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Flash Flood Warning 44, NWS San Angelo, TX

June 11, 2003Runnels County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 11, 2003, 8:43 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
Jun 11, 2003, 8:43 PM CDT (01:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 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, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 205 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 2003-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 10 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2003-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-119 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3976 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 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 120144
FFWSJT
TXC399-120445-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
843 PM CDT WED JUN 11 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 837 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN OVER ROWENA...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BALLINGER...MOVING
  EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR...
   HATCHEL AT 850 PM CDT
   WINTERS AT 855 PM CDT
   BENOIT AT 905 PM CDT
   CREWS AT 915 PM CDT

* RAINFALL TOTALING ONE TO THREE INCHES HAS FALLEN IN THE WARNED
AREA...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO ONE INCH EXPECTED THROUGH 1145
PM CDT.

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 3174 10014 3161 10016 3162 9976 3203 9975
          3203 10013 3183 10015

$$

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1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS74 KSJT 120258
FFSSJT
TXC399-120315-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
957 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2003

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS CANCELLED THE FLASH
FLOOD WARNING FOR RUNNELS COUNTY...

AT 955 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THAT THE STORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE MOVED EAST OUT OF 
RUNNELS COUNTY. NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED IN RUNNELS 
COUNTY. THE SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED NO FLOODING IN RUNNELS COUNTY. 
AS A RESULT THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS BEING CANCELLED. SOME 
PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS MAY STILL REMAIN...ESPECIALLY IN THE 
SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR ANY 
STANDING WATER ON THE ROADS.  

$$

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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, 6 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 2:16 PM CDT, 6 hours 27 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.

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 3:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 58 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.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 11, 6:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 40 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.

GUERRERO
Local storm report, Jun 11, 7:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
0717 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2003

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

0711 PM    CLYDE                     TX   1.75 IN HAIL
06/11/03   CALLAHAN

0710 PM    12 SW ROBERT LEE          TX   0.75 IN HAIL
06/11/03   COKE

0657 PM    14 SW CLYDE               TX   1.75 IN HAIL
06/11/03   TAYLOR

BRAZZELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 7:11 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTCoke, Tom Green64 min
Jun 11, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTHaskell60 min
Jun 11, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTaylor58 min
Jun 11, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMenard55 min
Jun 11, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTShackelford59 min
Jun 11, 7:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTHaskell3 hr
Jun 11, 7:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTColeman53 min
Jun 11, 7:48 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTHaskell, Throckmorton57 min
Jun 11, 7:56 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTCallahan, Coleman64 min
Jun 11, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho62 min
Jun 11, 8:09 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTTom Green66 min
Jun 11, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTRunnels60 min
Jun 11, 8:17 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTTom Green58 min
Jun 11, 8:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTCallahan93 min
Jun 11, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTHaskell57 min
Jun 11, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown67 min
Jun 11, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTColeman65 min
Jun 11, 9:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTColeman113 min
Jun 11, 9:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTBrown110 min
Jun 12, 6:34 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTThrockmorton41 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.