75 inches reported by a rainfall observer and this led to flash flooding across the city.
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The episode as NWS SJT wrote it up.
Heavy rains fell across Throckmorton during the night with up to 5.75 inches reported by a rainfall observer and this led to flash flooding across the city.
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 17, 5:44 AM CST, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 644 AM CDT SAT APR 17 2010 .DISCUSSION... LOOK FOR MVFR CEILINGS TO DOMINATE WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. SEE AVIATION BELOW. && .AVIATION... LATEST NAM AND RUC 925 MB RELATIVE HUMIDITY FIELDS INDICATE WRAP- AROUND MOISTURE WILL MAINTAIN LOW CLOUDS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THE SURFACE LOW WILL SLOWLY SLIDE EAST TODAY FROM ITS CURRENT LOCATION NEAR SWEETWATER. FOR NOW...WILL ONLY CONTINUE LIGHT SHOWERS IN THE TERMINALS UNTIL 18Z. HOWEVER...LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE MAY CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE WRAPS AROUND THE EASTWARD MOVING SURFACE LOW. 23/HUBER && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 326 AM CDT SAT APR 17 2010/ SHORT TERM... LATEST WSR-88D DATA INDICATE MAIN AREA OF CONTINUED SHOWERS HAS SHIFTED NORTH INTO OUR BIG COUNTRY COUNTIES. SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATES A SURFACE LOW CENTERED OVER THE NORTHWESTERN CONCHO VALLEY...WITH A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDING EAST ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY INTO FAR SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA. MODELS CONTINUE IN GOOD AGREEMENT FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO SLIDE SLOWLY EAST AS THE WEAK SURFACE COLD FRONT MOVES SLOWLY SOUTH DURING THE DAY TODAY. THIS SHIFT WILL CONTINUE TO PLACE THE MAIN FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MAINLY THE NORTHEAST HALF OF OUR COUNTIES. GIVEN TRENDS OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS...POPS CLOSER TO THE MORE AGGRESSIVE MEX MOS GUIDANCE LOOK BEST. WILL ALSO CONTINUE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE WORDING IN THE ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT. ALSO...LIMITED SUNSHINE AND WEAK SURFACE COLD AIR ADVECTION WILL HELP HOLD AFTERNOON HIGHS WELL BELOW SEASONAL NORMALS TODAY. FOR TONIGHT...BEST RAIN CHANCES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY AND HEARTLAND AS THE UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE SLOWLY MOVES FARTHER EAST. WILL CONTINUE MAINLY SHOWERS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE. OVERNIGHT LOWS NEAR MOS GUIDANCE LOOKS REASONABLE. 23/HUBER LONG TERM... NAM AND GFS MODELS KEEP 700 MB LAYER AND BELOW...NEARLY SATURATED THROUGH SUNDAY...AND 850 MB LAYER AND BELOW...SATURATED INTO TUESDAY. KEPT A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT SHOWERS OVER NORTHERN AND EASTERN SECTIONS SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...CLOSER TO WEAK UPPER DISTURBANCE AS IT HEADS INTO CENTRAL TEXAS. ALSO...HAVE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS...MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY...AS WEAK MID LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES EAST OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES. LOWER ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE THINS OUT WEDNESDAY...SO HOPEFULLY THE SUN WILL BREAK OUT. BOTH GFS AND ECMWF MODELS ARE IN FAIR GOOD CONSENSUS IN TIMING AND STRENGTH...IN DEVELOPING A STRONG UPPER LOW OVER THE SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES LATE NEXT WEEK. COULD SEE AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. SOME SEVERE POTENTIAL GIVEN AT LEAST SOME INSTABILITY AND GOOD SHEAR...BUT STILL A WAYS OUT ON DAYS 6 AND 7. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ABILENE 63 49 61 47 63 / 90 40 30 20 10 SAN ANGELO 66 48 66 48 65 / 50 30 10 10 10 JUNCTION 72 48 68 50 67 / 50 30 10 10 10 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 23/HUBER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 425 AM CDT SAT APR 17 2010 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-180930- 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- 425 AM CDT SAT APR 17 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PRODUCE SOME FLOODING...MAINLY ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY AND HEARTLAND. ALSO...THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE DEADLY LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. 23/HUBER
The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:10 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
City officials reported flooding along with some road closures around Throckmorton.
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