Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1988
Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 25, 1988, 6:53 PM CDT for Real County, Uvalde County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 25, 1988, 6:53 PM CDT (23:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 1988, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 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
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 1181 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 910 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 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 260003
FFWSAT
TXC385-463-260400-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
653 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 11 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTH TEXAS
...REAL...NORTHERN UVALDE
AT 650 PM CDT...HONDO RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN
UVALDE COUNTY EXTENDING INTO REAL COUNTY. THIS SLOW-MOVING STORM
LIKELY CONTAINS LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY CAUSE FLOODING ON THE
UPPER REACHES OF THE NUECES RIVER FROM CAMP WOOD DOWNSTREAM...AND IN
REAL COUNTY FROM LEAKEY DOWNSTREAM PAST GARNER STATE PARK. SINCE THE
GROUND IS SATURATED FROM RAINS LAST NIGHT WHICH TOTALED OVER 5 INCHES
IN REAL AND NORTHERN UVALDE COUNTIES...ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL FROM
THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL NOT SOAK IN BUT RUN OFF RAPIDLY INTO SWOLLEN OR
FLOODED CREEKS AND RIVERS...GREATLY ADDING TO THE THREAT FOR FLASH
FLOODING.
CAMPERS AND HIKERS NEAR THE FLOOD PLAINS OF THE NUECES AND FRIO
RIVERS...ESPECIALLY CAMPERS AND HIKERS IN GARNER STATE PARK...SHOULD
MOVE TO HIGH GROUND AT ONCE.
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 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 WENATHER RADIO STATION
FOR LATER 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 25, 2:51 PM CDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 251 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1988 AT 245 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS THROUGHOUT EASTERN VAL VERDE COUNTY...FROM SOUTH OF DEL RIO TO COMSTOCK TO SONORA. A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS JUST SOUTH OF LOMA ALTA ALONG HIGHWAY 277. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS SLOWLY TO THE NORTHWEST. HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY BE WIDESPREAD THROUGHOUT VAL VERDE COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN SLOWLY BEGIN TO DISSIPATE AFTER SUNSET. BOATERS AND FISHERMEN ON LAKE AMISTAD AND SURROUNDING RIVERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THUNDER IS HEARD...LIGHTNING SEEN OR WINDS BEGIN INCREASING. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL NOAA WEATHER RADIO..TV AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 4:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 305 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1988 THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL IN DEL RIO. AT 300 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN IN THE EASTERN HALF OF VAL VERDE COUNTY FROM DEL RIO TO EAST OF COMSTOCK TO JUNO. A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER NORTHERN LAKE AMISTAD NEAR ROUGH CANYON MARINA. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS SLOWLY TO THE NORTHWEST. HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. BOATERS AND FISHERMEN ON LAKE AMISTAD AND SURROUNDING RIVERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO EA PLACE OF SAFETY IF THUNDER IS HEARD...LIGHTNING SEEN OR WINDS BEGIN INCREASING. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL NOAA WEATHER RADIO..TV AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 4:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 405 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1988 THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL IN DEL RIO. AT 400 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN IN THE EASTERN HALF OF VAL VERDE COUNTY FROM DEL RIO TO EAST OF COMSTOCK TO JUNO. A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER NORTHERN LAKE AMISTAD NEAR ROUGH CANYON MARINA. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS SLOWLY TO THE NORTHWEST. HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. BOATERS AND FISHERMEN ON LAKE AMISTAD AND SURROUNDING RIVERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT THROUGHOUT THE DAY ANFD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THUNDER IS HEARD...LIGHTNING SEEN OR WINDS BEGIN INCREASING. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL NOAA WEATHER RADIO..TV AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 5:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 550 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1988 THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING TO MOVE TOWARDS DEL RIO. AT 545 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN AND EASTERN HALF OF VAL VERDE COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DEL RIO TO 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF DEL RIO TO JUNO. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS SLOWLY TO THE NORTHWEST. BESIDES LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS...CREEKS AND STREETS MAY OCCUR...SO MOTORISTS SHOULD DRIVE WITH CARE. PARENTS SHOULD ALSO DISCOURAGE CHILDREN FROM PLAYING IN OR NEAR FLOOD DRAINAGE DITCHES...CREEKS AND CULVERTS SUSCEPTIBLE TO RAPIDLY RISING WATERS. DURING THE EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH DEL RIO...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE RECEIVED 1.07 INCHES OF RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 31 MPH. BOATERS AND FISHERMEN ON LAKE AMISTAD AND SURROUNDING RIVERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THUNDER IS HEARD...LIGHTNING SEEN OR WINDS BEGIN INCREASING. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL NOAA WEATHER RADIO..TV AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 6:08 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 605 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1988 AT 6 PM CDT...HONDO RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM LAREDO NORTHWARD ALONG THE RIO GRANDE TO EAGLE PASS AND DEL RIO...AND INTO THE EDWARDS PLATEAU AND HILL COUNTRY. THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM EAGLE PASS TO BRACKETTVILLE AND IN NORTHERN REAL AND WESTERN KERR COUNTIES. BESIDES FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL...THESE SLOW-MOVING STORMS LIKELY CONTAIN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH COULD CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF LOW-WATER CROSSINGS...ROADS AND HIGHWAYS...AND ADJACENT CREEKS AND/OR RIVERS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR FLOODED LOW-WATER CROSSINGS OR ROADS AND NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE INTO OR THROUGH SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS. HIKERS AND CAMPERS NEAR THE FLOOD PLAIN OF HILL COUNTRY CREEKS AND RIVERS... ESPECIALLY THE FRIO AND GUADALUPE RIVERS...SHOULD MOVE AWAY FROM THE RIVERS TO HIGHER GROUND. MANY FLOOD-RELATED DEATHS OCCUR WHEN HEAVY RAINS FROM UPSTREAM THUNDERSTORMS FLOOD UNSUSPECTING BATHERS OR CAMPERS DOWNSTREAM...SO PERSONS ALONG THE GUADALUPE RIVER WEST OF KERRVILLE... AS WELL AS PERSONS ALONG THE FRIO UPSTREAM FROM GARNER STATE PARK... SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR BULLETINS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT THIS EVENING...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, 2:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Real, Uvalde | 2 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.