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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS San Angelo, TX

July 3, 2021Sterling County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 3, 2021, 3:54 AM CDT for Sterling County, Texas. It was in force for 111 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
Jul 3, 2021, 3:54 AM CDT (08:54 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2021, 5:45 AM CDT
In force
111 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Sterling County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:57 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 106 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 2021-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1700 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 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
1700 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1302 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

902 
WGUS54 KSJT 030854
FFWSJT
TXC431-031045-
/O.NEW.KSJT.FF.W.0018.210703T0854Z-210703T1045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
354 AM CDT Sat Jul 3 2021

The National Weather Service in San Angelo has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Sterling County in west central Texas...

* Until 545 AM CDT.

* At 352 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across Sterling County. Between 1.5 and 2 inches of 
  rain has already fallen, with additional rainfall amounts up to 
  1.5 inches possible. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to 
  begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
           areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
           other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Sterling City.

This includes the following Low Water Crossings...
	Jackson crossing Sterling Creek and Bade crossing Lacy Creek.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3156 10126 3208 10126 3208 10083 3156 10087

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 2:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTFisher, Nolan113 min
Jul 3, 3:33 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTCoke, Sterling3 hr
Jul 3, 3:42 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTCoke, Fisher, Jones, Nolan, Runnels, Taylor2 hr
Jul 3, 4:17 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTFisher118 min
Jul 3, 4:33 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTCoke, Irion, Runnels, Sterling, Tom Green117 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.