Thunderstorms in the early morning hours produced heavy rain and flooding across the Heartland.
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The episode as NWS SJT wrote it up.
Thunderstorms in the early morning hours produced heavy rain and flooding across the Heartland.
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 Apr 30, 10:15 PM CST, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 1115 PM CDT MON APR 30 2007 .UPDATE... SCATTERED TSTMS CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTHERN 2/3 OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. SOME OF THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN SEVERE. STILL A CHANCE OF AN MCS ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY TONIGHT...AND WILL KEEP THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH GOING. FORECAST LOOKS GOOD AND WILL MAKE NO CHANGES. 21 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 630 PM CDT MON APR 30 2007/ AVIATION... UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER WESTERN TEXAS NEAR LUBBOCK...MOVING SLOWLY EAST. SCATTERED TSTMS CURRENTLY LOCATED ACROSS THE NORTHEAST CONCHO VALLEY AND EASTERN BIG COUNTRY. MORE STORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY MAINLY AFTER 01/06Z. ALSO...WIDESPREAD MVFR CIGS OF BKN015-025 EXPECTED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS AFTER 01/06Z...WITH IFR CIGS BLO OVC010 IN THE KBBD...KSOA...KJCT TAFS AFTER 01/08Z. 21 PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 338 PM CDT MON APR 30 2007/ DISCUSSION... HAVE A FEW SYSTEMS TO FOCUS ON WITH THIS FORECAST. THE UPPER LOW JUST NORTHWEST OF LUBBOCK IS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON. WITH THE PARTIAL CLEARING AND DESTABILIZATION...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE REDEVELOPED ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF OUR AREA WITH ISOLATED COVERAGE TO THE SOUTH. THESE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING AS SHORTWAVE TROUGH AXIS APPROACHES. HEAVY RAIN WILL BE COMMON WITH THIS CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY...BUT THE STRONGEST STORMS COULD BE MARGINALLY SEVERE. THE CONCERN FOR LATER TONIGHT SHIFTS TO OUR NORTHERN COUNTIES FOR HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL. THE UPPER LOW WILL DRIFT EAST TO NEAR CHILDRESS OVERNIGHT. THE LIFT NEAR THIS COULD RESULT IN AN AREA OF CONVECTION WITH CONCENTRATED HEAVY RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY IF A SURFACE BOUNDARY IS NEARBY. WITH THE 2-3.5 INCH RAINFALL WHICH OCCURRED IN THE PAST 24 HOURS ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE THAN AN INCH IN THAT AREA TONIGHT...WE ARE ISSUING A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE BIG COUNTRY. AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES SLOWLY EAST-NORTHEAST INTO SOUTH- CENTRAL OKLAHOMA ON TUESDAY...SURFACE TROUGH/WEAK COLD FRONT WILL SAG SOUTH ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. THE BETTER MOISTURE PROXIMITY AND HIGHER RAIN CHANCES WILL BE IN OUR EASTERN COUNTIES ON TUESDAY. ANOTHER SOUTHERN STREAM SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES ON WEDNESDAY BEFORE LIFTING OUT INTO NORTH-CENTRAL TEXAS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. MOISTURE WILL REMAIN IN OUR REGION AFTER THE FIRST SYSTEM DEPARTS. THIS COMBINED WITH LIFT/DESTABILIZATION WITH APPROACH OF THE NEXT SYSTEM ALONG WITH PRESENCE OF A SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL RESULT IN OUR NEXT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS. PRESENTLY HAVE POPS IN THE CHANCE RANGE BUT THESE WILL BE INCREASED IF MODELS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE PLACEMENT OF THIS SYSTEM. WITH THE SOIL BECOMING SATURATED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...WILL ALSO HAVE TO MONITOR THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THIS NEXT SYSTEM. A DEEP UPPER TROUGH IS PROGGED TO EVOLVE OVER THE WESTERN US LATE THIS WEEK WITH AN UPPER LOW DROPPING TO NEAR THE 4-CORNERS REGION SATURDAY NIGHT. CARRYING LOW CHANCE POPS SATURDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING TO ACCOUNT FOR POSSIBILITY OF SCATTERED STORMS DEVELOPING ON THE LEE SIDE TROUGH/DRYLINE TO OUR WEST. INCREASING THE POPS FOR SUNDAY INTO MONDAY...GIVEN THE GFS SOLUTION OF BRING THE DEEP UPPER TROUGH ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ROCKIES TOWARD TEXAS. WILL ALSO MONITOR MODEL TRENDS WITH THIS SYSTEM...AS THE CURRENT PROJECTIONS INDICATE THAT IT WOULD HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BRING SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ABILENE 64 79 63 83 / 60 40 10 30 SAN ANGELO 65 81 64 85 / 40 30 10 30 JUNCTION 66 81 64 84 / 40 30 10 30 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 8 AM CDT TUESDAY FOR CALLAHAN-FISHER- HASKELL-JONES-NOLAN-SHACKELFORD-TAYLOR-THROCKMORTON. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 336 PM CDT MON APR 30 2007 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-012045- 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- 336 PM CDT MON APR 30 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BRIEFLY BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. IN ADDITION ANOTHER COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO FORM OVERNIGHT ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE ISSUED FOR THE BIG COUNTRY TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FOR WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY...PRODUCING ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS. GIVEN THE SATURATED SOILS...AND THE POSSIBILITY OF MORE HEAVY RAINFALL...FLASH FLOODING WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1016 PM CDT MON APR 30 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1013 PM TORNADO 2 SE ROWENA 31.63N 100.02W
04/30/2007 RUNNELS TX PUBLIC
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MCUNNINGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1028 PM CDT MON APR 30 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1027 PM TSTM WND DMG BALLINGER 31.74N 99.96W
04/30/2007 RUNNELS TX TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES BLOWN DOWN
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MCUNNINGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1040 PM CDT MON APR 30 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1012 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 S BALLINGER 31.68N 99.96W
04/30/2007 RUNNELS TX TRAINED SPOTTER
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MCUNNINGSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 112 AM CDT TUE MAY 1 2007 TXZ072-010715- TOM GREEN TX- 112 AM CDT TUE MAY 1 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 AM CDT FOR TOM GREEN COUNTY... AT 110 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 5 MILES SOUTH OF CARLSBAD...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAN ANGELO...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... SAN ANGELO BY 130 AM CDT HARRIET BY 145 AM CDT WALL BY 150 AM CDT VERIBEST BY 155 AM CDT MERETA AND VANCOURT BY 210 AM CDT PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS... ESPECIALLY THOSE IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR THE SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE THE PROPER ACTIONS SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 320 AM CDT TUE MAY 1 2007 TXZ065-066-071-072-077-010915- COKE TX-RUNNELS TX-TOM GREEN TX-IRION TX-SCHLEICHER TX- 320 AM CDT TUE MAY 1 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 AM CDT FOR COKE... RUNNELS...TOM GREEN...IRION AND SCHLEICHER COUNTIES... AT 319 AM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF MAVERICK TO 3 MILES WEST OF MERTZON...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES WEST OF WINTERS TO 3 MILES WEST OF MERTZON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... US-67 NEAR THE IRION-TOM GREEN COUNTY LINE...US-277 NEAR THE TOM GREEN-COKE COUNTY LINE...TENNYSON AND ORIENT BY 325 AM CDT TANKERSLEY BY 330 AM CDT SAN ANGELO...KNICKERBOCKER AND HARRIET BY 340 AM CDT MILES BY 345 AM CDT VERIBEST BY 355 AM CDT PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR THE SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE THE PROPER ACTIONS SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 323 AM CDT TUE MAY 1 2007 TXZ140-154-155-010930- BROWN TX-MCCULLOCH TX-SAN SABA TX- 323 AM CDT TUE MAY 1 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 AM CDT FOR BROWN... MCCULLOCH AND SAN SABA COUNTIES... AT 319 AM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ZEPHYR TO 4 MILES EAST OF WINCHELL TO 9 MILES WEST OF BRADY LAKE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES EAST OF EARLY TO 16 MILES SOUTH OF BROWNWOOD TO 12 MILES WEST OF BRADY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... BRADY LAKE...PLACID AND ELM GROVE BY 330 AM CDT ROCHELLE AND BRADY BY 335 AM CDT SKEETERVILLE AND HALL BY 345 AM CDT US-190 NEAR THE MCCULLOCH-SAN SABA COUNTY LINE...THE INTERSECTION OF RANCH ROAD 765 AND RANCH ROAD 45 AND LOCKER BY 350 AM CDT PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR THE SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE THE PROPER ACTIONS SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED.
The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:29 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Very heavy rains produced flash flooding throughout Brownwood. Severe street flooding occurred and rescues of people from homes was also reported.
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