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Flash Flood Warning 47, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 13, 2003, 11:46 AM CDT for Nolan County, Taylor 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 13, 2003, 11:46 AM CDT (16:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2003, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Nolan County, TX, Taylor 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, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 1071 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -199 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2165 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KSJT 131650 FFWSJT TXC353-441-131945- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 1146 AM CDT FRI JUN 13 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... TAYLOR COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS NOLAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TEXAS * UNTIL 245 PM CDT * AT 1143 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MOST OF TAYLOR COUNTY AND CENTRAL AND EASTERN NOLAN COUNTY WITH ASSOCIATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY REMAINING NEARLY STATIONARY. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED OVER 2 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES EXPECTED. 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 3246 10059 3213 10061 3214 9972 3246 9970 $$ 15
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KSJT 131800 FFSSJT TXC441-131915- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 100 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TAYLOR COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM CDT... AT 1242 PM CDT...RAINFALL REPORTS IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES HAVE FALLEN OVER CENTRAL TAYLOR COUNTY AND THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF ABILENE SINCE 1000 AM...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE BY 245 PM CDT. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE EXTENSIVE STREET FLOODING AND FLOODING IN AND AROUND AREA STREAMS. AT 1242 PM CDT...SPOTTER REPORTED THAT WATER WAS OVER HIGHWAY 277 NEAR REBECCA LANE AND DYESS AFB. SPOTTER ALSO REPORTED THAT CAT CLAW CREEK SOUTHWEST OF ABILINE WAS AT BANKFULL. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND. $$
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 13, 3:15 AM CDT, 8 hours 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 3:15 AM CDT, 8 hours 31 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 315 AM CDT FRI JUN 13 2003 .CURRENT...AIRMASS IS RATHER JUICY OUTSIDE WITH 70 DEGREE DEWPOINTS JUST ABOUT ACROSS ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. OUTFLOW BOUNDARY PUSHED INTO THE BIG COUNTRY EARLIER...THIS FEATURE HAS NOW BECOME ILL-DEFINED...HOWEVER PROBABLY STILL LINGERS AROUND. .TODAY...FRONT WILL PROGRESS A LITTLE FURTHER TO THE SOUTH AND WILL BI-SECT THE FORECAST AREA BEFORE BECOMING STATIONARY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ALSO DRYLINE TO INTERSECT THE FRONT OVER THE NORTHWEST BIG COUNTRY. ALSO WILL SEE THE APPROACH OF A STRONG SHORTWAVE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS MAY INITIATE JUST BEFORE THE END OF THIS PERIOD...THUS LEFT IN SCATTERED POPS OVER THE BIG COUNTRY AND ISOLATED ELSEWHERE. .TONIGHT...THE MAIN SHOW SHOULD HOLD OFF UNTIL THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS AND IT LOOKS TO BE RATHER ACTIVE. AS STRONG WAVE APPROACHES THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD GET GOING PRETTY GOOD THIS EVENING. SURFACE BASED CAPE IS FORECAST TO BE AROUND 5000 J/KG THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ALSO WILL HAVE STRONG SHEAR FOR SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT EARLY IN THE EVENT. THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES WILL BE NORTH OF A ROBERT LEE TO BROWNWOOD LINE...WHERE SURFACE WINDS WILL BE BACKED JUST BEHIND THE BOUNDARY. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BEGIN TO ORGANIZE INTO MCS LATE THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT WINDS STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN THREAT INCREASING. THE MCS IS EXPECTED TO FORM OVER THE BIG COUNTRY AND PROPAGATE TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST TOWARDS THE HEARTLAND. WITH PWS NEAR 2.5 INCHES AND PER COORDINATION WITH FWD WILL HOIST A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR JUST ABOUT THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA NOT INCLUDING TOM GREEN...STERLING OR IRION COUNTIES AT THIS TIME AS IT APPEARS AXIS OF HEAVIER RAIN SHOULD BE TO THE NORTH OF THESE COUNTIES. DAY SHIFT MAY NEED TO EXPAND THE WATCH TO INCLUDE THESE COUNTIES AS WELL IF FEATURES SHIFT JUST A LITTLE FURTHER TO THE SOUTH. .SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...LEFT FORECAST PRETTY MUCH THE SAME HERE JUST TWEAKED POPS AND TEMPS TO MATCH BETTER WITH SURROUNDING OFFICES. .EXTENDED...NO CHANGES MADE TO FORECAST AT THIS TIME. ABI 092/070/090/070 3933 SJT 093/071/093/070 2623 JCT 094/073/093/069 2624 .SJT...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NORTH OF A ROBERT LEE TO BRADY TO SAN SABA LINE. 27/BRAZZELL
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 5:00 AM CDT, 6 hours 46 minutes before
TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140- 154-155-168>170-141000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 500 AM CDT FRI JUN 13 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE... ...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE HEARTLAND...NORTHEASTERN CONCHO VALLEY...AND BIG COUNTRY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... A MOIST AND VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH A WEAK COLD FRONT...A DRYLINE...AND A STRONG SHORT WAVE ALOFT...WILL INITIATE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL.. DAMAGING WINDS...AND FLASH FLOODING. HOWEVER...AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR LOCATIONS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS WHICH ARE NORTH OF A ROBERT LEE TO BRADY TO SAN SABA LINE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A VERY UNSETTLED PATTERN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. FOR SATURDAY NIGHT...ANOTHER STRONG UPPER- LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL LIKELY PRODUCE MORE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER WITH ADDITIONAL POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. 23/HUBER
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 9:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Crockett | 93 min |
| Jun 13, 11:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Taylor | 65 min |
| Jun 13, 11:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Nolan | 61 min |
| Jun 13, 11:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Irion | 40 min |
| Jun 13, 11:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Nolan | 61 min |
| Jun 13, 12:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Taylor | 62 min |
| Jun 13, 12:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Callahan | 55 min |
| Jun 13, 1:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Crockett | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 1:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Haskell | 53 min |
| Jun 13, 1:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Coke | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 2:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Brown | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 2:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Nolan, Taylor | 5 hr |
| Jun 13, 3:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Coke | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 4:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Sterling | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 6:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Coke | 3 hr |
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.