Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Issued

May 17, 1986, 1:59 PM CDT (18:59 UTC)

Expired

May 17, 1986, 5:00 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Burnet County, TX

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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TTAA00 KAUS 171859
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TXC021-031-287-053-453-209-491-172200-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
159 PM CDT SAT MAY 17 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF

TEXAS...BASTROP...BLANCO...LEE...BURNET...TRAVIS...HAYS AND 
 WILLIAMSON

AT 155 PM CDT A VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE INDICATED BY RADAR IN TRAVIS
AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES.  SEVERAL OF THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED
RAINFALLS OF TWO INCHES PER HOUR OR MORE.

REMEMBER THAT DEATHS DURING FLASH FLOODING ARE OFTEN RELATED TO
MOTORISTS DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES..YOU SHOULD GO TO A SAFE PLACE
IMMEDIATELY AND YOU SHOULD ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
TO RELAY YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE.

PLEASE LISTEN TO YOUR LOCsAL RADIO..TV..OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR
LATER STATEMENTS REGARDING THIS HEAVY RAIN EPISODE.

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
115 PM CDT SAT MAY 17 1986

...SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SOUTH TEXAS...

DUE TO THE NUMEROUS OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TAKING PLACE ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS
THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING..SUCH AS THE SWC BASEBALL TOURNAMENT
IN COLLEGE STATION..THE SWC TRACK & FIELD MEET IN HOUSTON..AND THE STATE
HIGH SCHOOL TRACK & FIELD MEET IN AUSTIN..AMONG OTHERS..THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO ALERT ALL WHO PLAN TO ATTEND ANY OF THESE
EVENTS THAT THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SEVERE WEATHER.

A TORNADO WATCH EXISTS FOR A LARGE PORTION OF SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS
UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING..AND MAY BE EXTENDED FURTHER INTO THE NIGHT-
TIME HOURS.  THE METROPOLITAN AREAS OF AUSTIN..SAN ANTONIO..HOUSTON AND
BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH.

SEVERE WEATHER IN THE FORM OF TORNADOES..LARGE HAIL..FREQUENT LIGHTNING
AND DAMAGING WINDS HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN SOME OF THE STORMS NOW
APPROACHING AUSTIN AND WACO.  THUNDERSTORMS ARE ABOUT AN HOUR AWAY FROM
BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION.

PERSONS SHOULD LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATIONS
FOR THE LATEST WARNINGS..FORECASTS AND B:ULLETINS CONCERNING THIS SEVERE
WEATHER EVENT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY ON SHORT
NOTICE.

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1986Every flash flood warning in 1986

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.