Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS San Angelo, TX

Issued

May 6, 2007, 7:11 PM CDT (00:11 UTC)

Expired

May 6, 2007, 11:15 PM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS San Angelo, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties Irion County, TX, Tom Green County, TX

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS54 KSJT 070013
FFWSJT
TXC235-451-070415-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
711 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN TOM GREEN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
  IRION COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT

* AT 708 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WATER
  VALLEY...ORIENT...GRAPE CREEK AND CARLSBAD

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR WILL 
CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND 
UNDERPASSES...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS 
AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW 
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. 

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 
ROADWAY. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT 
TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 3117 10125 3126 10075 3169 10024 3170 10085
      3157 10085 3156 10113

$$

000 
WGUS74 KSJT 070125
FFSSJT

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
823 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007

TXC235-451-070415-
TOM GREEN TX-IRION TX-
823 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR
IRION AND NORTHWESTERN TOM GREEN COUNTIES...

AT 816 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLOODING OVER THE 
EAST CARLSBAD LOOP...AND BARRICADES ARE EXPECTED TO BE PUT UP SOON.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WATER
VALLEY...ORIENT...GRAPE CREEK AND CARLSBAD

IT IS STILL POSSIBLE FOR EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL 
CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL 
AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS OVER NORTHERN 
IRION AND NORTHWESTERN TOM GREEN COUNTY THROUGH 1115 PM TONIGHT. 

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE 
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. TURN AROUND...DONT 
DROWN. 

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWEST TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3117 10125 3126 10075 3169 10024 3170 10085
      3157 10085 3156 10113

$$

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.