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Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 13, 2003, 3:59 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 13, 2003, 3:59 PM CDT (20:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2003, 7:00 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 132100 FFWSJT TXC081-140000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 359 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... COKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS * UNTIL 700 PM CDT * AT 355 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MODERATE RAINFALL CONTINUING ACROSS MUCH OF COKE COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE COKE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS THAT ROSS ROAD IN NORTHEAST COKE COUNTY HAS BEEN WASHED OUT. * RAINFALL TOTALING 3 TO 5 INCHES HAS FALLEN ACROSS COKE COUNTY SINCE NOON...PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE AREA NEAR OAK CREEK LAKE. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 7 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 3204 10073 3180 10076 3176 10034 3204 10029 $$ 07
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KSJT 132211 FFSSJT TXC081-140000- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 508 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR COKE COUNTY UNTIL 7 PM CDT... AT 502 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN COKE COUNTY SINCE 2 PM...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO 2 INCHES EXPECTED BY 7 PM CDT. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FLOODING ACROSS COKE COUNTY AND THE ROBERT LEE AREA. AT 510 PM...WATER WAS RUNNING OVER THE SPILLWAY AT MOUNTAIN CREEK RESERVOIR...SO EXPECT FLOODING ALONG MOUNTAIN CREEK IN EASTERN COKE COUNTY. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. $$ 08
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, 2:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 2:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 315 AM CDT FRI JUN 13 2003 BUSY DAY...SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWING SURFACE LOW OVER SOUTHEASTERN NM THIS MORNING HAS DRIFTED SOUTHEAST TO JUST WEST OF MIDLAND WITH THE DRY LINE TRAILING SOUTH BETWEEN FORT STOCKTON AND MIDLAND. MOISTURE WRAPPING AROUND THIS LOW HAS PUSHED SURFACE DEW POINTS INTO NEAR 60 IN NM NORTH OF THE LOW. A MYRIAD OF BOUNDARIES IDENTIFIED ON CURRENT VIS LOOP. MAIN BOUNDARY WITHIN THE CWA HAS MOVED SOUTH OF THE ABILENE AREA WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. ANOTHER AREA OF STORMS HAS BEEN DRIFTING NORTH OVER THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES. HAVE ISSUED FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE ENTIRE CWA. UPPER WAVE AXIS EXTENDS FROM NORTHERN MEXICO INTO SOUTHEASTERN CO. AS UPPER TROUGH APPROACHES WEST TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND GIVEN GOOD AFTERNOON HEATING IN THAT AREA EXPECT ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM INITIATION AND INTENSIFICATION ALONG RESIDUAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES AND EASTWARD MOVING DRY LINE. EXPECTED DEVELOPING MCS WILL DRIFT EAST INTO CENTRAL TEXAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. UPPER TROUGH AXIS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CWA TONIGHT AND WILL BE SITUATED OVER EASTERN TEXAS BY TOMORROW MORNING. HEAVIEST RAINFALL THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT SHOULD BE OVER THE BIG COUNTRY IN PROXIMITY TO A COLD FRONT ENTERING THE NORTHERN COUNTIES WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN OTHER LOCATIONS DEPENDENT ON OTHER BOUNDARY LOCATIONS. AS TROUGH MOVES EAST OF THE AREA... CWA WILL AGAIN COME UNDER A NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. PERIODIC IMPULSES EMBEDDED IN THE NORTHWEST FLOW WILL WARRANT KEEPING A CHANCE OF PRECIP THROUGH THE EXTENDED SO NO CHANGES MADE TO EXTENDED AT THIS TIME. ABI 067/086/065/086 9333 SJT 071/091/067/089 6332 JCT 073/089/067/087 6233 .SJT...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL ZONES UNTIL 6 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM FOR ALL BUT NORTHERN BIG COUNTRY AND SOUTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU. 15
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 2:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140- 154-155-168>170-141930- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 230 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE... ...THERE IS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OVER ALL OF THE CWA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE NORTHERN BIG COUNTRY AND THE SOUTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING...THERE IS A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING... A MOIST AND VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN ONGOING THROUGHOUT MOST OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS SINCE MID MORNING. THIS EVENING...THE COMBINATION OF A WEAK COLD FRONT...AN EASTWARD MOVING DRYLINE...AND A STRONG SHORT WAVE ALOFT MOVING EAST FROM NEW MEXICO...AND NUMEROUS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WILL SPAWN ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. 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 ALL OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .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. EMBEDDED UPPER AIR IMPULSES IN A NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE COMING WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY. 15
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, 11:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Nolan, Taylor | 3 hr |
| 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, 4:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Sterling | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 6:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Coke | 3 hr |
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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.