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Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS San Angelo, TX

June 13, 2003Coke County, Texas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2003-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1071 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 12:00Z on 2003-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 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
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

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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

$$

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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.

$$

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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 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.

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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.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 9:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCrockett93 min
Jun 13, 11:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTaylor65 min
Jun 13, 11:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTNolan61 min
Jun 13, 11:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTIrion40 min
Jun 13, 11:44 AM CDTTornado WarningSJTNolan61 min
Jun 13, 11:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTNolan, Taylor3 hr
Jun 13, 12:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTaylor62 min
Jun 13, 12:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan55 min
Jun 13, 1:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTCrockett3 hr
Jun 13, 1:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTHaskell53 min
Jun 13, 1:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTCoke3 hr
Jun 13, 2:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTBrown3 hr
Jun 13, 2:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTNolan, Taylor5 hr
Jun 13, 4:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTSterling3 hr
Jun 13, 6:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTCoke3 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.