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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS San Angelo, TX

April 29, 2003Runnels County, Texas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2003-04-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2003-04-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 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
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

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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.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTRunnels65 min
Apr 29, 7:25 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTNolan50 min
Apr 29, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke61 min
Apr 29, 7:35 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTRunnels55 min
Apr 29, 7:58 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTCoke47 min
Apr 29, 8:16 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTNolan29 min
Apr 29, 8:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTNolan3 hr
Apr 29, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTaylor53 min
Apr 29, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTRunnels60 min
Apr 29, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTNolan60 min
Apr 29, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke42 min
Apr 29, 8:56 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTRunnels64 min
Apr 29, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan46 min
Apr 29, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTColeman58 min
Apr 29, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTaylor39 min
Apr 29, 10:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan44 min
Apr 29, 10:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTJones55 min
Apr 29, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown64 min
Apr 29, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTColeman47 min

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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.