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Flash Flood Warning 42, NWS San Angelo, TX

September 6, 2021San Saba County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 6, 2021, 6:54 PM CDT for San Saba 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
Sep 6, 2021, 6:54 PM CDT (23:54 UTC)
Expired
Sep 6, 2021, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
111 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Flood severity
None

County San Saba County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 221 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 2021-09-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1241 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 2021-09-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -11 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
1241 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-99 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
974 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

336 
WGUS54 KSJT 062354
FFWSJT
TXC411-070145-
/O.NEW.KSJT.FF.W.0042.210906T2354Z-210907T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
654 PM CDT Mon Sep 6 2021

The National Weather Service in San Angelo has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  San Saba County in west central Texas...

* Until 845 PM CDT.

* At 651 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain 
  have fallen just south of San Saba. Flash flooding is ongoing or 
  expected to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms
           producing flash flooding.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
           urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  San Saba, Richland Springs, Algerita, Cherokee, Sloan, Chappel, 
  Skeeterville, Harkeyville, Spring Creek, Locker and Us-190 Near 
  The San Saba-Lampasas County Line.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.

&&

LAT...LON 3092 9872 3109 9889 3148 9903 3144 9897
      3146 9894 3141 9878 3138 9878 3143 9873
      3134 9870 3137 9865 3131 9865 3133 9859
      3127 9863 3117 9850 3113 9855 3109 9853
      3111 9846 3106 9848 3103 9844 3093 9842

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 6, 5:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSJTSan Saba40 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.