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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS San Angelo, TX

June 3, 201710 counties in Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this flash flood watch at Jun 3, 2017, 3:55 AM CDT for 10 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jun 3, 2017, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 2017, 3:55 AM CDT (08:55 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 3, 2017, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jun 4, 2017, 12:24 AM CDT
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Flood severity
None

Counties Brown County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Jones County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 246 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2017-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 254 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2017-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 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
254 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-141 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2080 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.6

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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 Jun 3, 12:00 AM CDT, 3 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 12:00 AM CDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 3:14 PM CDT, 12 hours 41 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
314 PM CDT Fri Jun 2 2017

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140-154-155-168>170-032015-
Fisher-Nolan-Sterling-Coke-Runnels-Irion-Tom Green-Concho-
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Mason-
314 PM CDT Fri Jun 2 2017

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of west central
Texas.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are possible through tonight.
The main hazards will be dangerous lightning and locally heavy
rainfall, which may lead to flash flooding. While widespread
severe weather is not expected, a few storms could approach severe
strength producing hail up to the size of quarters, or winds near
60 mph.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

Thunderstorm chances will continue this weekend into early next
week. The main hazards will be dangerous lightning and locally
heavy rainfall, which may lead to flash flooding. In addition,
the stronger storms could produce some small hail, and gusty
winds.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 10:04 PM CDT, 5 hours 51 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 7:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTNolan, Taylor63 min
Jun 2, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTNolan, Taylor60 min
Jun 2, 7:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTCoke51 min
Jun 2, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTFisher, Jones, Taylor20 min
Jun 2, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Nolan, Runnels, Taylor41 min
Jun 2, 8:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTFisher, Nolan3 hr
Jun 2, 8:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTTaylor45 min
Jun 2, 8:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTCallahan, Fisher, Jones, Taylor3 hr
Jun 2, 8:45 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTCoke, Irion, Nolan, Runnels, Sterling, Taylor and 1 more3 hr
Jun 2, 9:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTCoke41 min
Jun 2, 9:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTShackelford44 min
Jun 2, 10:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTCallahan26 min
Jun 3, 4:16 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTSan Saba3 hr
Jun 3, 8:54 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTBrown, Coleman3 hr
Jun 3, 11:45 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTBrown, Callahan, Coleman3 hr
Jun 3, 2:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTSchleicher33 min
Jun 3, 2:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTSan Saba52 min
Jun 3, 2:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTTom Green35 min
Jun 3, 2:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTSchleicher26 min
Jun 3, 3:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTSan Saba44 min
Jun 3, 3:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTSchleicher26 min
Jun 3, 4:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTMenard43 min
Jun 3, 4:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTIrion43 min
Jun 3, 4:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTKimble, Sutton46 min
Jun 3, 5:26 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTKimble, Mason109 min
Jun 3, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCrockett24 min
Jun 3, 6:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTCrockett, Sutton56 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.