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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Apr 29, 2003, 8:38 PM CDT for Runnels 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
- Apr 29, 2003, 8:38 PM CDT (01:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2003, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Runnels 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, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 4417 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 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 300139 FFWSJT TXC399-300445- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 838 PM CDT TUE APR 29 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... RUNNELS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS * UNTIL 1145 PM CDT * AT 831 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CREWS...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF BALLINGER. THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. * RAINFALL TOTALING UP TO 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN THE WARNED AREA...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO 2 INCHES EXPECTED THROUGH 1145 PM CDT DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARD TO SEE. LAT...LON 3194 9977 3194 9998 3199 10013 3178 9974 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KSJT 300232 FFSSJT TXC399-300445- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 929 PM CDT TUE APR 29 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR RUNNELS COUNTY UNTIL 1145 PM CDT... AT 926 PM CDT...WINTERS SKYWARN REPORTED WATER COVERING THE ROAD ON HIGHWAY 67 5 MILES OF WINTERS. WINTERS POLICE DEPARTMENT MAY NEED TO CLOSE PARTS OF HIGHWAY 83 IN WINTERS DUE TO FLASH FLOODING. ELM CREEK ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BALLINGER WILL LIKELY FLOOD THE CITY PARK AND MAY AFFECT RESIDENCES NEAR THE CREEK. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN BEFORE THE STORM MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA. $$
000 WGUS74 KSJT 300236 CCA FFSSJT TXC399-300445- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED LOCATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 929 PM CDT TUE APR 29 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR RUNNELS COUNTY UNTIL 1145 PM CDT... AT 926 PM CDT...WINTERS SKYWARN REPORTED WATER COVERING THE ROAD ON HIGHWAY 83...5 MILES SOUTH OF WINTERS. WINTERS POLICE DEPARTMENT MAY NEED TO CLOSE PARTS OF HIGHWAY 83 IN WINTERS DUE TO FLASH FLOODING. ELM CREEK ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BALLINGER WILL LIKELY FLOOD THE CITY PARK AND MAY AFFECT RESIDENCES NEAR THE CREEK. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN BEFORE THE STORM MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA. $$
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 Apr 29, 3:22 PM CDT, 5 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 3:22 PM CDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 322 PM CDT TUE APR 29 2003 INSTABILITY CONTINUES TO INCREASE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON...WITH LAPS CAPE VALUES STARTING TO PUSH 4000 J/KG ACROSS THE WESTERN BIG COUNTRY. HELICITY AND SHEAR VALUES PRETTY NOT IMPRESSIVE ...SO TORNADO THREAT APPEARS RELATIVELY SMALL. FOR TONIGHT...WHATEVER CONVECTION DEVELOPS WILL NOT GET MUCH UPPER SUPPORT...SO EXPECT MOST OF THE ACTIVITY TO DISSIPATE BY AROUND MIDNIGHT AND EFFECT MAINLY MY NORTHWEST COUNTIES. SIMILAR SITUATION POSSIBLE FOR WEDNESDAY...ALTHOUGH MAY BE A LITTLE FARTHER EAST AND SHOULD HAVE THE SUPPORT OF AN APPROACHING SHORTWAVE. MODELS UNDERESTIMATED THE MOISTURE DEPTH ACROSS THE WESTERN COUNTIES THIS MORNING...AND WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF THEY DID IT AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. WITH A SLIGHTLY SLOWER DRYLINE EXPECTED ...WILL KEEP A MENTION OF ISOLATED STORMS FOR EVEN THE WESTERN COUNTIES AND INCREASE TO CHANCE POPS FOR THE EAST. WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY TRIES TO DROP INTO WEST CENTRAL TEXAS BY FRIDAY. HARD TO COUNT ON FRONTAL PASSAGES THIS TIME OF YEAR...BUT WILL GO AHEAD AND KEEP A SLIGHT CHANCE OF STORMS IN SOME OF THE EASTERN COUNTIES. NEXT TROUGH MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS SUNDAY...WITH A DRYLINE AND COLD FRONT PUSHING THROUGH SUNDAY. WITH THE SYSTEM EXPECTED TO BE OFF TO THE EAST...HAVE PULLED THE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY. CCF PRELIMS.. ABI 061/088/061/089 321 SJT 063/089/062/091 321 JCT 065/085/063/089 222 .SJT...NONE. 07
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 29, 3:12 PM CDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before
TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140- 154-155-168>170-302015- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 312 PM CDT TUE APR 29 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE... AS THE DRYLINE PUSHES INTO WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...SCATTERED SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH LATE EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... WITH THE DRYLINE CONTINUING TO REMAIN NEAR OR ACROSS THE AREA... ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. 24
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Runnels | 65 min |
| Apr 29, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Nolan | 50 min |
| Apr 29, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coke | 61 min |
| Apr 29, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Runnels | 55 min |
| Apr 29, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Coke | 47 min |
| Apr 29, 8:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Nolan | 29 min |
| Apr 29, 8:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Nolan | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Taylor | 53 min |
| Apr 29, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Runnels | 60 min |
| Apr 29, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Nolan | 60 min |
| Apr 29, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coke | 42 min |
| Apr 29, 8:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Runnels | 64 min |
| Apr 29, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Callahan | 46 min |
| Apr 29, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coleman | 58 min |
| Apr 29, 9:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Taylor | 39 min |
| Apr 29, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Callahan | 44 min |
| Apr 29, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Jones | 55 min |
| Apr 29, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Brown | 64 min |
| Apr 29, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coleman | 47 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.