Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1988
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 25, 1988, 2:59 AM CDT for Real County, Uvalde County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 25, 1988, 2:59 AM CDT (07:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 1988, 5:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Real County, TX, Uvalde 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 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 293 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
- 1183 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1045 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSAT 250801
FFWSAT
TXC385-463-251000-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
259 AM CDT SAT JUN 25 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTH TEXAS
...SOUTHERN REAL...NORTHERN UVALDE
AT 255 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN NEARLY STATIONARY OVER SOUTHERN REAL AND NORTHERN UVALDE COUNTIES
JUST NORTH OF GARNER STATE PARK. RADAR INDICATES RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3
TO 5 INCHES WITHIN THE PAST THREE HOURS.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN
REPORTED.
ROEMEMBER...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.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 24, 9:02 PM CDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 900 PM CDT FRI JUN 24 1988 AT 855 PM CDT...HONDO RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM FALCON LAKE NORTHWARD ALONG THE RIO GRANDE TO LAREDO...EAGLE PASS AND DEL RIO. THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER LAREDO HAVE PRODUCED LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS. LAREDO DPS REPORTS SOME STREET FLOODING IN AND AROUND THE CITY AND ADJACENT SECTIONS OF WEBB COUNTY. RADAR SHOWS MORE STORMS TO THE SOUTH OF LAREDO MOVING NORTHWARD TOWARD THE CITY. IF THESE STORMS HOLD TOGETHER FOR A WHILE LONGER...ADDITIONAL RAIN AND LOCALIZED LOW-LAND AND STREET FLOODING MAY CONTINUE. THE FORECAST CALLS FOR MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING...BUT STAY TUNED TO LATER BULLETINS FOR UPDATES ON THE WEATHER SITUATION IN SOUTH TEXAS.
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 9:38 PM CDT, 5 hours 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 940 PM CDT FRI JUN 24 1988 AT 935 PM CDT...HONDO RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IN WEBB COUNTY...JUST EAST OF LAREDO. THE AREA EXTENDS NORTHWARD INTO LASALLE AND DIMMIT COUNTIES. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE EVENING WITH STREET FLOODING IN THE CITY OF LAREDO AND ADJACENT AREAS. MOTORISTS TRAVELING INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN LAREDO AND COTULLA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THESE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WHICH MAY PRODUCE SOME FLOODING ALONG THE INTERSTATE...AS WELL AS REDUCING VISIBILITIES IN THE HEAVIER SHOWERS...CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. U. S. HIGHWAY 59 BETWEEN LAREDO AND FREER MAY ALSO BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS THIS EVENING. THE FORECAST CALLS FOR MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO LATER BULLETINS FOR UPDATES ON THE WEATHER SITUATION IN SOUTH TELXAS.
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 10:56 PM CDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 1100 PM CDT FRI JUN 24 1988 AT 1055 PM CDT...HONDO RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IN WEBB COUNTY...JUST EAST OF LAREDO. THE AREA EXTENDS NORTHWARD INTO LASALLE COUNTY. SOME STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN AND AROUND LAREDO EARLIER IN THE EVENING. MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOW EAST OF LAREDO...WITH VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT INDICATED. THE AREA OF HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS OVER OPEN RANGELAND...BETWEEN LAREDO AND FREER...AND BETWEEN LAREDO AND COTULLA. NORMALLY DRY CREEKS AND ARROYOS MAY EXPERIENCE LOCALIZED FLOODING THIS EVENING AND SATURDAY MORNING IN RESPONSE TO RUNOFF FROM THESE RAINS. IN ADDITION...DRIVING ALONG INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN LAREDO AND COTULLA... AND ALONG U. S. HIGHWAY 59 BETWEEN LAREDO AND FREER...MAY BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS THIS EVENING. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CARE AND CAUTION AND REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS ACCORDINGLY IN THE RAIN AREAS. < ADDITIONAL BULLETINS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT...SO PLEASE STAY TUNED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 6:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Real, Uvalde | 4 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1988Every flash flood warning in 1988
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.