Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 73, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 14, 2003, 8:07 AM CDT for McCulloch County, Mason County, San Saba 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
- Sep 14, 2003, 8:07 AM CDT (13:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 14, 2003, 11:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Mason County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, San Saba 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 12:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 251 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
- 2012 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 701 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 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 141307
FFWSJT
TXC307-319-411-141600-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
807 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MCCULLOCH COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS
SAN SABA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS
MASON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS
* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT
* AT 757 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
RAIN EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAN SABA TO VOCA TO
STREETER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR...
KATEMCY AT 810 AM CDT
FREDONIA...SAN SABA...STREETER AT 820 AM CDT
MASON AT 835 AM CDT
* RAINFALL TOTALING 1 TO 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN ACROSS NORTHERN SAN
SABA...MUCH OF MCCULLOCH...AND NORTHERN MASON COUNTIES SINCE 6
AM...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO 2 INCHES EXPECTED THROUGH 1100
AM CDT. WITH THE HEAVY RAINFALL FROM EARLIER THIS WEEK...THIS
ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL QUICKLY RUN OFF AND SWELL POOR DRAINAGE AREAS
ACROSS THE AREA AND AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL QUICKLY FILL WITH
SWIFTLY FLOWING FLOODWATER.
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 3147 9894 3097 9944 3064 9944 3059 9905
3097 9900 3099 9853
$$
071 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KSJT 141515 FFSSJT TXC307-319-411-141600- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 1010 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MCCULLOCH...SAN SABA AND MASON COUNTY UNTIL 1100 AM CDT... AT 1005 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA SINCE 800 AM...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED BY 1100 AM CDT. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. AS OF 1000 AM...NUMEROUS ROADS ACROSS EASTERN MCCULLOCH AND WESTERN SAN SABA COUNTIES ARE FLOODED AT THIS TIME. PLEASE DO NOT TRY GO AROUND BARRICADES. IN ADDITION THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO BE EXTENDED FOR SAN SABA AND MASON COUNTIES. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. $$
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 Sep 14, 3:00 AM CDT, 5 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 14, 3:00 AM CDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 300 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2003 CONVECTION CONTINUES TO FIRE ALONG COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY WHICH HAS SLOWED CONSIDERABLY SINCE ENTERING THE CWA. BEST ONGOING ACTIVITY IS ALONG WESTERN FLANK WEST OF THE CWA AND GIVEN SLOW MOVEMENT OF STORMS RADAR ESTIMATES FOR RAINFALL HAVE BEEN IMPRESSIVE SHOWING ISOLATED 4 TO 6 INCH AMOUNTS WEST OF THE CWA. COLD FRONT NOW ESSENTIALLY BISECTS THE CWA AND IS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF SJT WITH GOOD DEVELOPMENT NOW ONGOING NORTH OF SJT. FRONT IS FCSTD TO SLOWLY DRIFT SOUTH AND SHOULD BE NEAR I10 BY DAYBREAK WITH AREAL COVERAGE OF RAINFALL INCREASING AS MCS EXPANDS. MODELS ARE IN AGREEMENT ON A GOOD POST FRONTAL RAIN EVENT FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY... DIFFERENCES IN MODELS ARE IN TIMING AND AMOUNT OF RAINFALL. ETA HAS BEST LIFT ABOUT 6 HRS EARLIER THAN AVN...AVN SHOWING BEST LIFT AROUND NOON. AS TO AMOUNTS... ETA HAS A 1 INCH BULLSEYE OVER THE CONCHO VALLEY AROUND DAYBREAK WHILE AVN IS MUCH MORE BULLISH WITH A NEARLY 3 INCH BULLSEYE OVER THE CONCHO VALLEY AROUND NOON. IN ANY EVENT WILL RAISE POPS FOR TODAY WITH PRECIP ENDING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH THIS EVENING. UPPER HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA TOMORROW WITH DRY CONDITIONS AND A WARMING TREND THROUGH MOST OF THE COMING WEEK. COLD FRONT TOWARD THE END OF THE WORK WEEK WILL BRING AFTERNOON TEMPS BELOW SEASONAL NORMS INTO NEXT WEEKEND. PRELIMS... ABI 074/056/083/061 2100 SJT 075/056/083/060 5100 JCT 077/058/084/060 72-0 .SJT...NONE. 15
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 14, 5:30 AM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140- 154-155-168>170-151030- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 530 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE... A COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH WEST CENTRAL TEXAS BY LATE THIS MORNING KICKING OFF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS IT DRIFTS SLOWLY SOUTHWARD. POST-FRONTAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR OVER MUCH OF THE AREA INTO LATE AFTERNOON. NONE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 15
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 8:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Crockett | 2 hr |
| Sep 14, 10:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Mason, San Saba | 4 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.