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Flash Flood Warning 53, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

June 4, 1987Caldwell County, Hays County, Travis County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 4, 1987, 7:31 AM CDT for Caldwell County, Hays County, Travis County, Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 1987, 7:31 AM CDT (12:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 1987, 1:30 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Caldwell County, TX, Hays County, TX, Travis 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

Victoria Regiona, TX (KVCT), launched 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 162 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, Victoria Regiona, TX at 12:00Z on 1987-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 824 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, Victoria Regiona, TX at 12:00Z on 1987-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 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
824 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
675 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KAUS 041231
FFWAUS
TXC055-209-453-041530-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
731 AM CDT THU JUN 4 1987

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF

TEXAS...CALDWELL...HAYS AND TRAVIS

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE OVER CALDWELL AND TRAVIS COUNTIES.
HEAVY RAINS HAVE BEEN REPORTED OVER HAYS COUNTY WITH
MANY LOW WATER CROSSINGS BECOMING FLOODED.

RAINFALL OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES HAVE FALLEN OVER THESE
COUNTIES THROUGH THE NIGHT INTO THIS MORNING ...WITH MORE
HEAVY RAINS EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY.

DONT LET CHILDREN PLAY IN WATERWAYS SUBJECT TO RAPID RISING
OR SWIFT MOVING WATER.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION.  TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

REMEMBER THAT DEATHS DURING FLASH FLOODING ARE OFTEN RELATED TO
MOTORISTS DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 1:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXGonzales3 hr
Jun 4, 3:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXKendall110 min
Jun 4, 3:32 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXCaldwell3 hr
Jun 4, 4:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXTravis3 hr
Jun 4, 4:44 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXLavaca2 hr
Jun 4, 5:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXGonzales4 hr
Jun 4, 6:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXLavaca2 hr
Jun 4, 8:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXLavaca2 hr
Jun 4, 8:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBurnet, Williamson3 hr
Jun 4, 8:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXGonzales4 hr
Jun 4, 11:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar3 hr
Jun 4, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXCalhoun60 min
Jun 4, 4:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXAtascosa, Frio4 hr

Nearby

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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.