Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1988
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 26, 1988, 1:10 AM CDT for Edwards County, Real County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 1988, 1:10 AM CDT (06:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1988, 5:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Edwards 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
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 305 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
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -121 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1675 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 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 KSAT 260614 COR
FFWSAT
TXC137-385-261015-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
110 AM CDT SUN JUN 26 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTH TEXAS
...EDWARDS...REAL
HONDO RADAR AND SATELLITE PICTURES INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE DEVELOPED DURING THE PAST HOUR IN EDWARDS AND
WESTERN REAL COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SLOWLY AND
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE
MORE FLOODING.
IN EDWARDS COUNTY HIGHWAY 55 SOUTH FROM ROCK SPRINGS TO BARKSDALE AND
HIGHWAY 335 NEAR VANCE ROAD ARE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN
REPORTED.
PLEASE LISTEN TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER 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, 8:51 PM CDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 845 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1988 AT 845 PM CDT...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTION OF BEXAR COUNTY...MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH AT 10 MPH. THIS AREA MAY CATCH THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN AREA WITHIN THE HOUR...PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY SURFACE WINDS AND BRIEF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING AS IT MOVES INTO KENDALL AND COMAL COUNTIES. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WET SLICK STREETS AND HIGHWAYS...AND REDUCED DRIVING VISIBILITY IN THE HEAVIER RAIN AREAS. PERSONS IN THE WESTERN PART OF SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY...ESPECIALLY THOSE OUT- OF-DOORS AT SEA WORLD OF TEXAS...SHOULD BE READY TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED. RESIDENTS LIVING NEAR FLOOD-PRONE CREEKS OR LOW-LYING AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY IF HEAVY RAIN OR FLOODING IS OBSERVED. AS CONDITIONS WARRANT...ADDITIONAL BULLETINS WILL BE ISSUED DURING THE EVENING...SO PLEASE STAY TUNED.
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 10:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 1025 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1988 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY...MORE ON THE WAY... AT 1020 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY....AND ADJACENT EASTERN MEDINA COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE NORTH AT 10 MPH INTO COMAL...KENDALL...BANDERA AND KERR COUNTIES. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WET SLICK STREETS AND HIGHWAYS...AND REDUCED DRIVING VISIBILITY IN THE HEAVIER RAIN AREAS. PERSONS IN THE WESTERN PART OF SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY...ESPECIALLY THOSE OUT- OF-DOORS AT SEA WORLD OF TEXAS...SHOULD BE READY TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED. RESIDENTS LIVING NEAR FLOOD-PRONE CREEKS OR LOW-LYING AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY IF HEAVY RAIN OR FLOODING IS OBSERVED. IN ADDITION...HONDO RADAR INDICATES AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IN FRIO COUNTY FROM PEARSALL TO COTULLA...MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH TOWARD BEXAR COUNTY. THIS AREA SHOULD MOVE INTO THE METROPOLITAN AREA WITHIN AN HOUR OR TWO...AND CONTINUE THE THREAT OF THUNDmERSTORMS INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. AS CONDITIONS WARRANT...ADDITIONAL BULLETINS WILL BE ISSUED DURING THE EVENING...SO PLEASE STAY TUNED.
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 11:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 1205 AM CDT SUN JUN 26 1988 RADAR SHOWS A LARGE BAND OF RAIN OVER THE HILL COUNTRY... JUST WEST OF AUSTIN. THIS AREA OF RAIN IS NEARLY 80 MIOLES WIDE AND EXTENDS FROM EAST OF BROWNWOOD TO SOUTH OF SAN ANTONIO. RAIN... WITH LOCAL HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE CAPITAL CITY BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 2 AM THIS MORNING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 4:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 4 hr |
| Jun 26, 5:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Real | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 8:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Real | 3 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.