Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1987
Flash Flood Warning 90, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 25, 1987, 4:55 PM CDT for Travis County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 25, 1987, 4:55 PM CDT (21:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 1987, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 186 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1930 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 810 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KAUS 252155
FFWAUS
TXC453-260100-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
455 PM CDT THU JUN 25 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
...TRAVIS
FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURING IN TRAVIS COUNTY AT THE 6600 BLOCK
OF SHOAL CREEK WHERE SHOAL CREEK IS OUT OF ITS BANKS. IN ELROY
...IN SOUTHEAST TRAVIS COUNTY...THREE INCHES OF RAIN WAS
RECORDED IN THE LAST HOUR.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT'S
IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR
CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD
AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.
MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A
SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.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 25, 3:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 340 PM CDT THU JUN 25 1987 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING IN CENTRAL TEXAS... WITHIN THE PAST HOUR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEV ELOPED IN AND AROUND THE AUSTIN AREA. ANYONE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS ALONG WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Travis | 57 min |
| Jun 25, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop | 60 min |
| Jun 25, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Lee, Milam, Travis, Williamson | 63 min |
| Jun 25, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burleson | 63 min |
| Jun 25, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 63 min |
| Jun 25, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Jackson, Lavaca | 60 min |
| Jun 25, 6:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Travis | 39 min |
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.