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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS San Angelo, TX

May 8, 2005Crockett County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 8, 2005, 1:49 AM CDT for Crockett 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 8, 2005, 1:49 AM CDT (06:49 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2005, 4:45 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Crockett County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 156 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 2005-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2005-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -9 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3709 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 May 7, 7:45 PM CDT, 6 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 7, 7:45 PM CDT, 6 hours 4 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
745 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 2005

.UPDATE...
FORECAST UPDATE HAS BEEN SENT FOR THE NEWLY ISSUED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR ALL
OF THE BIG COUNTRY...CONCHO VALLEY AND NORTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS INITIATED FROM NEAR GARDEN CITY TO NEAR
COLORADO CITY BEFORE WEAKENING...AS A RESULT OF BOUNDARY COLLISION
(NORTHWESTWARD MOVING THERMAL BOUNDARY AND THE DRYLINE). OTHER
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING AROUND FORT STOCTON AND
ADJACENT PORTION OF TRANS-PECOS. THIS OCCURRING AS FORCING FROM
UPSTREAM MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE IS BEGINNING TO IMPINGE ON THE AREA.

EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO GRADUALLY INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND
STRENGTH FROM THE WEST DURING THE EARLY NIGHTTIME HOURS AS THE
SHORTWAVE MOVES EAST INTO FAR WEST TX. STILL APPEARS FAVORABLE FOR
ORGANIZATION OF STORMS INTO A MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM
OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL BE AIDED BY STRONG UPWARD VERTICAL MOTION IN
REGION OF COUPLED UPPER LEVEL JET STREAKS. SEVERE STORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN
SHOULD ALSO OCCUR WITH LOW LEVEL JET AND THETA-E RIDGE SETTING UP.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 117 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 2005)

SHORT TERM...DRYLINE HAS CONTINUED TO TIGHTEN AND MOVE TO THE
EAST THIS AFTERNOON. CURRENT ANALYSIS INDICATES IT STRETCHES FROM
NEAR SNYDER TO NEAR SANDERSON. BEST CONVERGENCE ALONG THE DRYLINE
IS CURRENTLY ONGOING IN THE SOUTH PLAINS AND THE SOUTHERN PAN
HANDLE. SPEED MAX CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS WEST TEXAS IN
COMBINATION WITH THE DRYLINE CONVERGENCE WILL MAY INITIATE
THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WITH SUBSIDENCE AND CAP IN
PLACE CHANCES OF THIS ARE PRETTY SLIM THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING. IF THUNDERSTORMS DO DEVELOP THEY WILL BECOME SEVERE
RATHER QUICKLY WITH 30 TO 40 KTS OF SHEAR AND CAPES ABOUT 1500 TO
2000 J/KG. THEY SHOULD ALSO BE DISCRETE CELLS. DRYLINE WILL COME
TO HALT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND BEGIN TO RETREAT THIS EVENING...AS
STRONGER SHORTWAVE CURRENTLY OVER ARIZONA APPROACHES...12KM NAM
AND 4KM WRF SHOW THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING FOR SURE IN THE 03-05Z
TIME FRAME ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER WITH THE LOW LEVEL JET
INCREASING AT THIS SAME TIME...AND SHEAR VALUES INCREASE
SUBSTANTIALLY TO 40 TO 50 KTS. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH STEEPENING
LAPSE RATES WILL NO DOUBT ALLOW FOR SUPERCELLS WITH THE POTENTIAL
FOR SOME HIGH END SEVERE EVENTS WITH HAIL AOA 2 INCHES IN
DIAMETER. WE FIRST EXPECT A FEW CLUSTERS GRADUALLY GROWING INTO AN
MCS BY LATE TONIGHT WITH SEVERE HAIL THREAT CONTINUING...BUT GOING
DOWN IN SIZE. WIND THREAT WILL BE INCREASING THOUGH. AXIS OF MCS
LOOKS TO PROPAGATE DOWN THE COLORADO RIVER.

SEVERE MCS WILL LIKELY BE ONGOING ACROSS THE AREA EARLY TOMORROW
MORNING AND GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE EAST. THE NEXT QUESTION IS WILL
CONVECTION GET A CHANCE TO REFORM IN THE AFTERNOON IN THE WAKE OF
THE MCS. THE DRYLINE WILL PROGRESS EASTWARD...ABOUT ABILENE TO SAN
ANGELO TO SONORA LINE. CAPES STILL IN THE 1500 J/KG RANGE ACROSS
THE EAST...BUT THE QUESTION IS CAN OVERALL ATMOSPHERE RECOVER.
WILL RETAIN A 30 POP IN THE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE EAST TO ACCOUNT
FOR THIS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OVER FOR SURE BY TOMORROW EVENING
AS TROUGH SHIFTS TO THE EAST AND DRIER AIRMASS FILTERS IN. THE
DRIER AIRMASS AND LESS CLOUD COVER WILL HELP TEMPERATURES TO BOOST
UP INTO THE LOWER 90S FOR MUCH OF THE AREA ON MONDAY.

LONG TERM...
OVERALL VERY LITTLE CHANGE TO THE EXTENDED FORECAST. ANOTHER STORM
SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE WESTERN STATES THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY.
THIS WILL SET UP THE DRYLINE ONCE AGAIN. WITH THE THREAT FOR LATE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDER THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY
AFTERNOON. COOL FRONT STILL FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE AREA FRIDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY. DGEX IS THE FASTEST WITH FRONT MOVING IN FRIDAY
EVENING AND NIGHT. GFS IS SLOWER WITH SATURDAY AS THE FAVORED
TIMING. FRONT IN THE VICINITY AT THIS TIME SHOULD HELP TO ENHANCE
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES A LITTLE.

&&

.SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #227 IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT
FOR ALL OF THE BIG COUNTRY...CONCHO VALLEY...AND NORTHERN EDWARDS
PLATEAU.

&&

19
Hazardous weather outlook, May 7, 3:00 PM CDT, 10 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
300 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 2005

TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140-
154-155-168>170-081949-
BROWN-CALLAHAN-COKE-COLEMAN-CONCHO-CROCKETT-FISHER-HASKELL-IRION-
JONES-KIMBLE-MASON-MCCULLOCH-MENARD-NOLAN-RUNNELS-SAN SABA-
SCHLEICHER-SHACKELFORD-STERLING-SUTTON-TAYLOR-THROCKMORTON-TOM GREEN-
300 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF WEST
CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SOME STORMS COULD DEVELOP NEAR THE
DRYLINE LATE THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE WESTERN BIG COUNTRY...BUT
MORE WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER
10 PM TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY STILL BE ONGOING EARLY SUNDAY ACROSS THE
HEARTLAND AND NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED ACROSS MOST OF WEST CENTRAL
TEXAS LATE TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 7, 11:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTIrion27 min
May 7, 11:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTIrion28 min
May 7, 11:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTIrion, Tom Green25 min
May 8, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCrockett60 min
May 8, 1:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTFisher35 min
May 8, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTFisher31 min
May 8, 2:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTRunnels36 min
May 8, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho, Runnels, Tom Green30 min
May 8, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTJones, Shackelford47 min
May 8, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho, Runnels31 min
May 8, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTColeman30 min
May 8, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTThrockmorton52 min
May 8, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho32 min
May 8, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSchleicher27 min
May 8, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTShackelford41 min
May 8, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTColeman32 min
May 8, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTJones46 min
May 8, 4:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown, Coleman26 min
May 8, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho33 min
May 8, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCrockett, Sutton47 min
May 8, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSchleicher30 min
May 8, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTNolan, Taylor39 min
May 8, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown35 min
May 8, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan, Jones, Shackelford46 min
May 8, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho35 min
May 8, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSchleicher, Sutton31 min
May 8, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan, Taylor23 min
May 8, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTaylor46 min
May 8, 5:08 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTTaylor37 min
May 8, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho, McCulloch33 min
May 8, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSutton29 min
May 8, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho, Tom Green36 min
May 8, 5:40 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTTaylor35 min
May 8, 5:41 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTConcho, McCulloch34 min
May 8, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSan Saba35 min
May 8, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMcCulloch33 min
May 8, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan, Coleman, Taylor48 min
May 8, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho17 min
May 8, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSan Saba29 min
May 8, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMcCulloch, Mason32 min
May 8, 6:56 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTMcCulloch, Mason34 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.