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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS San Angelo, TX

September 29, 2012Irion County, Tom Green County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 29, 2012, 8:17 AM CDT for Irion County, Tom Green County, Texas. It was in force for 103 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Sep 29, 2012, 8:17 AM CDT (13:17 UTC)
Expired
Sep 29, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT
In force
103 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Irion County, TX, Tom Green County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:20 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 29, 10:00 AM CDTFLASH FLOOD6 S Miles, TXTHE SAN ANGELO DPS REPORTED WATER OVER THE ROAD AT THE CONCHO RIVER BRIDGE...ON FARM TO MARKET ROAD 1692.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 2012-09-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2012-09-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
481 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

462 
WGUS54 KSJT 291317
FFWSJT
TXC235-451-291500-
/O.NEW.KSJT.FF.W.0007.120929T1317Z-120929T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
817 AM CDT SAT SEP 29 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN IRION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...
  TOM GREEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT

* AT 813 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN SAN ANGELO REPORTED
  WATER RESCUES IN PROGRESS AT FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS.  RUNOFF 
  FROM THE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE THIS FLASH
  FLOODING THROUGH MID MORNING...AND TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED IN SAN
  ANGELO.  

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  CHRISTOVAL...SAN ANGELO...CARLSBAD...GRAPE CREEK...KNICKERBOCKER...
  MERETA...ORIENT...TANKERSLEY...VANCOURT...VERIBEST...WALL AND WATER
  VALLEY.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...CHRISTOVAL...
SAN ANGELO...CARLSBAD...GRAPE CREEK...KNICKERBOCKER...MERETA...
ORIENT...TANKERSLEY...VANCOURT...VERIBEST...WALL AND WATER VALLEY.

THIS INCLUDES THE LOW WATER CROSSINGS AT...
  JACKSON FROM KNICKERBOCKER TO S BRYANT...
  HOWARD AND WEBSTER...
  COLLEGE HILLS AND MILBROOK...
  SOUTHWEST BLVD AND LOOP 306...
  PARKWOOD AND LINDENWOOD...
  1500 BLOCK OF SPAULDING...
  300 BLOCK OF NORTH ARCHER...
  SUL ROSS AT RED ARROYO CROSSING...
  NORTH RIVER AND WEST 1ST...
  TRES RIOS AND LESTER...
  1800 BLOCK OF PREUSSER...
  1700 BOCK OF COKE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS NEAR FLOOD PRONE AREAS ALONG THE RED ARROYO AT
SOUTHWEST BOULEVARD NEAR THE SOUTH LOOP... ALONG COLLEGE HILLS
BOULEVARD....ALONG SUL ROSS BOULEVARD...ALONG PULLIAM...AND AT THE
INTERSECTION OF SPAULDING AND NORTH ARCHER.

&&

LAT...LON 3152 10074 3153 10126 3155 10127 3156 10087
      3171 10086 3170 10024 3158 10023 3158 10011
      3109 10011 3109 10068

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 28, 8:17 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTConcho, Tom Green6 hr
Sep 29, 1:42 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTConcho, Tom Green6 hr
Sep 29, 7:53 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTConcho, Tom Green3 hr
Sep 29, 8:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTConcho, Runnels3 hr
Sep 29, 8:58 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTCrockett, Schleicher, Sutton3 hr
Sep 29, 9:15 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSJTRunnels24 hr
Sep 29, 9:31 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTIrion, Tom Green6 hr
Sep 29, 9:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTTaylor3 hr
Sep 29, 9:55 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTIrion, Tom Green2 hr
Sep 29, 10:37 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTColeman3 hr
Sep 29, 10:57 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSJTRunnels10 hr
Sep 29, 11:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTConcho, Runnels3 hr
Sep 29, 11:52 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTCallahan4 hr
Sep 29, 3:24 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTTom Green6 hr
Sep 29, 3:44 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningSJTConcho5 hr

Nearby

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Sources

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.