Flash Flood Warning 134, NWS San Angelo, TX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
610 PM CDT FRI AUG 17 2007

.AVIATION...
THE CENTER OF A CLOSED LOW...THE REMAINS OF T.S. ERIN...IS
LOCATED BETWEEN MIDLAND AND SAN ANGELO THIS EVENING AND WILL
CONTINUE TO BRING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MOST OF WEST
CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS. RAPID DEGRADATION OF
VISIBILITY AND CEILING WILL ACCOMPANY RAIN BANDS MOVING THROUGH
THE AREA...THE BEST CHANCE OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE CLOSER TO THE
CENTER OF THE CLOSED LOW WHICH WILL FAVOR THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS TROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS...WITH THE CENTER OF
CIRCULATION REMAINING JUST WEST OF THE AREA.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 400 PM CDT FRI AUG 17 2007/

DISCUSSION...
THE REMNANTS OF ERIN (STILL A TROPICAL DEPRESSION AS OF 10 AM
TODAY) ARE CENTERED ALONG THE BORDER OF CROCKETT AND REAGAN
COUNTIES AT MID-AFTERNOON. THE LOW HAS DRIFTED NORTH-NORTHWEST
TODAY (WAS CENTERED OVER SOUTHEASTERN CORNER OF CROCKETT COUNTY
EARLY THIS MORNING). SCATTERED BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ARE MOVING NORTH ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...AROUND THE CIRCULATION
CENTER. OTHER AREA OF SHOWERS PERISTS ACROSS IRION AND STERLING
COUNTIES...TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE LOW.

EXPECT THE REMNANT LOW TO REMAIN INTACT TONIGHT WILL DRIFTING
NORTH TOWARD BIG SPRING. WHILE THE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WILL
CONTINUE TO HAVE LOCALLY RAINFALL ACROSS OUR AREA THIS EVENING...
OUR PRIMARY CONCERN FOR TONIGHT IS WITH THE TRACK OF THE
SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED THREAT FOR EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AND FLOODING.
TYPICALLY WITH THESE TYPES OF SYSTEMS AT NIGHT...HAVE A CONCENTRATED
AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL AROUND THE CENTER. THIS TARGETS THE WESTERN
CONCHO VALLEY AND SOUTHWESTERN BIG COUNTRY (GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE
FROM SAN ANGELO TO SWEETWATER). A FEW INCHES OF RAINFALL CERTAINLY
POSSIBLE ACROSS THAT AREA WITH A FEW TOTALS GREATER THAN 5 INCHES.

THE HEAVY/EXCESSIVE RAINFALL THREAT SHIFTS NORTHWARD ON SATURDAY...
WHEN THE REMNANT LOW IS PROGGED TO MEANDER ACROSS THE AREA AROUND
SNYDER...OR PERHAPS OUR WESTERN BIG COUNTRY COUNTIES. HAVE THE
HIGHEST POPS AND QPF ACROSS THAT AREA...BUT ALSO HAVE EXPANDED RAIN
CHANCES ON SATURDAY TO ACCOUNT FOR TYPICAL DAYTIME TENDENCY FOR THE
CONVECTION TO SHIFT OUTWARD FROM THE CENTER OF THE REMNANT SYSTEM.
WE HAVE EXTENDED AND EXPANDED THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH. NOW INCLUDING
MOST OF THE BIG COUNTRY IN THE WATCH...AND THE WATCH IS NOW IN
EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY (UNTIL 7 PM). EVEN THOUGH THE THREAT FOR
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS DIMINISHING ACROSS OUR SOUTH-CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES...THAT AREA IS VULNERABLE TO FLOODING WITH
WHAT OCCURRED LAST NIGHT/THIS MORNING. THAT AREA CAN PROBABLY BE
DROPPED FROM THE WATCH BY SATURDAY MORNING.

UNCERTAINTY INCREASES SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY WITH WHERE
THE REMNANTS OF ERIN WILL BE LOCATED...AND WITH THE ASSOCIATED
QPF. PER THE GFS TRENDS...WE ARE MAINTAINING THE HIGHER POPS
ACROSS PARTS OF THE BIG COUNTRY AND CONCHO VALLEY SATURDAY
NIGHT. HAVE A CONTINUING POP INTO SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL
BE COOLEST THIS WEEKEND WHERE THE HIGHER RAIN CHANCES AND
GREATER CLOUD COVER ARE CONCENTRATED.

LOOKING INTO NEXT WEEK...THE GFS BRINGS THE TUTT LOW INTO
TEXAS ALONG A POSITION FARTHER TO THE EAST THAN EARLIER
PROGGED. KEEPING POPS LESS THAN 20 PERCENT AT THIS TIME FOR
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. WITH LESS CLOUD COVER WILL SEE DAYTIME
TEMPERATURES CLIMBING BACK TO 90 OR THE LOWER 90S. WILL BE
WATCHING TO SEE WHERE HURRICANE DEAN MAY TRACK.

WE ARE MONITORING THE ONGOING SITUATION CLOSELY...AND
WILL CONTINUE TO UPDATE OUR FORECASTS AND PRODUCTS TO ACCOUNT
FOR THE DEVELOPMENTS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ABILENE 	 72  81  72  84 /  50  60  60  40
SAN ANGELO 	 72  81  72  85 /  80  60  50  40
JUNCTION 	 72  85  72  87 /  40  40  40  30

&&

.SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR BROWN-COKE-
COLEMAN-CONCHO-CROCKETT-FISHER-HASKELL-IRION-JONES-KIMBLE-MASON-
MCCULLOCH-MENARD-NOLAN-RUNNELS-SAN SABA-SCHLEICHER-STERLING-
SUTTON-TAYLOR-TOM GREEN.

&&

15/99/15

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
212 PM CDT FRI AUG 17 2007

TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-
140-154-155-168>170-181915-
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-
212 PM CDT FRI AUG 17 2007

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

LOOK FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND ASSOCIATED FLASH
FLOODING TO CONTINUE ACROSS MOST OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. HOWEVER...SOME LOCATIONS
MAY RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES...ESPECIALLY WEST OF A
LINE FROM JUNCTION...TO EDEN...TO ABILENE...TO HASKELL. IN
ADDITION TO FLASH FLOODING...CREEKS AND DRAWS MAY RISE ABOVE THEIR
ABILITY TO CONTAIN ADDITION RUNOFF.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

AS WHAT REMAINS OF TROPICAL STORM ERIN CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY
NORTHWEST...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WEST
CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO
BE THE MAIN THREAT...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL
TEXAS NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM SONORA TO BROWNWOOD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. HOWEVER...WE ENCOURAGE ALL
SPOTTERS AND RAINFALL OBSERVERS TO REPORT FLOODING OR HEAVY
RAINFALL.

23/HUBER