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Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS San Angelo, TX

May 28, 2015Throckmorton County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 28, 2015, 6:27 PM CDT for Throckmorton 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
May 28, 2015, 6:27 PM CDT (23:27 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2015, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Throckmorton County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 282 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2015-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 39 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2015-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 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
39 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-204 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1310 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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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 May 28, 6:12 PM CDT, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 6:12 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
612 PM CDT Thu May 28 2015

.AVIATION...
/00Z TAFS/

Showers and thunderstorms will move across West Texas this
evening. These thunderstorms will produce locally heavy
rainfall...strong gusty winds and large hail. Most of the
convection should shift east of the TAF sites by 05z. The extent
of low cloud development after midnight is somewhat uncertain,
given the expected mid/upper level cloud cover behind the forecast
convection. At this time, MVFR ceilings were included at all
sites, except KABI, beginning between 09z and 11z.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 313 PM CDT Thu May 28 2015/

SHORT TERM...
(Tonight and Friday)

..Severe thunderstorms and heavy rainfall will be possible
overnight...

The main concern through the next 24 hours is the potential for
locally heavy rainfall and strong to severe thunderstorms. An upper
level trough currently over the Desert Southwest will approach far
West Texas this evening, with large scale lift overspreading West
Central Texas. Showers and thunderstorms are developing across West
Texas and the South Plains this afternoon and should eventually grow
upscale into a mesoscale convective system (MCS) which is forecast
to move east across the area late this afternoon and evening. The
main concerns, especially through early this evening, are large
hail, damaging winds and a few tornadoes will be possible,
primarily along residual outflow boundaries. As we head into
mid/late evening, the threat should transition to more of a heavy
rain/wind threat as the MCS possibly becomes more of a bow echo.
The other concern will be very heavy rainfall which may result in
flash flooding. A flash flood watch remains in effect for most of
West Central Texas through 7 AM Friday. The MCS will track east
across the area this evening, with the majority of convection
moving east of the region during the early morning hours.

A few lingering showers and thunderstorms will be possible across
mainly the eastern half of the area Friday morning. Highs on
Friday will be near to slightly below seasonal normals, generally
in the mid 80s.

Daniels

LONG TERM...
(Friday night through Thursday)

As a strong shortwave trough moves east across the Plains on
Friday night, a cold front will sag south across the Lone Star
State. Modest synoptic scale forcing for ascent will overspread
the area Friday night into early Saturday, interacting with low-
level forcing associated with the aforementioned cold front to
produce widespread showers and thunderstorms across West Central
TX. Rainfall amounts could be locally heavy, especially
along/north of the Colorado River. Additional rainfall amounts
exceeding 1 inch will be possible on already saturated ground,
posing a flash flooding threat. Rainfall is expected to diminish
from north to south by Saturday afternoon/evening, as slightly
cooler and drier air advects into the CWA. Temperatures on
Saturday will be affected by ongoing precipitation, with highs
generally in the upper 70s to lower 80s.

Cooler overnight lows are expected Saturday night, with
temperatures falling into the lower 60s. It's not out of the
question that some areas may dip into the 50s by sunrise,
depending on the extent of cloud cover. By Sunday, we'll be under
the influence of northerly flow aloft as a ridge builds over the
southwest CONUS. Low PoPs were maintained over the southern half
of the area on Sunday, although confidence is waning that we'll
see anything develop in a generally subsident environment with
little/no low-level forcing.

This ridge will be a player in the forecast going through at least
midweek. The medium range models are developing a cut-off upper-
level cyclone over east TX early in the week. The ECMWF keeps this
feature east of the Houston area, while the GFS slowly retrogrades
the low back to the west toward central TX. Either way, we should
remain on the subsident side of the cyclone with the mid-level
ridge remaining the dominant feature. This should result in
generally dry weather with temperatures creeping up toward 90
degrees. Overnight lows will be in the 60s.

Johnson

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Abilene 	 67  84  65  79  60 /  80  30  60  60  20
San Angelo 	 67  87  67  80  62 /  80  20  40  60  30
Junction 	 68  85  69  82  63 /  70  30  30  60  40

&&

.SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH through Friday morning FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: Brown...Callahan...Coke...Coleman...Concho...Crockett...
Fisher...Haskell...Irion...Jones...Kimble...Mason...McCulloch...
Menard...Nolan...Runnels...San Saba...Schleicher...Shackelford...
Sterling...Sutton...Taylor...Throckmorton...Tom Green.

&&

99/99/99
Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 1:04 PM CDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
104 PM CDT THU MAY 28 2015

TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-
140-154-155-168>170-291100-
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-
104 PM CDT THU MAY 28 2015

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS
AFTERNOON ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...CONTINUING INTO THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO
THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS...DAMAGING WINDS...AND A FEW TORNADOES. A
TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE BIG COUNTRY...CONCHO
VALLEY...AND EDWARDS PLATEAU THROUGH 8 PM.

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL LIKELY TRANSITION TO A HEAVY
RAINFALL EPISODE OVERNIGHT...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH
FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM TODAY TO 7 AM
FRIDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. A FEW STRONG TO
MARGINALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH HAIL AND
GUSTY WINDS. HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT AND
SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

JOHNSON

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Special weather statement, May 28, 6:15 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
615 PM CDT THU MAY 28 2015

TXZ099-113-114-127-128-290015-
JONES TX-SHACKELFORD TX-TAYLOR TX-THROCKMORTON TX-CALLAHAN TX-
615 PM CDT THU MAY 28 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
JONES...SHACKELFORD...TAYLOR...THROCKMORTON AND CALLAHAN COUNTIES...

AT 612 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 10 MILES EAST OF NUGENT...OR ABOUT 12
MILES WEST OF ALBANY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. ALTHOUGH THE
INDIVIDUAL STORMS ARE MOVING NORTH...THE LINE OF STORMS WILL
CONTINUE TO PROPAGATE SOUTHWARD.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MCCARTY LAKE BY 630 PM CDT
  ALBANY BY 650 PM CDT
  FORT GRIFFIN BY 715 PM CDT

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3296 9895 3295 9909 3222 9911 3211 9993
      3269 9987 3299 9923 3339 9895
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 223DEG 14KT 3269 9949

DANIELS
Special weather statement, May 28, 6:20 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
620 PM CDT THU MAY 28 2015

TXZ064-071-072-282345-
IRION TX-STERLING TX-TOM GREEN TX-
620 PM CDT THU MAY 28 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR
IRION...STERLING AND TOM GREEN COUNTIES...

POTENTIAL STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
  GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL

AT 618 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 27 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF STERLING CITY...OR ABOUT 22 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GARDEN CITY...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

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

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
WESTERN TOM GREEN...STERLING AND WESTERN IRION COUNTIES.

LAT...LON 3208 10127 3209 10087 3120 10091 3114 10128
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 265DEG 25KT 3158 10130

JOHNSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Concho, Runnels, Tom Green28 min
May 27, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Runnels, Tom Green35 min
May 27, 8:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTShackelford38 min
May 27, 8:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTShackelford35 min
May 28, 4:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchSJTBrown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crockett and 18 more21 hr
May 28, 3:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTFisher25 min
May 28, 3:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTFisher30 min
May 28, 4:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTHaskell42 min
May 28, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTHaskell42 min
May 28, 4:41 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTFisher, Haskell, Jones2 hr
May 28, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTHaskell, Jones, Shackelford, Throckmorton38 min
May 28, 5:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTFisher28 min
May 28, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTHaskell, Jones, Shackelford, Throckmorton48 min
May 28, 5:28 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTShackelford, Throckmorton2 hr
May 28, 5:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTFisher, Jones42 min
May 28, 5:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTCallahan40 min
May 28, 6:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTNolan, Taylor45 min
May 28, 6:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTUpton47 min
May 28, 6:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTCallahan, Shackelford, Taylor60 min
May 28, 6:20 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTCallahan, Fisher, Jones, Nolan, Taylor115 min
May 28, 6:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTIrion, Sterling25 min
May 28, 6:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTIrion, Sterling, Tom Green42 min
May 28, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCrockett64 min
May 28, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Nolan, Runnels, Sterling, Taylor46 min
May 28, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown, Callahan, Coleman, Runnels, Shackelford, Taylor51 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.