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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Oct 12, 2013, 11:24 PM CDT for McCulloch County, San Saba County, Texas. It was in force for 6 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
- Oct 12, 2013, 11:24 PM CDT (04:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 13, 2013, 5:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties McCulloch County, TX, San Saba County, TX
The radar
The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:25 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
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 234 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1697 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 978 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
782
WGUS54 KSJT 130424
FFWSJT
TXC307-411-131030-
/O.NEW.KSJT.FF.W.0021.131013T0424Z-131013T1030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1124 PM CDT SAT OCT 12 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MCCULLOCH COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...
SAN SABA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 530 AM CDT SUNDAY
* AT 1116 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
CONTINUE. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE SOME LOCATIONS IN NORTHERN
MCCULLOCH COUNTY AND NORTHERN SAN SABA COUNTY HAVE SEEN
AMOUNTS IN THE 1 TO 3 INCHES AN HOUR RANGE.
* IMPACTS FROM THIS INTENSE RAINFALL WILL INCLUDE:
FLOODING OF LOW LYING ROADS AND INTERSECTIONS.
RAPID RISE OF AREA CREEKS...STREAMS...AND ARROYOS.
WATER WILL BE HIGH AND FAST ENOUGH TO STALL VEHICLES OR WASH THEM
COMPLETELY OFF THE ROAD.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...SAN
SABA...RICHLAND SPRINGS...BRADY...ALGERITA...BEND...BRADY
LAKE...WALDRIP...VOCA...STACY...SKEETERVILLE...SALT
GAP...ROCHELLE...PLACID...PEAR
VALLEY...MERCURY...MELVIN...LOHN...ELM GROVE...DOOLE...CHEROKEE AND
CHAPPEL.
THIS INCLUDES THE LOW WATER CROSSINGS AT...
FM 1030 CROSSING WALLACE CREEK...
FM 1851 CROSSING TIGER CREEK...
FM 1028 CROSSING CORN CREEK...
FM 1121 CROSSING ONION CREEK...
COUNTY ROAD 432 CROSSING CHEROKEE CREEK...
COUNTY ROAD 343 CROSSING CHEROKEE CREEK...
CROSSINGS ALONG COUNTY ROAD 244...
CROSSINGS ALONG COUNTY ROAD 246...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.
&&
LAT...LON 3094 9960 3147 9961 3142 9947 3145 9944
3144 9934 3141 9931 3144 9928 3145 9910
3149 9899 3141 9877 3138 9876 3143 9873
3135 9870 3136 9866 3117 9851 3111 9853
3111 9845 3106 9847 3103 9843 3093 9842
$$
HUBER1 follow-up statement
271
WGUS74 KSJT 130654
FFSSJT
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
154 AM CDT SUN OCT 13 2013
TXC307-411-131030-
/O.CON.KSJT.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-131013T1030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MCCULLOCH TX-SAN SABA TX-
154 AM CDT SUN OCT 13 2013
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM CDT FOR SAN
SABA AND MCCULLOCH COUNTIES...
AT 140 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL ACROSS SAN SABA COUNTY AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS OVER MCCULLOCH COUNTY. THE LCRA GAGES HAVE INDICATED 1
TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN SAN SABA COUNTY. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND 1 INCH ARE LIKELY THROUGH 530 AM.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SAN
SABA...RICHLAND SPRINGS...BRADY...WALDRIP...SKEETERVILLE...SALT
GAP...PLACID...PEAR VALLEY...MERCURY...LOHN...ELM GROVE AND DOOLE
THIS INCLUDES THE LOW WATER CROSSINGS AT...
FM 1028 CROSSING CORN CREEK...
CROSSINGS ALONG COUNTY ROAD 244...
CROSSINGS ALONG COUNTY ROAD 246...
COUNTY ROAD 440 CROSSING SPRING BRANCH...
COUNTY ROAD 440 CROSSING DEEP CREEK...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
&&
LAT...LON 3094 9960 3147 9961 3142 9947 3145 9944
3144 9934 3141 9931 3144 9928 3145 9910
3149 9899 3141 9877 3138 9876 3143 9873
3135 9870 3136 9866 3117 9851 3111 9853
3111 9845 3106 9847 3103 9843 3093 9842
$$
MCThe office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Schleicher | 25 min |
| Oct 12, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Menard | 23 min |
| Oct 12, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Concho, Tom Green | 27 min |
| Oct 12, 9:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Menard | 51 min |
| Oct 12, 10:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | San Saba | 60 min |
| Oct 12, 10:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Mason | 51 min |
| Oct 13, 12:17 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SJT | Concho, Tom Green | 118 min |
| Oct 13, 2:32 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SJT | Concho, Tom Green | 118 min |
| Oct 13, 6:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SJT | Kimble | 2 hr |
| Oct 13, 7:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SJT | Tom Green | 58 min |
| Oct 13, 8:04 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SJT | Tom Green | 116 min |
| Oct 13, 8:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | SJT | Brown, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crockett, Irion and 12 more | 22 hr |
| Oct 13, 8:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 3 hr |
| Oct 13, 10:09 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SJT | Concho | 81 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.