Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Issued

Jun 2, 1986, 2:01 PM CDT (19:01 UTC)

Expired

Jun 2, 1986, 5:00 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Dimmit 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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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
201 PM CDT MON JUN 2 1986

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

TEXAS...DIMMIT

AT 250 PM CDT..A BROAD AREA OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE
LOCATED OVER WESTERN DIMMIT COUNTY.  ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATE
THAT RAINFALL ON THE ORDER OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR MAY BE
OCCURRING IN SOME OF THE HEAVIER STORMS.  THE ENTIRE AREA WAS
MOVING NORTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN
REPORTED.  TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS AS REQUIRED TO PROTECT LIFE
AND PROPERTY.

REMEMBER..DEATHS DURING FLASH FLOODING ARE FREQUENTLY RELATED TO
MOTORISTS DRIVING INTO FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES..YOU SHOULD GO TO A SAFE PLACE
IMMEDIATELY.  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 LOCAL RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATION
FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS REGARDING THIS HEAVY RAIN EVENT.

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
1210 PM CDT MON JUN 02 1986

FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR AUSTIN AND THE HILL COUNTRY.

AT 1205 PM CDT..WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WERE
INDICATED IN SOUTH TEAS FROM EAST OF DEL RIO ..COTULLA..TO CORPUS
CHRISTI AND ALONG THE TEXAS MIDDLE COAST INLAND TO NORTH OF WHARTON.
THE STORMS MOVING NORTH 15 MILES AN HOUR.

SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL DOES NOT APPEAR LIKELY WITHIN THE WATCH AREA
FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS..ANOTHER UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE IS FORECAST TO
MOVE TOWARD SOUTH TEXAS FROM MEXICO LATER THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION..
AFTERNOON SURFACE HEATING WILL LIKELY AID SHOWER DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE
ALREADY EXTREMELY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS ANCHORED OVER THE AREA.
REMBER..GROUND CONDITIONS WITHIN THE WATCH AREA ARE NEAR SATURATION. AS
A RESULT..ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL RUNOFF QUICKLY..THEREBY PODUCING
MODERATE RISES ON MANY OF THE ALREADY SWOLLEN RIVERS ANDs STREAMS.

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.