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River Flood Warning 2, NWS San Angelo, TX

May 8, 2019San Saba County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this river flood warning at May 8, 2019, 8:08 AM CDT for San Saba County, Texas. It took effect at May 9, 2019, 6:27 AM CDT. It was in force for 32 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 8, 2019, 8:08 AM CDT (13:08 UTC)
In effect from: May 9, 2019, 6:27 AM CDT
Expired: May 10, 2019, 2:37 PM CDT
In force: 32 hr
Issued by: NWS San Angelo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County San Saba County, TX

The radar

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The river

Written for the forecast point San Saba River at San Saba (SSBT2).

Action stage: 20 ft
Minor stage: 24 ft
Moderate stage: 27 ft
Major stage: 31 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08146000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river 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 river flood warning went out at May 8, 6:47 AM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 6:47 AM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
647 AM CDT Wed May 8 2019

.AVIATION...
/12Z TAFS/

Showers and thunderstorms will occasionally affect terminals with
IFR visibilities and IFR to MVFR ceilings this morning. Storms
will end around 14Z at KABI KSJT and KSOA...and KBBD and KJCT
toward noon. VFR expected this afternoon and overnight, with winds
shifting north at KABI around 9Z tonight as a cold front moves
through.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 335 AM CDT Wed May 8 2019/

SHORT TERM...
(Today and Tonight)

Severe thunderstorms watch 150 remains in effect until 7 AM CDT.
There have been numerous severe thunderstorm warnings, with a few
tornado warnings tonight. Lift from the upper shortwave in the
panhandle will move east this morning, with subsidence this
afternoon. Storms will be along and east of a Haskell...San
Angelo...Sonora line around 7 AM...along a Brownwood to Brady to
Junction line 11 AM...and east of San Saba by 2 PM. With strong
instability and shear, severe thunderstorms possible still
possible this morning. Heavy rainfall may also produce localized
flooding this morning. Clearing is expected over all areas this
afternoon. With southwest winds and sunny skies, highs in the
lower 80s are expected today.

LONG TERM...
(Thursday through Tuesday)

A cold front will move into Big Country late tonight and through
the rest of West Central Texas Thursday, bringing cooler air to
the region. Another upper low will be developing over the
Southwest US this weekend, bringing another chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Best chances are Friday night into Saturday, and
again Sunday night into Tuesday, as the upper low meanders and
finally move east across North Texas. It will be cooler this
Friday into early next week under surface high pressure, clouds,
and rain.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Abilene 	 82  56  68  47 /  40   0   5  10
San Angelo 	 84  57  75  48 /  30   0   5  20
Junction 	 84  61  80  52 /  60   5  20  50
Brownwood 	 82  58  72  48 /  70  10   5  20
Sweetwater 	 80  54  68  46 /  10   0   0  10
Ozona      	 82  56  76  50 /  20   0  20  20

&&

.SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.
&&

99/99/04

Hazardous weather outlook, May 8, 5:15 AM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 8, 6:40 AM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 8, 7:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 8, 7:33 AM CDT, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
733 AM CDT WED MAY 8 2019

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

0638 AM     FLASH FLOOD      1 WNW TYE               32.46N 99.89W
05/08/2019                   TAYLOR             TX   PUBLIC

            MPING REPORT OF HOMES AND/OR BUILDINGS
            FLOODED.

&&

SJH

Local storm report, May 8, 7:42 AM CDT, 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 8, 7:47 AM CDT, 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 8, 7:48 AM CDT, 20 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
748 AM CDT Wed May 8 2019

TXZ073-139-140-154-155-168-081330-
Menard TX-Coleman TX-McCulloch TX-Brown TX-Concho TX-San Saba TX-
748 AM CDT Wed May 8 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN BROWN...SOUTHERN
COLEMAN...MCCULLOCH...NORTHEASTERN MENARD...EASTERN CONCHO AND
WESTERN SAN SABA COUNTIES UNTIL 830 AM CDT...

At 745 AM CDT, Doppler radar were tracking strong thunderstorms over
eastern Concho and McCulloch counties. The storms were moving
northeast at 35 mph.

Nickel size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
these storms.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 100 PM CDT for
West Central Texas.

LAT...LON 3093 9904 3095 9953 3108 9995 3158 9982
      3158 9973 3159 9972 3149 9899 3147 9900
      3143 9896
TIME...MOT...LOC 1245Z 229DEG 36KT 3112 9970

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 7, 7:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Crockett	44 min
May 7, 10:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Irion, Sterling, Tom Green	43 min
May 7, 10:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Sterling	42 min
May 7, 10:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Crockett	26 min
May 7, 10:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Crockett	63 min
May 7, 10:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Coke, Irion, Sterling, Tom Green	47 min
May 7, 10:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Coke, Nolan	42 min
May 7, 11:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Fisher, Nolan, Taylor	38 min
May 7, 11:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Coke, Nolan, Runnels, Taylor	39 min
May 7, 11:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Crockett	50 min
May 8, 12:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Nolan, Taylor	45 min
May 8, 12:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Crockett, Schleicher, Sutton	43 min
May 8, 12:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Crockett, Schleicher, Sutton	49 min
May 8, 12:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Callahan, Jones, Shackelford, Taylor	45 min
May 8, 12:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Shackelford	47 min
May 8, 1:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SJT	Callahan, Taylor	114 min
May 8, 1:23 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Sutton	37 min
May 8, 1:25 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SJT	Schleicher, Sutton	2 hr
May 8, 1:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Callahan	52 min
May 8, 1:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Kimble, Menard, Schleicher, Sutton	38 min
May 8, 1:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Callahan, Shackelford	47 min
May 8, 2:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Menard	49 min
May 8, 2:20 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Kimble, Menard	25 min
May 8, 2:31 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SJT	Concho, Kimble, McCulloch, Mason, Menard	3 hr
May 8, 2:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Callahan	40 min
May 8, 2:38 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Menard	22 min
May 8, 2:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	McCulloch	39 min
May 8, 3:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	McCulloch, San Saba	45 min
May 8, 3:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Mason	37 min
May 8, 3:41 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SJT	San Saba	2 hr
May 8, 3:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Irion	41 min
May 8, 3:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	San Saba	46 min
May 8, 4:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Nolan	44 min
May 8, 4:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Fisher	41 min
May 8, 4:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Irion, Tom Green	39 min
May 8, 4:24 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SJT	Irion, Tom Green	3 hr
May 8, 4:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Nolan	40 min
May 8, 4:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Irion, Tom Green	37 min
May 8, 4:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Haskell	43 min
May 8, 4:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SJT	Fisher, Haskell, Jones, Nolan, Taylor	3 hr
May 8, 4:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Nolan, Taylor	47 min
May 8, 5:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Fisher	52 min
May 8, 5:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Concho	49 min
May 8, 5:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Jones	42 min
May 8, 5:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Menard	49 min
May 8, 5:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Jones	43 min
May 8, 5:38 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Menard, Schleicher	37 min
May 8, 5:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Throckmorton	51 min
May 8, 5:40 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SJT	Concho, Runnels	3 hr
May 8, 5:48 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SJT	Shackelford, Throckmorton	3 hr
May 8, 5:52 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SJT	Irion, Tom Green	113 min
May 8, 6:02 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SJT	Irion	118 min
May 8, 6:04 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Menard	26 min
May 8, 6:14 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SJT	Fisher, Jones, Nolan, Shackelford, Taylor	3 hr
May 8, 6:20 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SJT	Brown, Callahan, Coleman	3 hr
May 8, 6:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Menard	40 min
May 8, 6:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Kimble, Menard	31 min
May 8, 6:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	McCulloch	50 min
May 8, 6:59 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SJT	McCulloch, Mason, Menard, San Saba	3 hr
May 8, 7:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Concho, McCulloch, Mason, Menard, Schleicher, Tom Green	45 min
May 8, 7:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Coleman, Concho, McCulloch	20 min
May 8, 7:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	Concho, McCulloch	42 min
May 8, 7:52 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SJT	Irion, Tom Green	3 hr
May 8, 8:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	McCulloch, San Saba	52 min
May 8, 8:29 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SJT	Concho, McCulloch, Menard	3 hr
May 8, 9:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	McCulloch, San Saba	38 min
May 8, 9:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	San Saba	50 min
May 8, 9:46 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SJT	McCulloch, San Saba	3 hr
May 8, 9:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	San Saba	23 min
May 8, 10:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SJT	San Saba	47 min
May 8, 11:28 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SJT	Concho, McCulloch, Menard	3 hr
May 8, 11:32 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SJT	Irion	3 hr
May 8, 1:29 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SJT	Menard	15 hr

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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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.