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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 25, 2004, 6:10 PM CDT for Fisher County, Jones 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
- May 25, 2004, 6:10 PM CDT (23:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2004, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Fisher County, TX, Jones County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 221 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
- 931 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -348 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1756 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KSJT 252311 FFWSJT TXC151-253-260200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 610 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... FISHER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS JONES COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF...HAMLIN * UNTIL 900 PM CDT * AT 6 PM CDT...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ACROSS NORTHERN FISHER AND JONES COUNTIES. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN NEAR HAMLIN. LOW LYING ROADWAYS WILL LIKELY BECOME FLOODED. * THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST ACROSS NORTHERN FISHER AND JONES COUNTIES UNTIL AROUND 7 PM. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY. 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 3294 10038 3274 10039 3272 9966 3293 9968 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KSJT 252337 FFSSJT TXC151-253-260200- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 635 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR FISHER AND JONES COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM CDT... AT 630 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT NEARLY 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN AND AROUND HAMLIN SINCE 5 PM. THE HAMLIN POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTS THAT STREETS IN HAMLIN ARE FLOODED...AS ARE SEVERAL RANCH ROADS SOUTH OF HAMLIN. ADDITIONAL STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS FISHER AND JONES COUNTIES THROUGH 8 PM. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE ANOTHER COUPLE OF INCHES OF RAINFALL. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. REMEMBER...MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Fisher, Jones | 27 min |
| May 25, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Jones | 56 min |
| May 25, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Fisher | 43 min |
| May 25, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Fisher | 59 min |
| May 25, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Jones | 54 min |
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.