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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS San Angelo, TX

June 19, 2009Crockett County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 19, 2009, 5:57 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 19, 2009, 5:57 AM CDT (10:57 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2009, 8:45 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Crockett County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:57 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

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 138 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2009-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 168 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2009-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 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
168 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-105 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2404 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS54 KSJT 191057
FFWSJT
TXC105-191345-
/O.NEW.KSJT.FF.W.0021.090619T1057Z-090619T1345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
557 AM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CROCKETT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 845 AM CDT

* AT 547 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED   
  TO INDICATE FLASH FLOODING FROM ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING 
  VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT WILL MOVE INTO THE WARNED AREA...MOVING NORTH 
  AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE LOW 
  WATER CROSSINGS IN OZONA...AND ALONG RANCH ROAD 2083 SOUTH OF 
  OZONA. OTHER LOCATIONS INCLUDE LOW WATER CROSSINGS ALONG STATE 
  HIGHWAY 163...RANCH ROAD 1573 SOUTH OF OZONA...AND OTHER LOW WATER 
  CROSSINGS LOCATED SOUTH OF OZONA.

RADAR AND RAINFALL GAUGES HAVE ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN 
HAVE FALLEN BETWEEN RANCH ROAD 2083 AND RANCH ROAD 1573 LOCATED 
SOUTH OF OZONA.  ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 845 AM. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

&&

LAT...LON 3070 10156 3071 10097 3029 10096 3030 10154

$$

HG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 1:13 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTCrockett3 hr
Jun 19, 1:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTCrockett4 hr
Jun 19, 4:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchSJTCrockett32 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2009Every flash flood warning in 2009

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.