Flash Flood Warning 51, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Issued

Sep 6, 1986, 3:40 AM CDT (08:40 UTC)

Expired

Sep 6, 1986, 8:00 AM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties Kendall County, TX, Kerr 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
340 AM CDT SAT SEP 6 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF

SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...KENDALL AND KERR

AT 340 AM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED BY RADAR NEAR
KERRVILLE AND COMFORT.  THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PERSISTED ALONG A
STATIONARY FRONT IN KERR AND KENDALL COUNTIES DURING THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS.  THE KERRVILLE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY REPORTED
OVER THREE INCHES OF RAIN IN KERRVILLE SINCE MIDNIGHT.  A RISE IS
EXPECTED ALONG THE GUADALUPE RIVER..AND THE TRIBUTARIES LEADING
INTO THE RIVER.  PERSONS IN LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

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.

DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OFTEN ACCOMPANY FLASH FLOOD
PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS.

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 DEL RIO TX
1025 PM CDT FRI SEP 5 1986

AT 1015 PM RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF VAL VERDE COUNTY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR THE ROUGH CANYON AREA OF LAKE AMISTAD. THUNDERSTORMS
WERE ALSO LOCATED WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF DEL RIO IN MEXICO. ANOTHER
AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ACROSS SOUTHERN CROCKETT AND SUTTON
COUNTIES..ALSO FROM DEL RIO EAST TO SAN ANTONIO. THE PRECIPITATION
WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.

RAINFALL REPORTED FROM WITHIN VAL VERDE COUNTY THIS EVENING HAS BEEN
NEAR 1/2 INCH..HOWEVER MAYFIELD STORE SOUTH OF JUNO REPORTED 1.57
INCHES.  AS RA	IN CONTINUES WATER WILL BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE IN LOW
WATER CROSSINGS.

MOTORISTS ARE CAUTIONED TO APPROACH LOW WATER CROSSINGS WITH CARE
AND TO SLOW DOWN ON WET PAVEMENT.

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.