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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS San Angelo, TX

August 15, 2013Brown County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 15, 2013, 4:53 PM CDT for Brown County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 15, 2013, 4:53 PM CDT (21:53 UTC)
Expired: Aug 15, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS San Angelo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Brown County, TX

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS San Angelo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Aug 15, 4:03 PM CDT, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 4:03 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 15, 2:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
221 PM CDT THU AUG 15 2013

TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-
140-154-155-168>170-161930-
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-
221 PM CDT THU AUG 15 2013

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE GUSTY WINDS
AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. A FEW STRONG STORMS
WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS
OF 50 MPH.

A GROUP OF STORMS MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN BIG COUNTRY TONIGHT MAY
APPROACH SEVERE LEVELS. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE PRIMARY IMPACTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

SCATTERED STORMS WILL PERSIST ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS INTO
FRIDAY EVENING. DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE
PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED FOR THE NORTHERN BIG COUNTRY TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 15, 2:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
233 PM CDT THU AUG 15 2013

TXZ066-127-128-139-140-152030-
RUNNELS TX-TAYLOR TX-COLEMAN TX-CALLAHAN TX-BROWN TX-
233 PM CDT THU AUG 15 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR
RUNNELS...TAYLOR...COLEMAN...CALLAHAN AND BROWN COUNTIES...

POTENTIAL STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
  WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND
  HEAVY RAINFALL

AT 225 PM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BAIRD TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF WINTERS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. OTHER STORMS MAY DEVELOP
ACROSS THESE COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM CDT.

POTENTIAL STORM IMPACTS INCLUDE...
  SOME BROKEN TREE BRANCHES...
  ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES LIKELY...
  A FEW LOOSE OBJECTS TOPPLED...
  HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  CREWS BY 240 PM CDT
  NOVICE BY 255 PM CDT
  LAKE COLEMAN BY 305 PM CDT
  BENOIT BY 310 PM CDT
  US-283 NEAR THE COLEMAN-CALLAHAN COUNTY LINE AND ATWELL BY 315 PM
  CDT
  GLEN COVE...CROSS PLAINS...TALPA AND HORDS CREEK RESERVOIR BY 330
  PM CDT

AND INCLUDES INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 301 AND 310.

LAT...LON 3151 9965 3153 9966 3154 9968 3155 9967
      3155 9969 3196 10011 3247 9931 3228 9910
      3209 9911 3208 9893 3197 9885
TIME...MOT...LOC 1928Z 299DEG 8KT 3232 9922 3191 9987

Special weather statement, Aug 15, 3:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 15, 3:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 15, 4:02 PM CDT, 51 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 15, 4:42 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 15, 4:47 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 14, 7:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Mason	32 min
Aug 14, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Mason	30 min
Aug 14, 9:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	San Saba	32 min
Aug 15, 1:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Taylor	27 min
Aug 15, 1:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Callahan	39 min
Aug 15, 2:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Callahan, Coleman, Runnels	57 min
Aug 15, 2:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Brown, Callahan, Coleman	40 min
Aug 15, 3:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Brown, Coleman	57 min
Aug 15, 3:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Mason	61 min
Aug 15, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Throckmorton	50 min
Aug 15, 4:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	San Saba	28 min
Aug 15, 4:16 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SJT	Brown	119 min
Aug 15, 4:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Throckmorton	63 min
Aug 15, 4:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	McCulloch, San Saba	58 min
Aug 15, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	McCulloch, Mason, San Saba	48 min
Aug 15, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	McCulloch, Mason, San Saba	66 min
Aug 15, 6:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Callahan, Shackelford	60 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.