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Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 11, 2003, 6:56 PM CDT for Coke 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 11, 2003, 6:56 PM CDT (23:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2003, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Coke 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 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 1010 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -220 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2150 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 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 112356 FFWSJT TXC081-120245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 656 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... COKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS * UNTIL 945 PM CDT * AT 655 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF COKE COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE STORMS WILL SLOWLY OVERSPREAD COKE COUNTY THROUGH 830 PM. * RAINFALL TOTALING 1 TO 2 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN WESTERN COKE COUNTY...AND AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL OCCUR OVER MUCH OF COKE COUNTY THROUGH 830 PM. 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 10080 3173 10082 3172 10026 3206 10026 $$ 19
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KSJT 120021 FFSSJT TXC081-120245- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 716 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR COKE COUNTY UNTIL 945 PM CDT... AT 715 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN COKE COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF COKE COUNTY SINCE 600 PM. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED THROUGH 845 PM. SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED 8 TO 10 INCHES OF WATER OVER A ROAD IN FAR SOUTHWESTERN COKE COUNTY...SEVEN MILES EAST OF HIGHWAY 87 ON FM ROAD 2034. FLOODING PROBLEMS WILL INCREASE ACROSS COKE COUNTY AS THE VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. $$ 19
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 11, 2:16 PM CDT, 4 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 2:16 PM CDT, 4 hours 40 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 300 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2003 CHANCES ARE LOOKING BETTER THIS AFTERNOON FOR PRECIP AS CONVECTIVE INHIBITION DECREASES AND DRY LINE MIXES EAST AND INTERACTS WITH OLD OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ACROSS THE NORTHERN CWA. LATEST SURFACE OBS HAS DRY LINE EXTENDING FROM EAST OF FORT STOCKTON TO THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE WITH STORMS ALREADY KICKING UP WEST OF CROCKETT COUNTY...ALTHOUGH INTENSITY OF STORMS HAVE DECREASED THE LAST SEVERAL SCANS. ACTIVITY THAT DOES DEVELOP LATER SHOULD REMAIN ISOLATED BUT COULD EASILY REACH SEVERE CRITERIA WITH LARGE HAIL AND HIGH WINDS. CHANCE OF STORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING AS DRY LINE CONTINUES TO EDGE EAST POSSIBLY AS FAR AS THE WESTERN CWA. THIS EVENING SHOULD ALSO SEE AN INCREASE IN LLJ ACTIVITY WITH A SHORTWAVE TROF ADVERTISED BY THE LATEST MESO ETA CROSSING THE CWA EMBEDDED IN WEST WINDS ALOFT. PERIODIC IMPULSES EMBEDDED IN THE WEST FLOW ALOFT AND AN ACTIVE DRYLINE WILL KEEP A CHANCE OF PRECIP IN THE FORECAST INTO THE WEEKEND. AS THE WEAK UPPER RIDGE OVER TEXAS CONTINUES TO BREAK DOWN... AVN BRINGS A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY WITH GOOD CHANCE OF ACCOMPANYING PRECIP AND A RETURN TO A NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. AS UPPER TROUGH AXIS DEVELOPS FROM EASTERN TEXAS TO THE GREAT LAKES INTO THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK THE AREA WILL CONTINUE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. GIVEN A SERIES OF SHORTWAVE TROUGH PASSAGES EMBEDDED THIS NORTHWEST FLOW THROUGH THE EXTENDED....CHANCE OF PRECIP WILL CONTINUE. MRF BEGINS TO BUILD AN UPPER RIDGE OVER SOUTHERN ROCKIES BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK WHICH SHOULD SHUNT PRECIP TO OUR EAST. ABI 071/094/071/095 3232 SJT 071/095/072/095 3222 JCT 072/094/074/094 3222 .SJT...NONE. 15
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 3:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140- 154-155-168>170-122030- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 345 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM SONORA...TO SAN ANGELO AND HASKELL. TO THE WEST OF THIS LINE...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL HAS BECOME EXTREMELY MOIST AND UNSTABLE. THE DRYLINE WILL PROVIDE THE FOCUS...AS IT PUSHES INTO THE OZONA...STERLING CITY AND SWEETWATER LINE AREAS. A FAST MOVING DISTURBANCE IN ZONAL FLOW ALOFT WILL PROVIDE UPPER SUPPORT. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS...BUT ISOLATED TORNADOES CANNOT BE RULED OUT. FLASH FLOODING IS ALSO A CONCERN AS HOURLY RAINFALL RATES EXCEED ONE INCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...AS THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE. BY THE WEEKEND... NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT COULD BRING MORE THUNDERSTORMS. NEEDLESS TO SAY...SEVERE AND FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL CONTINUES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY. 17
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 11, 6:03 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
0603 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0558 PM STERLING CITY TX 1.75 IN HAIL
06/11/03 STERLING REPORTED BY TRAINED
SKYWARN SPOTTERS.
GUERREROThe office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Haskell | 52 min |
| Jun 10, 8:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Haskell, Jones | 58 min |
| Jun 10, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Throckmorton | 61 min |
| Jun 10, 9:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Shackelford | 56 min |
| Jun 11, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Sterling | 66 min |
| Jun 11, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Haskell | 27 min |
| Jun 11, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Haskell | 32 min |
| Jun 11, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Sutton | 60 min |
| Jun 11, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Fisher | 64 min |
| Jun 11, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Sterling | 33 min |
| Jun 11, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Haskell | 60 min |
| Jun 11, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coke | 88 min |
| Jun 11, 6:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Haskell | 49 min |
| Jun 11, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Taylor | 56 min |
| Jun 11, 6:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Coke, Tom Green | 53 min |
| Jun 11, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Schleicher | 57 min |
| Jun 11, 6:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Throckmorton | 57 min |
| Jun 11, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coleman | 32 min |
| Jun 11, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Callahan | 61 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.