Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Issued

May 29, 1987, 3:19 AM CDT (08:19 UTC)

Expired

May 29, 1987, 7:15 AM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties Medina County, TX, Uvalde 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 KSAT 290819
FFWSAT
TXC019-259-265-325-385-463-291215-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
319 AM CDT FRI MAY 29 1987
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTH TEXAS
          ...BANDERA...KENDALL...KERR
          ...MEDINA...REAL...UVALDE
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND
GUSTY WINDS HAVE CONTINUED ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND EDWARDS
PLATEAU THIS MORNING.  SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALSO PRODUCED
HEAVY RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WHICH WILL LIKELY CAUSE
FLASH FLOODING.  THE WATERSHEDS OF THE GUADALUPE...MEDINA...FRIO AND
SABINAL RIVERS...AND THEIR CREEKS AND TRIBUTARIES...WILL BE MOST
AFFECTED BY RUNOFF FROM THESE HEAVY RAINS.  AMOUNTS APPROACHING THREE
INCHES HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN SOME HILL COUNTRY AREAS...AN
ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES COULD OCCUR.  SINCE THE GROUND IS ALREADY
SATURATED FROM PRIOR RAINS...ANY MORE RAIN WILL NOT SOAK IN BUT RUN
OFF AND GREATLY ADD TO THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING.
 
CAMPERS AND HIKERS IN GARNER STATE PARK AND OTHER HILL COUNTRY
RECREATIONAL AREAS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND AT ONCE.  MOTORISTS
SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS LOW-WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
FLOODED.  RESIDENTS LIVING CLOSE TO THE FLOOD PLAIN OF HILL COUNTRY
CREEKS AND RIVERS SHOULD BE ALERT AND MOVE TO SAFETY IF HEAVY RAIN OR
FLOODING IS OBSERVED.  PARENTS ARE REMINDED TO KEEP CHILDREN AWAY
FROM FLOOD-PRONE DRAINAGE DITCHES...CREEKS AND RIVERS THIS MORNING.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN
REPORTED.
 
REMEMBER...DEATHS DURING FLASH FLOODING ARE FREQUENTLY RELATED TO
MOTORISTS DRIVING INTO FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS OR FROM CHILDREN
PLAYING NEAR FLOODED STREAMS OR DRAINAGE AREAS.
 
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OFTEN ACCOMPANY FLASH FLOOD
PRODUCING THUNDERS9TORMS.
 
PLEASE LISTEN TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATION
FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS REGARDING THIS SEVERE WEATHER EVENT.

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1987Every flash flood warning in 1987

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.