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Flash Flood Watch 13, NWS San Angelo, TX

October 21, 201524 counties in Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this flash flood watch at Oct 21, 2015, 2:17 PM CDT for 24 counties in Texas. It took effect at Oct 22, 2015, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 46 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 21, 2015, 2:17 PM CDT (19:17 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 22, 2015, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: Oct 24, 2015, 5:24 AM CDT
In force: 46 hr
Issued by: NWS San Angelo, TX
Flood severity: None

All 24 counties

Brown County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Coke County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Concho County, TX, Crockett County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Irion County, TX, Jones County, TX, Kimble County, TX, Mason County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, Menard County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Runnels County, TX, San Saba County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Sutton County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Tom Green County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 watch went out at Oct 21, 1:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 21, 1:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 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
Oct 21, 4:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SJT	Kimble	56 min
Oct 21, 5:18 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SJT	Kimble, Mason, Menard	57 min
Oct 21, 6:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	McCulloch	34 min
Oct 21, 6:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	McCulloch, San Saba	30 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.