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Special Weather Statement, NWS San Angelo, TX

May 19, 2015Schleicher County, Tom Green County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this special weather statement at May 19, 2015, 3:56 AM CDT for Schleicher County, Tom Green County, Texas. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 19, 2015, 3:56 AM CDT (08:56 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2015, 4:45 AM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS San Angelo, TX

Counties Schleicher County, TX, Tom Green County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 192 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 634 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2129 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 164 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.8

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The text

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

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at May 19, 12:59 AM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 12:59 AM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1259 AM CDT Tue May 19 2015

.AVIATION...
/06Z TAFS/

Showers and thunderstorms with very heavy rain will reduce
visibility and ceilings to MVFR or IFR overnight, across much
of the area northwest of a line from Mertzon to San Angelo to
Abilene. The KSJT and KABI taf sites will be affected. Other
scattered showers/thunderstorms will develop overnight and
may temporarily affect our southern TAF sites. Outside of the
convection, some low cloud development is expected with
ceilings in the 800-1500 ft range, overnight through mid-
morning Tuesday. Additional development of showers and
thunderstorms is expected Tuesday afternoon and evening,
although there is uncertainty at this time with the specific
placement. Further TAF adjustments will be made with
subsequent updates.

19

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 610 PM CDT Mon May 18 2015/

AVIATION...
/00Z TAFS/
Mainly VFR conditions are expected through much of this evening.
Widespread stratus will spread north across West Central Texas late
tonight through much of Tuesday, with MVFR/IFR ceilings at the
terminals. Also, a few storms are possible this evening along the
I-10 corridor, and will add a VCTS to the KSOA terminal. Also, a
complex of storms will probably move across the Big Country
Tuesday morning and early afternoon and gone with 5SM -TSRA and
the KABI terminal between 12Z and 15Z.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 338 PM CDT Mon May 18 2015/

SHORT TERM...
(Tonight and Tuesday)

.Flash flood watch midnight tonight through 7 PM Tuesday for the
Big Country and N. Concho Valley...

Complex of storms is expected to develop in the Permian Basin and
South Plains, then move east into the Big Country late tonight and
Tuesday. With precipitable waters increasing to 1.5 inches, locally
heavy rainfall possible. A weak cold front will approach the Big
Country late tonight, providing a low level focus for storm
development. An upper shortwave will be moving in from the west
at the same time, producing mid level lift. Outflow from the
storms may push into the northern Concho Valley...thus Sterling,
Coke and Runnels counties were added into the Flash Flood Watch.

Isolated to scattered thunderstorms may develop earlier this
afternoon and evening, mainly in Crockett and Sutton counties, the
Concho Valley and Western Big Country. There is an isolated severe
threat, with large hail and damaging winds. Localized flooding
will also be possible near the stronger storms.

04

LONG TERM...
(Tuesday night through Monday)

The forecast in a nutshell: It's not going to rain every day at
any particular location, but we are looking at several rounds of
potentially heavy rainfall over the next week. Localized rainfall
amounts exceeding 5 inches are not out of the question. However,
where the heaviest rainfall occurs will be dependent on the
location of certain mesoscale features. Numerical guidance will
likely have a poor handle on the mesoscale features further out in
time, so there will be plenty of forecast fine-tuning that needs
to be done over the coming days. Overall, the severe weather
threat is relatively low, but flash flooding will be a significant
concern. Now let's drill down for some details.

Southwest flow aloft will be the theme this week, as has been the
case for most of the month of May. As we begin the long-term
portion of the forecast (Tuesday night), a potent shortwave trough
will be lifting northeast across the southern Plains. Convection
will be possible overnight, especially across the Big
Country/Heartland counties, but the strongest lift will be moving
east and should limit the amount of precipitation.

A cold front is forecast to dip south into West Central TX on
Wednesday into Wednesday evening. There remains some disagreement
within the 12z model suite regarding how quickly this boundary
moves south into the area. The GFS is notably slower, bringing
the front south of I-20 by midday Thursday, a good 12-18 hours
slower than the NAM, GEM, and ECMWF. The thinking is that with
convection along/north of the boundary, the front will move south
more quickly, more in line with the faster solutions. This
presence of this front will be a player in the potential for heavy
rainfall again on Wednesday afternoon and evening. Precipitable
water values are progged to be in the 1.3 to 1.6" range by this
time, providing ample moisture for convective development. Winds
at 850 mb are forecast to remain from the south at near 15 mph,
maintaining the fetch of moisture from the Gulf.

Additional model differences arise on Thursday. The NAM and ECMWF
dry out the boundary layer quite a bit more than the GFS, which
maintains dewpoints in the mid/upper 60s. Regardless, Thursday is
likely to be a relative lull in precipitation as short-wave
ridging aloft traverses the area. By Thursday night and Friday,
however, the models are indicating another shortwave trough
lifting northeast across Far West TX, providing additional
synoptic scale ascent over the region. This lift, combined with
the presence of the decaying frontal boundary, will likely aid in
additional rainfall.

This pattern will persist through the weekend, keeping at least
chance PoPs in the forecast areawide. A strong shortwave trough is
forecast to lift northeast across West TX over the weekend. This
will provide another shot at heavy rainfall and stronger
thunderstorms. Temperatures will run near to slightly below normal
for much of the period with highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s and
overnight lows generally in the 60s.

Johnson

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Abilene 	 67  81  62  70  61 /  40  40  50  30  60
San Angelo 	 67  85  64  75  63 /  30  30  50  30  50
Junction 	 69  85  66  79  65 /  20  20  50  30  40

&&

.SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH through this evening FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
Callahan...Coke...Fisher...Haskell...Jones...Nolan...Runnels...
Shackelford...Sterling...Taylor...Throckmorton.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, May 18, 3:34 PM CDT, 12 hours 22 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
334 PM CDT MON MAY 18 2015

TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-
140-154-155-168>170-192045-
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-
334 PM CDT MON MAY 18 2015

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE BIG
COUNTRY AND NORTHERN CONCHO VALLEY...AFTER MIDNIGHT AND THROUGH
7 PM TUESDAY. FLOODING IN URBAN AREAS AND LOW LYING AREAS IS
POSSIBLE. AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND THROUGH THE EVENING...MAINLY OVER CROCKETT COUNTY...THE
CONCHO VALLEY AND WESTERN BIG COUNTRY. THE MAIN THREATS ARE LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

HEAVY RAINFALL AND POTENTIAL FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TUESDAY
ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY AND NORTHERN CONCHO VALLEY.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO NEXT WEEK. SOME
STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS BEING THE MAIN CONCERNS. IN ADDITION...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 19, 1:10 AM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
110 AM CDT TUE MAY 19 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0103 AM     FLOOD            SAN ANGELO              31.45N 100.45W
05/19/2015                   TOM GREEN          TX   PUBLIC

            SAN ANGELO REGIONAL AIRPORT IS CLOSED TODAY DUE TO
            FLOODING. FLIGHTS BEING DIVERTED TO ABILENE AIRPORT.

&&

EVENT NUMBER SJT1500384

DOLL

Local storm report, May 19, 1:15 AM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
115 AM CDT TUE MAY 19 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0111 AM     FLOOD            SAN ANGELO              31.45N 100.45W
05/19/2015                   TOM GREEN          TX   AMATEUR RADIO

            MONROE ST AND AVENUE H FLOODED. WATER 10 TO 12 FEET
            DEEP. ONE CAR HAS BEEN SWEPT AWAY. OTHER CARS IN DANGER
            OF SAME.

&&

EVENT NUMBER SJT1500385

DOLL

Local storm report, May 19, 1:23 AM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
123 AM CDT TUE MAY 19 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1051 PM     TSTM WND GST     12 S SAN ANGELO         31.27N 100.45W
05/18/2015  M58 MPH          TOM GREEN          TX   AMATEUR RADIO

1051 PM     HEAVY RAIN       12 S SAN ANGELO         31.27N 100.45W
05/18/2015  M6.50 INCH       TOM GREEN          TX   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

EVENT NUMBER SJT1500386
EVENT NUMBER SJT1500387

DOLL

Local storm report, May 19, 1:44 AM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
144 AM CDT TUE MAY 19 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0111 AM     FLOOD            4 S SAN ANGELO          31.38N 100.45W
05/19/2015                   TOM GREEN          TX   AMATEUR RADIO

            COUNTRY CLUB RD AND RATLIFF RD INTERSECTION FLOODED.

&&

EVENT NUMBER SJT1500388

DOLL

Local storm report, May 19, 2:48 AM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
248 AM CDT TUE MAY 19 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0230 AM     TSTM WND GST     BARNHART                31.13N 101.17W
05/19/2015  E60 MPH          IRION              TX   PUBLIC

&&

EVENT NUMBER SJT1500389

DOLL

Special weather statement, May 19, 3:56 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
356 AM CDT TUE MAY 19 2015

TXZ066-072-073-077-168-190945-
MENARD TX-RUNNELS TX-SCHLEICHER TX-TOM GREEN TX-CONCHO TX-
356 AM CDT TUE MAY 19 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 AM CDT FOR
MENARD...RUNNELS...SCHLEICHER...TOM GREEN AND CONCHO COUNTIES...

POTENTIAL STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HEAVY RAINFALL
GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL

AT 352 AM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTH OF SAN ANGELO TO 12 MILES
NORTHEAST OF CHRISTOVAL TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF ELDORADO...MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.

POTENTIAL STORM IMPACTS INCLUDE...
  DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...POTENTIAL VEHICLE HYDROPLANING...
  ACCUMULATION OF WATER AT LOW WATER CROSSINGS...AVOID THESE AREAS...
  SOME BROKEN TREE BRANCHES AND A FEW WEAK TREES TOPPLED...
  SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES LIKELY...
  LIGHT LOOSE OBJECTS TOPPLED...
  DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...
  MINOR SHINGLE DAMAGE...
  ISOLATED SMALL DENTS TO VEHICLES...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  WALL BY 405 AM CDT
  THE INTERSECTION OF US-190 AND RANCH ROAD 2084 BY 410 AM CDT
  VERIBEST AND ADAMS BY 415 AM CDT
  VANCOURT BY 425 AM CDT
  EOLA AND FORT MCKAVETT BY 435 AM CDT
  VICK AND CAMP SOL MAYER BY 440 AM CDT

THIS INCLUDES THE LOW WATER CROSSINGS...
  FM 1692 CROSSING SALES BRANCH...
  FM 2334 CROSSING DRY LIPAN CREEK...
  FM 1692 CROSSING THE DRAW...
  FM 2334 CROSSING NINEMILE CREEK...
  DEBUS CROSSING...
  SWAIN CROSSING RED CREEK...
  COUNTY ROAD 194 CROSSING RED BANK CREEK...
  CITY FARM CROSSING RED CREEK...
AND OTHER LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE PORTIONS OF MENARD...RUNNELS...
SCHLEICHER...TOM GREEN AND CONCHO COUNTIES.

LAT...LON 3085 10077 3135 10048 3170 10065 3169 9999
      3109 10000 3079 10002
TIME...MOT...LOC 0854Z 305DEG 32KT 3159 10048 3129 10032
          3091 10052

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 18, 7:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	San Saba	28 min
May 18, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Crockett	48 min
May 18, 7:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Schleicher	34 min
May 18, 8:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Crockett, Irion, Schleicher, Tom Green	41 min
May 18, 8:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Mason	32 min
May 18, 8:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	McCulloch, Mason, Menard	38 min
May 18, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Irion, Tom Green	45 min
May 18, 9:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Concho	23 min
May 18, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Concho, McCulloch, Menard	47 min
May 18, 9:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Irion, Sterling, Tom Green	34 min
May 18, 9:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Menard	32 min
May 18, 10:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Coke, Tom Green	27 min
May 18, 10:15 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SJT	Concho, Menard	90 min
May 18, 10:29 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SJT	Tom Green	2 hr
May 18, 10:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SJT	Coke, Nolan, Tom Green	118 min
May 18, 10:54 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SJT	Tom Green	3 hr
May 18, 11:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Tom Green	24 min
May 18, 11:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Tom Green	47 min
May 18, 11:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Upton	34 min
May 19, 12:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Tom Green	23 min
May 19, 12:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Runnels, Tom Green	46 min
May 19, 12:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Crockett	40 min
May 19, 12:34 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SJT	Tom Green	3 hr
May 19, 12:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Irion	24 min
May 19, 12:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Crockett	67 min
May 19, 1:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Tom Green	30 min
May 19, 1:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Crockett, Irion	55 min
May 19, 2:27 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SJT	Coke, Sterling, Tom Green	3 hr
May 19, 2:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Crockett, Irion, Schleicher	46 min
May 19, 2:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Coke, Irion, Sterling, Tom Green	49 min
May 19, 3:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Irion, Schleicher, Tom Green	47 min
May 19, 3:25 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SJT	Irion	2 hr
May 19, 3:27 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SJT	Irion	2 hr
May 19, 3:33 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SJT	Tom Green	3 hr
May 19, 4:19 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SJT	Nolan	116 min
May 19, 4:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Schleicher	32 min
May 19, 5:29 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SJT	Menard, Schleicher	91 min
May 19, 5:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Menard	29 min
May 19, 6:28 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SJT	Menard	92 min
May 19, 6:30 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SJT	Tom Green	25 hr
May 19, 6:35 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SJT	Irion, Tom Green	20 hr
May 19, 4:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Throckmorton	26 min
May 19, 4:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Throckmorton	63 min
May 19, 5:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Callahan	56 min
May 19, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Callahan	59 min
May 19, 5:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Callahan, Coleman	29 min
May 19, 5:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Callahan, Coleman, Runnels, Taylor	22 min
May 19, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Brown, Callahan, Coleman	57 min
May 19, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Callahan	62 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.