX   0.75 INCH HAIL
06/07/03   COKE

1148 PM    CLYDE                     TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/07/03   CALLAHAN

1158 PM    CLYDE                     TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/07/03   CALLAHAN

1200 AM    ROBERT LEE                TX   FLASH FLOOD
06/08/03   COKE                           LOW WATER CROSSING
                                          FLOODED

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Local storm report, Jun 8, 6:45 AM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
645 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0745 PM    ABILENE                   TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/07/03   TAYLOR

0930 PM    3 S STERLING CITY         TX   FLASH FLOOD
06/07/03   STERLING                       LOW WATER CROSSING
                                          FLOODED

0952 PM    ROBERT LEE                TX   0.75 INCH HAIL
06/07/03   COKE

1016 PM    ROBERT LEE                TX   FLASH FLOOD
06/07/03   COKE                           LOW WATER CROSSING
                                          FLOODED

1148 PM    CLYDE                     TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/07/03   CALLAHAN

1158 PM    CLYDE                     TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/07/03   CALLAHAN

1200 AM    ROBERT LEE                TX   FLASH FLOOD
06/08/03   COKE                           LOW WATER CROSSING
                                          FLOODED

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTIrion, Sterling, Tom Green63 min
Jun 7, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTFisher, Nolan57 min
Jun 7, 8:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTSterling3 hr
Jun 7, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSterling65 min
Jun 7, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTom Green56 min
Jun 7, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTNolan, Taylor64 min
Jun 7, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke74 min
Jun 7, 9:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTCoke3 hr
Jun 7, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSterling14 min
Jun 7, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTRunnels88 min
Jun 7, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke63 min
Jun 7, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTom Green44 min
Jun 7, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTNolan39 min
Jun 7, 10:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTNolan3 hr
Jun 7, 10:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTaylor67 min
Jun 7, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho61 min
Jun 7, 10:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTFisher, Jones92 min
Jun 7, 11:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan79 min
Jun 7, 11:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTJones3 hr
Jun 8, 12:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTHaskell57 min
Jun 8, 12:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTShackelford59 min

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.