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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS San Angelo, TX

April 29, 20074 counties in Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Apr 29, 2007, 6:15 PM CDT for 4 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 29, 2007, 6:15 PM CDT (23:15 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 2007, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Haskell County, TX, Jones County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 273 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 12:00Z on 2007-04-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 996 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2007-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
996 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
603 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.3

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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 Apr 29, 4:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 4:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
408 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007

.UPDATE...
UPDATED TO CORRECT THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH VALID PERIOD FROM THIS
AFTERNOON INSTEAD OF 7PM TONIGHT THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING. 20

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 346 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007/

SHORT TERM...
POTENT UPPER LEVEL LOW WITH ATTENDANT SHORTWAVES AND SPEED MAXES
IS CURRENTLY IMPACTING MOST OF WEST TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. THIS LOW
WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DRIFT TO THE EAST/NORTHEAST TONIGHT TOWARD
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. AS THIS TAKES PLACE...CONTINUED EAST/SOUTHEAST
FLOW AT THE SURFACE WILL CONTINUE TO PUMP MOISTURE INTO OUR AREA.
PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES RANGE FROM 1.2 AT KMAF TO 1.5 INCHES AT
KDRT FROM THIS MORNING/S SOUNDINGS. AFTERNOON HEATING COMBINED
WITH THIS ADDED MOISTURE HAS DESTABILIZED THE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE
AREA...AND STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CURRENTLY DEVELOPING
OVER THE CONCHO VALLEY AND WESTERN BIG COUNTRY. WITH THE ADDITION
OF AN UPPER LEVEL JET STREAK ROTATING AROUND THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE
LOW...0-6 KM BULK SHEAR VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE INTO THE
40 TO 50 KNOT RANGE TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTHERN
COUNTIES OF THE CWA. IN ADDITION...FLASH FLOODING WILL BE A
POTENTIAL HAZARD AS SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE
POSSIBLE OVER THE AREA. HAVE ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH OVER THE
NORTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU...WESTERN CONCHO VALLEY AND FAR WESTERN
BIG COUNTRY.

LONG TERM...
THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL BE SLOW TO EXIT THE AREA OVER THE NEXT 24
TO 36 HOURS...AND THERE WILL LIKELY BE ONGOING THUNDERSTORMS FOR
MONDAY. MOISTURE WILL STILL BE READILY AVAILABLE. ROTATING
SHORTWAVES WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO MOVE AROUND THE LOW WITH MID AND
UPPER LEVEL SPEED MAXES. THERE WILL BE LULLS IN
PRECIPITATION...BUT TIMING OF THESE INDIVIDUAL SHORTWAVES IS
DIFFICULT AT THIS TIME...SO HAVE GONE WITH LIKELY POPS ACROSS THE
AREA FOR MONDAY. WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THE THREAT FOR HEAVY
RAIN...SO WILL LEAVE HEAVY RAIN WORDING IN THE FORECAST. IN
ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAIN...IF THE AIR MASS IS ABLE TO
RECOVER SUFFICIENTLY FROM OVERNIGHT RAINS TO DESTABILIZE...SEVERE
WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TO BE A POSSIBILITY...MAINLY WITH LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS.

MONDAY NIGHT...THE LOW SHOULD BE MAKING ITS WAY INTO OKLAHOMA...
SO WILL SHIFT THE LIKELY CHANCE FOR SHRA/TSRA INTO OUR EASTERN
COUNTIES. HOWEVER...IF THE LOW SLOWS DOWN...WE MAY HAVE TO KEEP
SOME HIGHER POPS BACK FARTHER TO THE WEST. AGAIN...HEAVY
RAIN...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE A POSSIBILITY WITH
ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP. WE SHOULD SEE A BRIEF BREAK
IN THE ACTIVE WEATHER TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY...AS WEAK
RIDGING FOLLOWS THIS LOW BEFORE ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES
IN.

CONTINUING INTO THE MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK...ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL
LOW THAT IS CURRENTLY OUT OVER THE PACIFIC IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
INTO WEST TEXAS BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH PRECIP POSSIBLE FROM
WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY AS THE LOW MOVES ACROSS THE TX PANHANDLE
AND TX SOUTH PLAINS. WE MAY ALSO SEE SOME STRONG WEST WINDS AS THE
SYSTEM COMES ACROSS ON THURSDAY.

RIDGING AFTER THURSDAY SHOULD ALLOW FOR A BREAK IN THE ACTIVE
WEATHER PERIOD AND A WARMUP INTO THE WEEKEND.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ABILENE  63  73  62  81 /  70  70  50  40
SAN ANGELO  63  78  64  83 /  90  70  40  20
JUNCTION  65  77  65  81 /  90  70  50  30

&&

.SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR COKE-CROCKETT-
FISHER-IRION-KIMBLE-MENARD-NOLAN-SCHLEICHER-STERLING-SUTTON-TOM
GREEN.

&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 29, 2:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
225 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007

TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-
140-154-155-168>170-301930-
FISHER-NOLAN-STERLING-COKE-RUNNELS-IRION-TOM GREEN-CONCHO-
CROCKETT-SCHLEICHER-SUTTON-HASKELL-THROCKMORTON-JONES-SHACKELFORD-
TAYLOR-CALLAHAN-COLEMAN-BROWN-MCCULLOCH-SAN SABA-MENARD-KIMBLE-
MASON-
225 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CROCKETT...SUTTON...AND
SCHLEICHER COUNTIES UNTIL 8 PM. TORNADIC STORMS COULD DEVELOP
ANYTIME THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS ARE ISOLATED TORNADOES...
LARGE HAIL...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND DAMAGING WINDS.

AN UPPER LOW IN MEXICO WILL MOVE EAST TOWARD WEST CENTRAL TEXAS
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW NORTH
FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO AHEAD OF THE UPPER LOW. THUNDERSTORMS WITH
VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO FORM ACROSS THE NORTHERN EDWADS
PLATEAU LATE THIS EVENING AND MOVE NORTH AND NORTHEAST INTO WEST
CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE MAIN THREAT AS THE
UPPER LOW SLOWLY MOVES EAST ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS MONDAY INTO
TUESDAY. SOME AREAS MAY SEE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL...WHICH
COULD PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 29, 1:27 PM CDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
127 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007

TXZ049-291900-
FISHER TX-
127 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR FISHER
COUNTY...

AT 125 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROTAN...OR ABOUT
24 MILES WEST OF HAMLIN...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF...
  NORTHWESTERN FISHER COUNTY.

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG WINDS NEAR 45 MPH.

BE PREPARED FOR A POSSIBLE WARNING.
Local storm report, Apr 29, 4:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 29, 4:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
424 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0423 PM     HAIL             BRONTE                  31.89N 100.29W
04/29/2007  E1.00 INCH       COKE               TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

SNAGLE
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 6:06 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
606 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007

TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-
140-154-155-168>170-300115-
FISHER-NOLAN-STERLING-COKE-RUNNELS-IRION-TOM GREEN-CONCHO-
CROCKETT-SCHLEICHER-SUTTON-HASKELL-THROCKMORTON-JONES-SHACKELFORD-
TAYLOR-CALLAHAN-COLEMAN-BROWN-MCCULLOCH-SAN SABA-MENARD-KIMBLE-
MASON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROTAN...ROBY...SWEETWATER...
STERLING CITY...ROBERT LEE...BRONTE...BALLINGER...WINTERS...
MERTZON...SAN ANGELO...EDEN...OZONA...ELDORADO...SONORA...
HASKELL...THROCKMORTON...WOODSON...STAMFORD...ANSON...HAMLIN...
ALBANY...ABILENE...CLYDE...BAIRD...CROSS PLAINS...COLEMAN...
BROWNWOOD...BRADY...SAN SABA...MENARD...JUNCTION...MASON
606 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU
UNTIL 8 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE
CONCHO VALLEY AND BIG COUNTRY UNTIL 11 PM. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS
IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR THAT PART OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS ALONG AND WEST
OF A ROBY...SWEETWATER...SAN ANGELO...JUNCTION LINE. THUNDERSTORMS
WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING WEST OF A THROCKMORTON...
ABILENE...SAN ANGELO LINE. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE
WITH LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL.
Local storm report, Apr 29, 6:12 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
612 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0601 PM     HAIL             LUEDERS                 32.80N 99.62W
04/29/2007  E0.88 INCH       JONES              TX   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

&&

SNAGLE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 9:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTCrockett4 hr
Apr 29, 3:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Tom Green25 min
Apr 29, 3:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSterling43 min
Apr 29, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Runnels, Tom Green42 min
Apr 29, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Runnels45 min
Apr 29, 4:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchSJTBrown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crockett and 18 more19 hr
Apr 29, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTHaskell23 min
Apr 29, 4:09 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTCoke, Runnels51 min
Apr 29, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTHaskell34 min
Apr 29, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Nolan, Runnels, Taylor63 min
Apr 29, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTJones62 min
Apr 29, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTIrion, Sterling, Tom Green59 min
Apr 29, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTHaskell, Shackelford, Throckmorton58 min
Apr 29, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Nolan52 min
Apr 29, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTShackelford, Throckmorton59 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2007Every flash flood warning in 2007

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.