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Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

June 3, 1987Edwards County, Kerr County, Real County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 3, 1987, 3:04 AM CDT for Edwards County, Kerr County, Real County, Texas. It was in force for 116 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 1987, 3:04 AM CDT (08:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 1987, 5:00 AM CDT
In force
116 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Edwards County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Real County, TX

The radar

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

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 118 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 1987-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3393 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 1987-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
3393 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1188 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
217 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
6.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSAT 030804
FFWSAT
TXC137-265-385-031000-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
304 AM CDT WED JUN 3 1987
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTH TEXAS
          ...EDWARDS...KERR...REAL
 
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED BY RADAR ENTERING THE NORTHERN
PARTS OF EDWARDS...KERR AND REAL COUNTIES.  MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT
15 MILES AN HOUR.  RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF NEAR TWO INCHES PER HOUR ARE
INDICATED BY RADAR IN SOME OF THE HEAVIER STORMS.
 
WITH GROUND CONDITIONS NEAR SATURATION...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS
THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT.
 
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 THUNDERSTORMS.
 
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 LATYER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS REGARDING THIS SEVERE WEATHER EVENT.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 9:25 PM CDT, 5 hours 39 minutes before
BULLETIN
RAINFALL REPORTS IN BEXAR AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
930 PM CDT TUE JUN 2 1987

REPORTS BY THE BEXAR COUNTY HAM RADIO NETWORK FOR RAINFALL FROM 7PM
JUNE 1 1987 THROUGH 7PM JUNE 2 1987

OUTSIDE BEXAR COUNTY...
BOERNE 7E     .80 INCHES
DEVINE        .40
HONDO 10N     .30
MEDINA LAKE   .20
PIPE CREEK    .44
SAN MARCOS    .40

INSIDE BEXAR COUNTY....

NORTH SIDE                          NORTHWEST SIDE
.
AIRPORT 4N      2.10                CASTLE HILLS     1.40
ALAMO STADIUM   3.40                CHARTER OAKS      .72
BLANCO..410     1.45                GLENOAKS PARK     .82
BULVERDE        1.50                ROLLING RIDGE     .84
DELLVIEW        1.55                THUNDERBIRD HILLS 1.04
EDISON HS       2.84                UNIVERSITY PK    2.20
CENTRAL PK MALL 2.50                VNCE JKSN..410   1.30
FDRKSBG RD..HLCRST 1.00             WOODLAWN HTS     2.00
HELOTES 7NW     1.35
I 10..FRESNO    2.24
ENCINO PK       2.10

CENTRAL AREA...                    WEST SIDE...

NR FT SAM       3.62               COOLCREST           .90
TRINITY U       3.25               HWY 90W..410       1.20
TRINITY U #2    2.75               LACKLAND           1.15

SOUTHWEST SIDE...                  SOUTHEAST SIDE...
                                   CHINA GROVE        2.24
1604..281S       .80               FT SAM 1N          4.00
HERITAGE PK     1.77               HIGHLAND HILLS     2.50
                                   PECAN VALLEY       2.00
.
NORTHEAST SIDE....

CAMELOT 2       3.40          OCONNER..NACOGDOCHES  2.50
FT SAM          3.90          ALAMO HTS             2.10
I 35..VANDIVER  3.53          281N..1604            2.30
JUDSON..STAHL RD 2.05         RIGSBY..WW WHITE      3.70
NORTHWOOD ESTATES 2.60
WINDCREST       3.50
WURZBACH..I 35  4.00

REPORTS BY THE GUADALUPE COUNTY HAM RADIO NET FOR THE PERIOD OF 8AM
JUN 1 1987 THROUGH 8 AM JUN2 1987..

SEGUIN 5S    5.50 INCHES     CANADA VERDE     3.15
NIXON        3.30            STOCKDALE        2.30
FLATONIA     2.10            GONZALES         4.75
BEBE         2.70
OLMUS 2N     3.56
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 10:27 PM CDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before
BULLETIN
RAINFALL REPORTS IN BEXAR AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
930 PM CDT TUE JUN 2 1987

REPORTS BY THE BEXAR COUNTY HAM RADIO NETWORK FOR RAINFALL FROM 7PM
JUNE 1 1987 THROUGH 7PM JUNE 2 1987

OUTSIDE BEXAR COUNTY...
BOERNE 7E     .80 INCHES
DEVINE        .40
HONDO 10N     .30
MEDINA LAKE   .20
PIPE CREEK    .44
SAN MARCOS    .40

INSIDE BEXAR COUNTY....

NORTH SIDE                          NORTHWEST SIDE
.
AIRPORT 4N      2.10                CASTLE HILLS     1.40
ALAMO STADIUM   3.40                CHARTER OAKS      .72
BLANCO..410     1.45                GLENOAKS PARK     .82
BULVERDE        1.50                ROLLING RIDGE     .84
DELLVIEW        1.55                THUNDERBIRD HILLS 1.04
EDISON HS       2.84                UNIVERSITY PK    2.20
CENTRAL PK MALL 2.50                VNCE JKSN..410   1.30
FDRKSBG RD..HLCRST 1.00             WOODLAWN HTS     2.00
HELOTES 7NW     1.35
I 10..FRESNO    2.24
ENCINO PK       2.10

CENTRAL AREA...                    WEST SIDE...

NR FT SAM       3.62               COOLCREST           .90
TRINITY U       3.25               HWY 90W..410       1.20
TRINITY U #2    2.75               LACKLAND           1.15

SOUTHWEST SIDE...                  SOUTHEAST SIDE...
                                   CHINA GROVE        2.24
1604..281S       .80               FT SAM 1N          4.00
HERITAGE PK     1.77               HIGHLAND HILLS     2.50
                                   PECAN VALLEY       2.00
.
NORTHEAST SIDE....

CAMELOT 2       3.40          OCONNER..NACOGDOCHES  2.50
FT SAM          3.90          ALAMO HTS             2.10
I 35..VANDIVER  3.53          281N..1604            2.30
JUDSON..STAHL RD 2.05         RIGSBY..WW WHITE      3.70
NORTHWOOD ESTATES 2.60
WINDCREST       3.50
WURZBACH..I 35  4.00

REPORTS BY THE GUADALUPE COUNTY HAM RADIO NET FOR THE PERIOD OF 8 AM
THROUGH 8 PM JUN 2 19R87..

SEGUIN 5S    5.50 INCHES     CANADA VERDE     3.15
NIXON        3.30            STOCKDALE        2.30
FLATONIA     2.10            GONZALES         4.75
BEBE         2.70
OLMUS 2N     3.56

The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 7:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar3 hr
Jun 2, 7:17 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXFayette3 hr
Jun 2, 9:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXGuadalupe3 hr
Jun 2, 10:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXGonzales, Wilson2 hr
Jun 2, 10:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar2 hr
Jun 3, 4:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde60 min
Jun 3, 4:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXVal Verde4 hr
Jun 3, 4:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXKerr, Real2 hr
Jun 3, 5:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXUvalde2 hr
Jun 3, 7:56 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXMedina3 hr
Jun 3, 8:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXVal Verde4 hr
Jun 3, 9:56 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXWebb2 hr
Jun 3, 10:44 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera, Kendall4 hr
Jun 3, 10:44 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXMedina4 hr
Jun 3, 12:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXKerr3 hr
Jun 3, 2:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXGonzales111 min
Jun 3, 2:24 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXLavaca56 min

Nearby

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

Sources

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.