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Flash Flood Warning 85, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Oct 11, 2003, 9:59 AM CDT for 5 counties in 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
- Oct 11, 2003, 9:59 AM CDT (14:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 11, 2003, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Crockett County, TX, Irion County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Sutton County, TX, Tom Green 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, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 765 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 573 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KSJT 111506
FFWSJT
TXC105-235-413-435-451-111800-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
959 AM CDT SAT OCT 11 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
TOM GREEN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
IRION COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
SCHLEICHER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
CROCKETT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
SUTTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
* UNTIL 100 PM CDT
* AT 956 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SOLID
AREA OF HEAVY RAIN LOCATED WEST OF HIGHWAY 277 FROM SAN ANGELO TO
SONORA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING MAJOR TOWNS...
OZONA...SONORA...BARNHART...ELDORADO...MERTZON...
CHRISTOVAL...AND SAN ANGELO.
* RAINFALL TOTALING A HALF TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES HAS FALLEN IN
THE WARNED AREA...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED
THROUGH 100 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 3093 10182 3033 10126 3037 10042 3155 10020
3154 10113 3105 10123 3086 10141
$$
GUERRERO/263 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KSJT 111613 FFSSJT TXC105-235-413-435-451-111800- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 1105 AM CDT SAT OCT 11 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TOM GREEN...IRION...CROCKETT...SCHLEICHER...AND SUTTON COUNTIES UNTIL 100 PM CDT... AT 1055 AM CDT...THE CROCKETT COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY 163 LOCATED 20 MILES SOUTH OF OZONA IS CLOSED DUE TO FAST MOVING WATER OVER THE ROAD. AT 1100 AM CDT...SAN ANGELO POLICE REPORTED SEVERAL LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN THE CITY WERE FLOODED AND WERE BEING BARRICADED. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DONT BECOME A STATISTIC...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN...WHEN YOU COME TO A FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSING. AT 1112 AM...THE LEADING EDGE OF ANOTHER BAND OF HEAVY RAIN STRETCHED FROM BIG LAKE...TO MERTZON...TO CHRISTOVAL AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO ROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. $$ 26/GUERRERO
000 WGUS74 KSJT 111619 CCA FFSSJT TXC105-235-413-435-451-111800- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED SPELLING IN LAST PAR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 1120 AM CDT SAT OCT 11 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TOM GREEN...IRION...CROCKETT...SCHLEICHER...AND SUTTON COUNTIES UNTIL 100 PM CDT... AT 1055 AM CDT...THE CROCKETT COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY 163 LOCATED 20 MILES SOUTH OF OZONA IS CLOSED DUE TO FAST MOVING WATER OVER THE ROAD. AT 1100 AM CDT...SAN ANGELO POLICE REPORTED SEVERAL LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN THE CITY WERE FLOODED AND WERE BEING BARRICADED. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DONT BECOME A STATISTIC...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN...WHEN YOU COME TO A FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSING. AT 1112 AM...THE LEADING EDGE OF ANOTHER BAND OF HEAVY RAIN STRETCHED FROM BIG LAKE...TO MERTZON...TO CHRISTOVAL AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. 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. $$ 26/GUERRERO
000 WGUS74 KSJT 111654 FFSSJT TXC435-111800- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 1150 AM CDT SAT OCT 11 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SUTTON COUNTY UNTIL 100 PM CDT... ...THIS WARNING MAY HAVE TO BE EXTENDED... AT 1148 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT THE LEADING EDGE OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS APPROACHING SONORA FROM THE SOUTH...MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. ANOTHER 2 INCHES OF HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 1 PM CDT ACROSS SUTTON COUNTY. THIS NEXT BAND OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS...DRAWS...AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. REMEMBER IF YOU ENCOUNTER A FLOODED ROAD...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. $$ 26/GUERRERO
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 Oct 11, 9:00 AM CDT, 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 11, 9:00 AM CDT, 59 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 900 AM CDT SAT OCT 11 2003 .CURRENT...COMPLEX OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE AREA AT THIS TIME. MODELS STILL SHOW A SIGNIFICANT FLOODING EVENT SHAPING UP FOR THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES AND WILL BE UPDATING ZONES AND WILL BE ISSUING A FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA AT THIS TIME AND DECIDE OTHER AREAS AT LATER TIME IF NEEDED. FLOOD WATCH WILL BE COMMING OUT SHORTLY...BUT WILL NEED TO DO SOME SERIOUS WORK ON THE GRIDS...SO IT MAY BE AN HOUR BEFORE NEW ZONES COME OUT. 27/BRAZZELL CURRENT...SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATING A CONVECTIVE COMPLEX DEVELOPING OVER THE BIG BEND. AT THE SURFACE...DEWPOINTS REMAIN IN THE MID 60S. SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATES COLD FRONT ABOUT TO PUSH INTO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. DAYS 1-3...MODELS CONTINUE TO PRESENT DIVERGENT SOLUTIONS. THE AVN CONTINUES TO BE MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH MOISTURE...POPS...AND COOLER TEMPERATURES. WILL TREND FORECAST PACKAGE TOWARD THE AVN. HOWEVER...BELIEVE SLIGHTLY LOWER POPS...FOR THE FIRST TWO PERIODS...THAN THAT WHICH MAV MOS CURRENTLY PRESENTS BEST GIVEN DEGREE OF UNCERTAINTY. MODELS ALSO INDICATE MOSTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY SKIES WILL LINGER THROUGH TONIGHT BEFORE GRADUALLY CLEARING THROUGH MONDAY AS DRIER AIR MOVES INTO TEXAS BEHIND THE FRONT. DAYS 4-7...AGAIN...NO MAJOR CHANGES HERE WITH MAIN FOCUS ON THE SHORT TERM. CCF PRELIMS... ABI 075/053/072/053/078 46211 SJT 076/055/071/053/079 67421 JCT 075/063/072/058/078 77642 .SJT...FFA MERTZON...SAN ANGELO...SAN SABA SOUTH. 23/HUBER
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 11, 5:30 AM CDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before
TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140- 154-155-168>170-121030- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 530 AM CDT SAT OCT 11 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE... A COLD FRONT PUSHING INTO WEST CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY WILL COMBINE WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE TO CREATE A GOOD CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVING INTO THE AREA FROM MEXICO WILL ENHANCE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... CHANCES FOR RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY BUT DRIER AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE AREA ON MONDAY BRINGING A MORE FALL LIKE WEATHER PATTERN FOR THE COMING WEEK. .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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11, 11:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Runnels | 6 hr |
| Oct 11, 11:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Coleman | 6 hr |
| Oct 11, 12:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Menard | 6 hr |
| Oct 11, 12:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Concho, Tom Green | 4 hr |
| Oct 11, 1:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Kimble, Schleicher, Sutton | 6 hr |
| Oct 11, 1:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Brown | 6 hr |
| Oct 11, 2:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | McCulloch, Mason, San Saba | 5 hr |
Nearby
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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.