Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 64, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 6, 2003, 6:55 AM CDT for Crockett County, Schleicher County, Sutton County, Texas. It was in force for 6 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
- Jul 6, 2003, 6:55 AM CDT (11:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2003, 12:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Crockett County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Sutton 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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 466 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 879 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KSJT 061155 FFWSJT TXC105-413-435-061745- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 655 AM CDT SUN JUL 6 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SCHLEICHER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS CROCKETT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS SUTTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS * UNTIL 1245 PM CDT * AT 655 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN HAD FALLEN OVERNIGHT IN EASTERN CROCKETT COUNTY...WESTERN SCHLEICHER COUNTY...AND WESTERN SUTTON COUNTY. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU DURING THE MORNING HOURS. EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL THIS MORNING. 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 3076 10132 3040 10114 3047 10065 3102 10085 $$ 23/HUBER
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KSJT 061501 FFSSJT TXC105-413-435-061745- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 959 AM CDT SUN JUL 6 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CROCKTETT.. SCHLEICHER...AND SUTTON COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 PM CDT... AT 955 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS SHOWERS OVER CROCKETT AND THE WESTERN HALVES OF SCHLEICHER AND SUTTON COUNTIES...MOVING SLOWLY NORTH. AN AREA OF HEAVIER RAIN WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING NORTHWARD INTO FAR SOUTHERN CROCKETT AND FAR SOUTHWESTERN SUTTON COUNTIES. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN PARTS OF EASTERN CROCKETT...WESTERN SCHLEICHER...AND WESTERN SUTTON COUNTIES...WITH NARROW BANDS OF 3 TO 5 INCH AMOUNTS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH IS LIKELY WEST OF ELDORADO AND SONORA...AND SOUTH OF OZONA...THROUGH 1245 PM. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR FLOODED ROADWAYS AND FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS. WATER LEVELS COULD QUICKLY RISE ON SOME OF THE DRAWS AND STREAMS...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE JOHNSON DRAW...BUCKHORN DRAW... GRANGER DRAW...AND DRY DEVILS RIVER. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW SAFE PASSAGE. REMEMBER...MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. $$ 19
000 WGUS74 KSJT 061503 CCA FFSSJT TXC105-413-435-061745- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 1001 AM CDT SUN JUL 6 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CROCKETT.. SCHLEICHER...AND SUTTON COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 PM CDT... AT 955 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS SHOWERS OVER CROCKETT AND THE WESTERN HALVES OF SCHLEICHER AND SUTTON COUNTIES...MOVING SLOWLY NORTH. AN AREA OF HEAVIER RAIN WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING NORTHWARD INTO FAR SOUTHERN CROCKETT AND FAR SOUTHWESTERN SUTTON COUNTIES. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN PARTS OF EASTERN CROCKETT...WESTERN SCHLEICHER...AND WESTERN SUTTON COUNTIES...WITH NARROW BANDS OF 3 TO 5 INCH AMOUNTS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH IS LIKELY WEST OF ELDORADO AND SONORA...AND SOUTH OF OZONA...THROUGH 1245 PM. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR FLOODED ROADWAYS AND FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS. WATER LEVELS COULD QUICKLY RISE ON SOME OF THE DRAWS AND STREAMS...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE JOHNSON DRAW...BUCKHORN DRAW... GRANGER DRAW...AND DRY DEVILS RIVER. 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. $$ 19
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 Jul 6, 4:10 AM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 4:10 AM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 410 AM CDT SUN JUL 6 2003 .CURRENT...RADAR REFLECTIVITY INDICATES UPPER LEVEL LOW/SHEAR AXIS BETWEEN SONORA AND OZONA. CONVECTION INCREASING THIS MORNING FROM SONORA TO SAN ANGELO. .SHORT TERM...UPPER LOW/SHEAR AXIS TO CONTINUE DRIFTING WESTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN PART OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. ABUNDANT MOISTURE REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS MOST OF AREA. WE WILL PLACE HIGHEST POPS TODAY ACROSS CONCHO VALLEY AND NORTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU AND WILL ALSO MENTION POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY RAINFALL. HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WILL REMAIN BELOW NORMAL WITH CONSIDERABLE CLOUD COVER. .LONGER TERM...UPPER LOW/SHEAR AXIS SHOULD WEAKEN. WE WILL KEEP POPS IN FOR MONDAY. OTHERWISE...LITTLE CHANGE TO PREVIOUS FORECAST. PRELIMS... ABI 069/086/071/092 5221 SJT 069/085/070/090 6321 JCT 068/085/070/090 6221 .SJT...NONE. 09
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 5:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140- 154-155-168>170-071000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 500 AM CDT SUN JUL 6 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 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.