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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS San Angelo, TX

May 17, 2021Nolan County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 17, 2021, 8:06 PM CDT for Nolan 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
May 17, 2021, 8:06 PM CDT (01:06 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 2021, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Nolan County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:09 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, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 177 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 2021-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 953 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 2021-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
953 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1920 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

As transmitted.

995 
WGUS54 KSJT 180106
FFWSJT
TXC353-180400-
/O.NEW.KSJT.FF.W.0002.210518T0106Z-210518T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
806 PM CDT Mon May 17 2021

The National Weather Service in San Angelo has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northern Nolan County in west central Texas...

* Until 1100 PM CDT.

* At 803 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across northern Nolan county, including Sweetwater. 
  Between 2 and 3.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall 
  amounts of 1 to 2.25 inches are possible in the warned area. 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...
  Sweetwater, Roscoe, Champion, Wastella, Camp Boothe Oaks, Lake 
  Sweetwater and Us-84 Near The Nolan-Fisher County Line.

This includes the following Low Water Crossings...
IH 20 frontage roads crossing Sweetwater Creek, IH 20 frontage roads 
crossing Bitter Creek, IH 20 frontage roads crossing Plum Creek, IH 
20 frontage roads crossing Towd Creek.

This includes the following highways...
	Interstate 20 between Mile Markers 229 and 260.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3236 10015 3235 10066 3236 10065 3253 10066
      3252 10015

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

MKD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 7:06 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedSJTSterling39 min
May 17, 7:19 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatSJTSterling41 min
May 17, 7:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTFisher, Nolan66 min
May 17, 7:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTHaskell44 min
May 17, 7:55 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatSJTSterling50 min
May 17, 8:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTJones53 min
May 17, 8:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTNolan55 min
May 17, 8:40 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTFisher, Haskell, Jones, Throckmorton2 hr
May 17, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Sterling36 min
May 17, 8:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTThrockmorton57 min
May 17, 9:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTShackelford45 min
May 17, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTShackelford, Throckmorton32 min
May 17, 9:09 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTCoke, Jones, Nolan, Shackelford, Taylor111 min
May 17, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Nolan, Runnels, Taylor64 min
May 17, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan, Jones, Shackelford, Taylor51 min
May 17, 9:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTCallahan51 min
May 17, 10:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTRunnels42 min
May 17, 10:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke38 min
May 17, 10:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTBrown, Coleman38 min
May 18, 12:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTTom Green49 min
May 18, 1:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho, Tom Green52 min
May 18, 1:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTFisher24 min
May 18, 1:38 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTJones37 min
May 18, 1:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTFisher25 min
May 18, 1:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTRunnels34 min
May 18, 1:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho, Tom Green46 min
May 18, 2:00 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTConcho, Tom Green2 hr
May 18, 2:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTFisher, Jones38 min
May 18, 2:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTBrown24 min
May 18, 2:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTConcho26 min
May 18, 3:09 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTFisher, Jones3 hr
May 18, 4:01 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTFisher, Jones3 hr
May 18, 4:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTIrion, Sterling, Tom Green57 min
May 18, 4:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTBrown35 min
May 18, 4:27 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTCrockett, Irion, Sterling, Tom Green2 hr
May 18, 5:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTBrown42 min
May 18, 5:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Irion, Sterling, Tom Green57 min
May 18, 5:16 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTCoke, Irion, Sterling, Tom Green3 hr
May 18, 6:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTConcho38 min
May 18, 6:39 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTConcho, Menard, Schleicher, Tom Green3 hr
May 18, 6:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTConcho26 min
May 18, 7:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTMcCulloch45 min
May 18, 7:30 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySJTSchleicher3 hr
May 18, 8:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTSutton50 min
May 18, 9:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTSutton40 min
May 18, 10:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTMason36 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.