Excessive rainfall from the remnants of Tropical Storm Erin caused flooding of many rivers, streams, and lakes across portions of the Texas Big Country. Rainfall amounts of 3 to 9 inches were reported, resulting in several road closures.
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The episode as NWS SJT wrote it up.
Excessive rainfall from the remnants of Tropical Storm Erin caused flooding of many rivers, streams, and lakes across portions of the Texas Big Country. Rainfall amounts of 3 to 9 inches were reported, resulting in several road closures. Many streets, homes, and businesses were flooded in the town of Hamlin and around the city of Abilene, prompting emergency management to call for a mandatory evacuation of residents along Elm Creek. Many lakes flowed over their spillways, with the Oak Creek Reservoir and Lake Sweetwater rising 15 and 30 feet, respectively, within days of the heavy rainfall.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS San Angelo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 18, 5:30 AM CST, 9 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 630 AM CDT SAT AUG 18 2007 .AVIATION... REMNANTS OF ERIN STILL PRODUCING WIDESPREAD MODERATE RAIN ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...AND WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT ABI AIRPORT THROUGH THE MORNING. EXPECTING MAINLY MVFR CONDITIONS FOR MOST AIRPORTS...BUT COULD SEE SOME TEMPORARY IFR CONDITIONS WITH HEAVIER RAIN SHOWERS IN THE KABI AREA. CEILINGS SHOULD IMPOROVE BY MID MORNING...BUT STILL CONCERNED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY FOR AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS AS THE REMNANTS OF ERIN LINGER ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. BEST THUNDER CHANCE WILL LIKELY BE IN THE 22Z TO 01Z TIME FRAME...BUT COULD SEE ADDITIONAL RAIN CONTINUING OVERNIGHT AS WELL. DUE TO UNCERTAINTY IN LOCATION OF REMNANT UPPER LOW...WILL WAIT A LITTLE BEFORE INTRODUCING RAIN OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 203 AM CDT SAT AUG 18 2007/ SHORT TERM... UPPER LEVEL LOW WAS ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF MIDLAND AT 2 AM...BUT MAIN WEATHER FOCUS IS A LARGE BAND OF CONVECTIVE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM PANDALE TO SONORA TO SAN ANGELO TO ABILENE. STORMS ARE TRAINING ALONG THIS LINE WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. ALONG WITH THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT...MAY SEE SOME FLOODING ALONG THE RIVER RISES AND POTENTIAL FLOODING ALONG THE SOUTH CONCHO...ELM CREEK AT BALLINGER...PECAN CREEK NEAR SAN ANGELO. HEAVY RAINFALL NEAR AND SOUTH OF ABILENE MAY ALSO CAUSE CREEKS TO RISE AND POSSIBLY FLOOD THIS MORNING. RUC AND WRF MODELS INDICATE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN THROUGH MID MORNING MORNING...MOVING IN TOWARD THE CENTER OF CIRCULATION. THIS GIVES ANOTHER 6-8 HOURS OF HEAVY RAINFALL HOWEVER WHICH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT AND DANGEROUS FLOODING PROBLEMS. AFTER THIS...MOST OF THE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IS CLOSER TO THE UPPER LOW...IN THE BIG BIG COUNTRY. AGAIN HOWEVER CONVECTIVE BANDS OF STORMS POSSIBLE AGAIN IN THE AFTERNOON...WHICH HAVE AT TIME BEEN STRONGER THAN THOSE NEAR THE CENTER OF ERIN. WILL CONTINUE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL THE CWA UNTIL 7 PM. LONG TERM... MAIN CONFIDENCE IS IN THE FIRST 12 HOURS OF THE FORECAST. WRF MODEL DRIFTS THE CENTER OF ERIN...EASTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHERN BIG COUNTRY TONIGHT TO NEAR WICHITA FALLS ON SUNDAY. ETA (NAM) WANTS TO DRIFT IT NORTH TOWARD LUBBOCK. NOT A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN EITHER ONE OF THE FORECASTS...THOUGH LIKE THE NAM A BIT MORE. IN EITHER CASE...RAIN AND FLOOD POTENTIAL WILL BE GREATEST OVER THE BIG COUNTRY TONIGHT/SUNDAY. BOTH NAM/GFS DEVELOP AN WEAK UPPER LOW NEAR ALONG TEXAS GULF COAST MONDAY NIGHT...MOVING IT NORTHWARD INTO WEST CENTRAL TEXAS TUESDAY NIGHT/WEDNESDAY. NOT SURE ABOUT HOW REAL THIS IS...BUT ONLY A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS TRY TO DEVELOP ALONG IT ANYWAYS. 00Z GFS MODEL TRY TO BRING REMNANTS OF DEAN MORE TOWARD THE BIG BEND FRIDAY...BUT A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY WITH THIS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ABILENE 81 72 85 72 / 90 80 50 50 SAN ANGELO 84 72 87 73 / 90 70 40 50 JUNCTION 88 72 88 73 / 60 40 30 20 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR BROWN-CALLAHAN-COKE- COLEMAN-CONCHO-CROCKETT-FISHER-HASKELL-IRION-JONES-KIMBLE-MASON- MCCULLOCH-MENARD-NOLAN-RUNNELS-SAN SABA-SCHLEICHER-SHACKELFORD- STERLING-SUTTON-TAYLOR-THROCKMORTON-TOM GREEN. && 08
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 308 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2007 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-192015- FISHER-NOLAN-STERLING-COKE-RUNNELS-IRION-TOM GREEN-CONCHO- CROCKETT-SCHLEICHER-SUTTON-HASKELL-THROCKMORTON-JONES-SHACKELFORD- TAYLOR-CALLAHAN-COLEMAN-BROWN-MCCULLOCH-SAN SABA-MENARD-KIMBLE- MASON- 308 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR THAT PART OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A SAN ANGELO TO SAN SABA LINE. THE MOST LIKELY AREA TO SEE HEAVY RAIN TONIGHT IS THE BIG COUNTRY. HOWEVER...THE GROUND IS SATURATED ACROSS ALL OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING ALONG RIVERS AND CREEKS. IF YOU LIVE ALONG A RIVER OR CREEK...BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND QUICKLY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ALTHOUGH RIVERS AND CREEKS MAY REMAIN FLOODED SUNDAY...THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL DIMINISH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT ANY FLOODING WHICH THEY OBSERVE.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
139 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0135 PM FLASH FLOOD SWEETWATER 32.47N 100.40W
08/18/2007 NOLAN TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL STREETS CLOSED IN SWEETWATER DUE TO HIGH WATER.
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MCINTYREPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
140 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0110 PM FLASH FLOOD HASKELL 33.16N 99.73W
08/18/2007 HASKELL TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
CREEK RUNNING THROUGH CITY OF HASKELL HAS SOME STREETS
IMPASSABLE.
&&
MCINTYREPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
246 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0110 PM FLASH FLOOD HAMLIN 32.88N 100.13W
08/18/2007 JONES TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
EVACUATIONS TAKING PLACE IN HAMLIN. FARM ROAD 57 AND
COUNTY ROAD 123 CLOSED.
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MCINTYREPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
327 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0300 PM FLASH FLOOD 3 S SYLVESTER 32.68N 100.25W
08/18/2007 FISHER TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
FARM ROAD 1085 CLOSED FROM HIGHWAY 180 TO THE NOLAN
COUNTY LINE.
&&
MCINTYREThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement officials from Jones County reported the road closures on Highway 83 and Farm Road 126 near Hamlin, Highways 83 and 57 near Hamlin, Highway 92 between Stamford and Hamlin, and Farm Road 600 and 102 near Fort Phantom Hill Lake.
Farm to Market Road 2163 from Haskell to Knox City was closed because of high water.
Many creeks were running out of their banks and all lakes were rising across Nolan County. Lake Sweetwater had risen 26 feet. Lake Trammel located south of Sweetwater was over the spillway near Farm Road 1809.
Law enforcement officials reported State Highway 70 was closed near Sweetwater as a result of flooding. State Highway 92 located in northeast Fisher County near Hamlin was also closed.
Excessive rainfall from heavy rains Friday night into Saturday morning across southwest Taylor County caused water to spill over the main spillway at Lake Abilene. This water flowed into Elm Creek and flooded several streets, homes, and businesses in the City of Abilene Sunday morning, prompting the Abilene Emergency Operations Center to call for a mandatory evacuation of the affected locations.
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