Flash Flood Warning 42, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Issued

Jun 18, 1986, 8:56 AM CDT (13:56 UTC)

Expired

Jun 18, 1986, 12:00 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Bexar 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/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
856 AM CDT WED JUN 18 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1200 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF

SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...BEXAR

AT 855 AM CDT..THUNDERSTORMS..SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL..
WERE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF BEXAR COUNTY.  NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM TO BE
LOCATED JUST EAST OF THE SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN AREA.  MOVEMENT
WAS NORTH AT LESS THAN 10 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.

 A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BANDERA COUNTY UNTIL
 10 AM THIS MORNING.  IN ADDITION..A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR
 HELOTES..LEON AND SALADO CREEKS.

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

KSAT 171912

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
300 AM CDT WED JUN 18 1986

...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER BEXAR COUNTY...

A 300 AM THIS MORNING THUNDERSHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER BEXAR COUNTY
AND WERE MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 5 MPH.  THE THUNDERSHOWERS
WERE MOSTLY OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF BEXAR COUNTY WITH THE HEAVIEST
LOCATED OVER THE NORTH PART OF THE COUNTY.  BECAUSE OF THE SLOW MOVEMENT
OF THESE THUNDERSHOWERS..RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD BE HEAVY.  THEREFORE
LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND SMALL CREEKS COULD FLOOD RAPIDLY.

MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AND NOT TRY TO CROSS
FLOODED ROADS.  ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NECESSARY.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
620 AM CDT WED JUN 18 1986

..A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL IS LOCATED SOUTH OF GILLESPIE..BLANCO
    AND HAYS COUNTY MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWARD..

THIS LARGE AREA OF RAIN HAS ALREADY PRODUCED TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF
RAINFALL OVER PORTIONS OF BEXAR COUNTY THROUGH THE NIGHT..CAUSING A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING TO BE ISSUED FOR BEXAR COUNTY UNTILL MID MORNING.

AS THIS AREA SPREADS NORTHWARD..PERSONS IN GILLESPIE..BLANCO AND HAYS
COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL THIS MORNING..THAT MAY
PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED IF NEEDED THIS MORNING.

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.