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Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS San Angelo, TX
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.
- 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
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
$$
27/BRAZZELL1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KSJT 081435 FFSSJT TXC049-081615- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 931 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BROWN COUNTY UNTIL 1115 AM CDT... AT 928 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER BROWN SINCE 830 AM CDT...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO ONE INCH EXPECTED BY 1115 AM CDT. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. ALTHOUGH THE VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED TO THE EAST OF THE COUNTY...RADAR IS SHOWING THAT MODERATE RAINS CONTINUE TO SPREAD TO THE EAST ACROSS THE COUNTY AND WILL DO SO THROUGH 1030 AM. AT 928 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED SIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING IN THE CITY OF BROWNWOOD. DO NOT TRY TO CROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY OR GO AROUND ANY BARRICADES. $$ 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. 14
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
14Local 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
14The 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, 8:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Sterling | 3 hr |
| 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 |
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.