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Flash Flood Warning 63, NWS San Angelo, TX

June 25, 2003Haskell County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 25, 2003, 8:28 PM CDT for Haskell 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 25, 2003, 8:28 PM CDT (01:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2003, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Haskell 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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 263 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 2003-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2313 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 2003-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2313 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1685 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS54 KSJT 260128
FFWSJT
TXC207-260430-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
828 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HASKELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 825 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 
  FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HASKELL TO HASKELL TO WEINERT. THE RAIN
  WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

* RAINFALL TOTALING 2 INCHES HAS FALLEN FROM HASKELL TO              
  WEINERT...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO 2 INCHES EXPECTED         
  THROUGH 1130 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 3298 9996 3298 9948 3339 9949 3339 9997

$$

04
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS74 KSJT 260252
FFSSJT
TXC207-260430-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
944 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HASKELL COUNTY UNTIL 
1130 PM CDT...

AT 941 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN 
HAVE FALLEN OVER HASKELL COUNTY...MAINLY FROM HASKELL NORTH TO 
WEINERT. THE HASKELL SHERIFF OFFICE HAS REPORTED SEVERAL ROAD 
CLOSINGS AROUND HASKELL...WITH WATER OVER THE ROADWAY.

UP TO 1/2 INCH OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR LAKE STAMFORD THROUGH 11 
PM. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE REST OF HASKELL 
COUNTY WILL PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1/10 TO 1/4 INCH.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT
QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY
IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

$$


04
000 
WGUS74 KSJT 260332
FFSSJT
TXC207-260430-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1030 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HASKELL COUNTY UNTIL 
1130 PM CDT...

AT 1030 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN 
HAVE FALLEN OVER HASKELL COUNTY SINCE 8 PM.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 3/4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY 1130 PM 
CDT...MAINLY FROM SOUTH OF HASKELL THEN EASTWARD TO LAKE STAMFORD. 
THIS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND 
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT
QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY
IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

$$

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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 25, 2:45 PM CDT, 5 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 2:45 PM CDT, 5 hours 43 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
245 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2003

.CURRENT...ACCORDING TO THE AREA RADARS...COLD FRONT IS LOCATED FROM
NEAR LITTLEFIELD TO JUST NORTH OF CHILDRESS AT 230 PM. FRONT HAS
SHOWN SIGNS OF SLOWING THIS AFTERNOON AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO DO SO
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. RADAR IS ALSO SHOWING SOME
SHOWER ACTIVITY WITHIN THE TROPICAL MOISTURE FEED THAT IS LOCATED
JUST TO THE WEST OF THE FORECAST AREA...HOWEVER IS FLIRTING WITH THE
NORTHWEST ZONES AT THIS TIME. AREA REMAINS IN THE TROPICAL SOUP AS
DEWPOINTS AREA WIDE IN THE LOWER 70S.

.TONIGHT...WILL CONTINUE TO SEE SHOWERS AND MAYBE A THUNDERSTORM OR
TWO DEVELOP OUT TO THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ONE OR TWO
OF THESE COULD MOVE INTO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA.
ALSO EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO BEGIN TO DEVELOP ALONG THE COLD FRONT
AND BY MID EVENING EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE GOING GOOD FROM
THE SOUTH PLAINS INTO OKLAHOMA. AS COLD POOL DEVELOPS...THIS SHOULD
GIVE FRONT A SHOVE TO THE SOUTH AND MAKE IT INTO THE BIG COUNTRY
COUNTIES BY SUNRISE AND THUNDERSTORMS SPREADING TO THE SOUTH WITH
IT. GIVEN THE DEEP TROPICAL AIRMASS LOCATED OVER THE AREA...STORMS
WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS...AND ALTHOUGH SOME LOCALIZED
FLOODING IS POSSIBLE...DURATION OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD LIMIT AMOUNT
OF FLOODING. AND WILL NOT ISSUE A WATCH AT THIS TIME.

.TOMORROW...FRONT TO MOVE TO THE NEAR SAN ANGELO BY NOON AND
THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE IN DYING MODE BY THEN...HOWEVER EXPECT
THUNDERSTORMS TO REDEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES TOMORROW
AFTERNOON BEFORE FRONT EXITS THE FORECAST AREA. COOLER TEMPERATURES
ARE EXPECTED TOMORROW. TEMPS AND POPS WILL BE NEAR MAV GUIDANCE.

.TOMORROW NIGHT...WILL ADD POPS TO THE SOUTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES
DURING THE EVENING HOURS...DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY IN FRONTAL
POSITION AND TO ACCOUNT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME POST FRONTAL
ACTIVITY.

.FRIDAY-WEDNESDAY...WILL BE INFLUENCED BY WEAK NORTHWEST FLOW FOR
FRIDAY INTO MONDAY. DO HAVE A 10 PERCENT POPS IN THE GRIDS ACROSS
THE NORTHWESTERN COUNTIES TO ACCOUNT FOR THE THREAT OF SOMETHING
DEVELOPING IN THE PANHANDLE AND MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST INTO THESE
AREAS. BEYOND MONDAY...SUBTROPICAL RIDGE BEGINS TO TAKE HOLD AND
PUTS THE BRAKES ON ANY CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION FOR THE ENTIRE
FORECAST AREA. WILL ALSO SEE A WARMING TREND THROUGH THE ENTIRE PERIOD
WITH TEMPERATURES APPROACHING THE UPPER 90S BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT
WEEK. IF THE TREND CONTINUES WILL LIKELY BE AROUND 100 BY THE FOURTH.

.SJT...NONE.

ABI 072/083/063/086/063 55200
SJT 073/084/065/086/062 4520-
JCT 074/086/066/088/063 043-0

27/BRAZZELL
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 25, 4:05 PM CDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before
TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140-
154-155-168>170-262100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
405 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...

THE NORTHERN BIG COUNTRY MAY SEE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT
DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. ALTHOUGH THE MAIN THREAT AREA IS FARTHER
NORTH...CLOSER TO THE RED RIVER...SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE
INTO OUR NORTHERN OUTLOOK AREA. IF ANY STORMS DO DEVELOP OR MOVE
INTO OUR NORTHERN AREA...THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING ACROSS THE NORTHERN
BIG COUNTRY.

23/HUBER

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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.