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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS San Angelo, TX

August 14, 2017Callahan County, Taylor County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 14, 2017, 5:32 PM CDT for Callahan County, Taylor County, Texas. It was in force for 3 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
Aug 14, 2017, 5:32 PM CDT (22:32 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2017, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Callahan County, TX, Taylor County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:34 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 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 218 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2017-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 368 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2017-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 162 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
368 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-195 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1327 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
162 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

821 
WGUS54 KSJT 142232
FFWSJT
TXC059-441-150130-
/O.NEW.KSJT.FF.W.0021.170814T2232Z-170815T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
532 PM CDT MON AUG 14 2017

The National Weather Service in San Angelo has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northwestern Callahan County in west central Texas...
  Northeastern Taylor County in west central Texas...

* Until 830 PM CDT

* At 529 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Rainfall amounts have been 
  around 2 inches during the past hour in Abilene, with street 
  flooding being reported. Additional heavy rainfall will cause 
  flash flooding of creeks, streams and low water crossings, 
  especially in Abilene through 830 PM.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Abilene, Clyde, Baird, Tye, Buffalo Gap, Eula, Potosi, View, Dyess
  AFB, Impact and Kirby Lake.

This includes the following low water crossings ...
    I-20 Frontage Roads near Baird...
    I-20 Frontage Roads west of Clyde...
    Intersections along Buttonwillow Parkway...
    Curry Lane from Clack Street to Catclaw Drive...
    Butternut Underpass...
    Intersections along Sammons Street...
    Texas Avenue at Arnold Boulevard...
    FM 3308 crossing Draw...
    Sunset between South 1st and 2nd and
    Hartford...Redbird...Corsicana Streets.
Do not drive through these low water crossings or any other
low water crossing with water flowing across the roadway.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small
creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as
well as other drainage areas and low lying spots.

&&

LAT...LON 3251 9933 3226 9935 3226 9994 3251 9988

$$
1 follow-up statement
868 
WGUS74 KSJT 150015
FFSSJT

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
715 PM CDT MON AUG 14 2017

TXC059-441-150130-
/O.CON.KSJT.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-170815T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Callahan TX-Taylor TX-
715 PM CDT MON AUG 14 2017

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN CALLAHAN AND NORTHEASTERN TAYLOR COUNTIES...

Up to two inches of rain have already fallen. Flash flooding is 
occuring.

Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Abilene, Clyde, Baird, Tye, Buffalo Gap, Eula, Potosi, View, Dyess
AFB and Kirby Lake.

Additional rainfall amounts of 1 inch are possible in the warned 
area.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small
creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as
well as other drainage areas and low lying spots.

&&

LAT...LON 3246 9934 3226 9935 3226 9994 3246 9989

$$

Woodward

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 12:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTThrockmorton42 min
Aug 14, 1:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTHaskell, Throckmorton38 min
Aug 14, 2:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTThrockmorton42 min
Aug 14, 2:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTShackelford26 min
Aug 14, 3:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTShackelford27 min
Aug 14, 3:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTShackelford27 min
Aug 14, 5:05 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTCallahan, Jones, Shackelford, Taylor3 hr
Aug 14, 5:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTCallahan23 min
Aug 14, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan, Coleman35 min
Aug 14, 6:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTTaylor28 min
Aug 14, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTRunnels, Taylor44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.