Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS San Angelo, TX

Issued

Apr 24, 2011, 5:28 PM CDT (22:28 UTC)

Expired

Apr 24, 2011, 8:30 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS San Angelo, TX

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Callahan County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Taylor County, TX

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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236 
WGUS54 KSJT 242228
FFWSJT
TXC059-417-441-250130-
/O.NEW.KSJT.FF.W.0002.110424T2228Z-110425T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
528 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN TAYLOR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...
  NORTHERN CALLAHAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...
  SOUTHERN SHACKELFORD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 520 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN ABILENE REPORTED 
  UNDERPASSES BEING CLOSED IN THE CITY OF ABILENE...DUE TO HIGH
  WATER. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE BEEN REPEATEDLY
  TRACKING ACROSS NORTHEASTERN TAYLOR...NORTHWETERN CALLAHAN...AND
  SOUTHERN SHACKELFORD COUNTY SINCE 4 PM. 

* DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2.5 TO 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE 
  ALREADY   FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA SINCE 4 PM. AN ADDITIONAL 
  1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS LIKELY THROUGH 7 PM. THIS WILL CAUSE 
  MAJOR STREET FLOODING IN ABILENE...AND WILL CAUSE OTHER ROADS 
  ACROSS THE WARNED AREA TO BECOME FLOODED. FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 
  STREAMS IS ALSO LIKELY. 


* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  ABILENE...HAMBY AND MORAN. 

LAT...LON 3252 9963 3252 9961 3255 9960 3259 9951
      3267 9911 3249 9913 3233 9984 3250 9985

$$

301 
WGUS74 KSJT 250052
FFSSJT

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
752 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2011

TXC059-417-441-250130-
/O.CON.KSJT.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110425T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SHACKELFORD TX-TAYLOR TX-CALLAHAN TX-
752 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2011

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR
NORTHERN CALLAHAN...NORTHEASTERN TAYLOR AND SOUTHERN SHACKELFORD
COUNTIES...

AT 745 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT 
THE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED TO THE SOUTHEAST OUT OF THE 
AREA. NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL ALLOW WATER 
LEVELS TO GRADUALLY RECEDE EARLY TONIGHT. IN THE MEANTIME...
MOTORISTS ARE URGED NOT TO DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS
THE ROAD. BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL AFTER DARK...WHEN IT WILL BE
MORE DIFFICULT TO SEE WATER OVER THE ROADWAY. 


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. 

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT MONDAY MORNING
FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3252 9963 3252 9961 3255 9960 3259 9951
      3267 9911 3249 9913 3233 9984 3250 9985

$$

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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.