1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS San Angelo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 13, 1:55 PM CST, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 255 PM CDT MON AUG 13 2001 TONIGHT...EXPANSIVE CU/TCU FIELD HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS THE CNTRL/SRN ZONES WHILE SLIGHTLY COOLER AIR PREVAILS ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY BEHIND OUTFLOW FROM LAST NIGHTS TSTMS ALONG THE RED RIVER REGION. TWO DISTINCT CONVECTIVE VORTICES SEEN ON VISIBLE IMAGERY ACROSS THE SRN TX PNHDL AND NEAR WICHITA FALLS. GREATEST CHANCE OF EVENING TSTMS EXPECTED ACROSS THE CNTRL/SRN ZONES WHERE 850/700 MB THETA-E RIDGES COINCIDE AND CUMULUS FIELD HAS BECOME MOST MATURE. WILL CONFINE TSTM CHANCES TO THE EVENING WITH LIMITED UPPER SUPPORT AND LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING AND OTHER FORCING THEREAFTER. TUE...WILL CONTINUE WITH A DRY FORECAST. EXPECT AFTERNOON/EVENING TSTMS TO REMAIN WEST OF OUR ZONES WHERE LOW/MID LEVEL THETA-E RIDGE IS MOST PRONOUNCED...AND WHERE LIFTED INDICES/CAPE VALUES ARE MORE FAVORABLE. AVN MOS GUIDANCE HIGHS LOOK TOO COOL BASED ON EXPECTED CLOUD COVER AS WELL AS THICKNESS/850 MB TEMPERATURE TRENDS. WED...A SHORTWAVE TROF WILL MOVE EWRD ACROSS THE CNTRL PLAINS STATES WITH ITS ASSOCIATED SFC TROF EXTENDING FROM IOWA SWWD INTO NORTH TX BY 00Z/THU. WITH THE SFC TROF REMAINING NORTH OF OUR ZONES IN THE AFTERNOON...A STRENGTHENING CAP ACROSS WEST CNTRL TX ACCORDING TO THICKNESS TRENDS...AND LIMITED MOISTURE...WILL CONTINUE WITH A DRY FORECAST. AVN MOS HIGHS AGAIN LOOK TOO COOL BASED ON THICKNESS AND 850 MB TEMPERATURE TRENDS. THU/FRI/SAT...CURRENT FORECAST HAS SLIGHT CHANCE TSTMS ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY ON THESE DAYS WITH DRY CONDITIONS ELSEWHERE. THE 12Z AVN RUN IS FORECASTING A COLD FRONT MOVING AS FAR SOUTH AS THE CNTRL/SRN ZONES ON THU...WHICH MAY BE TOO FAR SOUTH BASED ON RECENT SURFACE BOUNDARY TRENDS AND MODEL BIAS. WILL THEREFORE CONFINE RAIN CHANCES TO THE BIG COUNTRY ON THU. ON FRI/SAT...THE BOUNDARY WILL LIKELY BECOME MORE DIFFUSE AND RAIN CHANCES WILL LESSEN AS THE UPPER SUPPORT WANES...BUT WILL CONTINUE WITH BIG COUNTRY SLIGHT CHANCE POPS AS IN PREVIOUS FORECAST...TO AVOID YO-YO FORECAST. SUN/MON...FORECAST CONFIDENCE IS HIGH AS AWIPS DPROG/DT FEATURE SHOWS LITTLE VARIATION IN THE SYNOPTIC PATTERN IN THE PAST TWO MRF RUNS. THE CNTRL US UPPER TROF SHIFTS EWRD WITH RIDGING OVER THE SRN ROCKIES BUILDING EWRD INTO TX. SO THESE DAYS WILL LIKELY BE DRY WITH TEMPERATURES ABOVE SEASONAL NORMALS AND MRF GUIDANCE. ABI 073/096/076/099 1000 SJT 072/097/072/099 2000 JCT 070/097/071/099 2000 .SJT...NONE. 22/RUBIN
TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140- 154-155-168>170-132230- WEST CENTRAL TEXAS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 208 PM CDT MON AUG 13 2001 ...ISOLATED NONSEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE ATMOSPHERE WILL REMAIN SLIGHTLY UNSTABLE AND WEAKLY CAPPED THROUGH THIS EVENING...ALLOWING ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. DUE TO MARGINAL INSTABILITY AND WEAK WINDS ALOFT... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE OUTFLOW WINDS TO 40 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DIMINISH BY MID TO LATE EVENING...AS THE ATMOSPHERE STABILIZES. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. FOR THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO OUTLOOK SEE PRODUCT LBBSPSMAF. FOR THE SOUTH PLAINS OUTLOOK SEE PRODUCT LBBSPSLBB. FOR THE CENTRAL OKLAHOMA OUTLOOK SEE PRODUCT OKCSPSOKC. FOR THE NORTH TEXAS OUTLOOK SEE PRODUCT FTWSPSFTW. FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS OUTLOOK SEE PRODUCT SATSPSSAT. 14
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Rainfall totaling up to 3 inches fell across the city of Brownwood, causing flash flooding. Roadways were barricaded as the water rose.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, August 2001
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