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 May 15, 2:17 AM CST, 5 hours 43 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 315 AM CDT TUE MAY 14 2002 CURRENT...CONVECTION OVER THE MOUNTAINS IN MEXICO CONTINUES TO PRODUCE CLOUDS OVER MUCH OF TEXAS. AT THE SURFACE...TEMPERATURES RANGE FROM THE MID TO UPPER 60S...ABOUT 10 DEGREES HIGHER THAN THIS TIME YESTERDAY MORNING. DAYS 1-3...LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE IN THE FORM OF STRATUS WILL ONCE AGAIN BLANKET MOST OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THIS MORNING. SKIES WILL BECOME PARTLY CLOUDY THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...STRATUS WILL RETURN AGAIN OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. MODEL TIME-HEIGHT RELATIVE HUMIDLY ANALYSIS INDICATES CLOUDS WILL INCREASE LATER THIS WEEK AS ANOTHER SURFACE COLD FRONT MOVES INTO NORTH TEXAS. WILL CONTINUE NIL POPS UNTIL FRIDAY. MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE A MINOR SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE OVER WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FRIDAY. WITH THE SURFACE COLD FRONT AS A SURFACE FOCUS...WILL GO WITH POPS CLOSE TO AVN GUIDANCE WITH THE HIGHEST POPS SOUTH. NUMBERS CLOSE TO GUIDANCE LOOK GOOD THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. FOR FRIDAY...AVN MOS LOOKS A LITTLE COOL FOR THE BIG COUNTRY WITH THE TIMING OF THE COLD FRONT STILL UNCERTAIN. SURFACE WINDS WILL BE IN THE BREEZY RANGE TODAY AND TONIGHT AS A LEE TROF DEVELOPS ACROSS WEST TEXAS. THURSDAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DOMINATE THE SURFACE IN RESPONSE TO THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT. DAYS 4-7...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE WEST CENTRAL TEXAS BEGINNING SATURDAY AS THE SURFACE COLD FRONT PUSHES INTO SOUTH TEXAS. WILL CONTINUE DRY FORECAST HERE WITH TEMPERATURES CLOSE TO SEASONAL NORMALS THROUGH THE START ON NEXT WEEK. CCF PRELIMS... ABI 088/070/093/063 0000 SJT 089/070/096/065 0000 JCT 086/070/093/070 0000 .SJT...LAKE CAUTION ALL ZONES TODAY. 23/HUBER
TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140- 154-155-168>170-151500- WEST CENTRAL TEXAS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 540 AM CDT WED MAY 15 2002 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TODAY... THE AIR MASS WILL BECOME SLIGHTLY UNSTABLE TODAY...AS GULF MOISTURE BEGINS TO RETURN TO THE REGION. A LAYER OF WARM AIR ALOFT HOWEVER... WILL ACT TO PREVENT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE SEE STATEMENTS AND OUTLOOKS FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES ACROSS TEXAS...OKLAHOMA...AND NEW MEXICO.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
An isolated thunderstorm moved across northern Tom Green county around 8 am. This thunderstorm produced over 2 inched of rain in a short period of time across northern portions of San Angelo. There were several water rescues performed during the flooding.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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