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Flash Flood Warning 61, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 15, 2003, 5:55 AM CDT for Kimble 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 15, 2003, 5:55 AM CDT (10:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2003, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Kimble 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
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 3317 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 985 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KSJT 151056 FFWSJT TXC267-151400- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 555 AM CDT SUN JUN 15 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... KIMBLE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS * UNTIL 900 AM CDT * AT 550 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL CONTINUING ACROSS SOUTHERN KIMBLE COUNTY ...MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10. * RAINFALL TOTALING 6 TO 8 INCHES HAS FALLEN ACROSS NORTHEASTERN SUTTON COUNTY. THIS TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL CAUSE A SUDDEN RISE ALONG COPPERS CREEK TO THE NORTH LLANO RIVER IN WESTERN KIMBLE COUNTY. A SECOND POCKET OF HEAVY RAIN FELL ACROSS NORTHERN KIMBLE COUNTY...WHERE 4 TO 6 INCHES WERE ESTIMATED. THIS RAIN WILL QUICKLY FILL TURKEY DRAW WITH SWIFTLY FLOWING FLOOD WATERS. LOW LYING AREAS ACROSS KIMBLE COUNTY...PARTICULARLY NEAR TURKEY DRAW...COPPERAS CREEK...AND THE NORTH LLANO RIVER WILL BECOME FLOODED. LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE. 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 3066 10004 3036 10004 3034 9954 3069 9957 $$ 07
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 15, 5:11 AM CDT, 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 5:11 AM CDT, 44 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 510 AM CDT SUN JUN 16 2003 .UPDATE...HAVE SENT AN UPDATED FORECAST TO RAISE POPS ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES AS NEW LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING BETWEEN SAN ANGELO AND BROWNWOOD. ***************330 AM DISCUSSION********************************* .CURRENT...COLD FRONT IS NEAR I-10 WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALL ALONG THE SOUTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES. .TODAY...WILL GO WITH THE HIGHEST POPS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES TODAY WITH FRONT. OTHERWISE TO THE NORTH...STILL UNDER SOME INFLUENCE OF 50H LOW OVER NORTHEASTERN TEXAS. THIS COULD HELP TO PRODUCE SOME ISOLATED ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES JUST ABOUT THE SAM AS YESTERDAY. .TONIGHT-MONDAY...50H LOW CONTINUES TO PUSH TO THE EAST AND EFFECTS ON THE AREA TO LESSEN THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD. WILL CONTINUE TO TREND POPS DOWN TO 10 PERCENT OR BELOW AND GRADUALLY TAKE MENTION OUT OF THE FORECAST. .TUESDAY-SATURDAY...RIDGE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA...MAINLY TO THE WEST AND KEEP THE AREA IN NORTH TO NORTHWEST FLOW THROUGH THE PERIOD. ALTHOUGH THIS WOULD NORMALLY BE FAVORABLE REGIME FOR PRECIPITATION...THERE IS NOTHING THAT I CAN HANG MY HAT ON AT THIS TIME TO MENTION IN THE FORECAST. WILL PUT VERY LOW POPS IN THE GRIDS AND WAIT FOR LATER MODEL RUNS TO SEE IF SOMETHING CAN ADDED TO THE FORECAST. IT IS ABOUT THAT TIME OF YEAR FOR THE RAINS TO STOP AND GET HOT. ALSO TRENDED TEMPERATURES UP A FEW DEGREES IN THE LATTER PORTION OF THE EXTENDED AS SHOULD HAVE ENOUGH TIME BY THEN TO DRY OUT THE GROUND TO GET SOME HEATING GOING. ALTHOUGH IT LOOKS TO BE GETTING WARMER...STILL NOT AS WARM AS IT COULD BE THIS TIME OF YEAR. ABI 085/064/086/066 4222 SJT 086/064/086/065 4222 JCT 086/063/086/068 5332 .SJT...NONE. 27/BRAZZELL
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 5:28 AM CDT, 27 minutes before
TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140- 154-155-168>170-161030- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 528 AM CDT SUN JUN 15 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE HEARTLAND AND NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY THIS MORNING. ALTHOUGH SEVERE WEATHER IS NO LONGER EXPECTED...ISOLATED HAIL TO THE ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER IS POSSIBLE. THE MAIN THREAT THIS MORNING WILL BE VERY HEAVY RAINS AND THE CONTINUED POTENTIAL OF FLASH FLOODING OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE EDWARDS PLATEAU...NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY AND THE HEARTLAND. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NORTHWEST FLOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK...AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EACH DAY...HOWEVER THE CHANCES ARE REALLY LOW AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 27/BRAZZELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Crockett, Schleicher | 38 min |
| Jun 14, 11:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Concho | 52 min |
| Jun 14, 11:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Mason | 54 min |
| Jun 15, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 60 min |
| Jun 15, 12:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Menard | 54 min |
| Jun 15, 1:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Sutton | 57 min |
| Jun 15, 1:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Kimble, Menard | 61 min |
| Jun 15, 1:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Sutton | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 2:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Kimble | 4 hr |
| Jun 15, 2:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Sutton | 59 min |
| Jun 15, 2:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Kimble, Mason | 32 min |
| Jun 15, 2:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Mason | 4 hr |
| Jun 15, 2:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Crockett | 59 min |
| Jun 15, 3:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Schleicher | 57 min |
| Jun 15, 3:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Sutton | 60 min |
| Jun 15, 3:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Schleicher | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 4:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Sutton | 30 min |
| Jun 15, 4:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Sutton | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 4:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Kimble | 57 min |
| Jun 15, 6:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Mason | 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.