Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1988
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 26, 1988, 4:22 AM CDT for Uvalde County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 1988, 4:22 AM CDT (09:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1988, 8:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 284 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
- 2474 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1197 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 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 260923
FFWSAT
TXC463-261330-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
422 AM CDT SUN JUN 26 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTH TEXAS
...NORTHERN UVALDE
HONDO RADAR INDICATES THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE
NORTHERN PART OF UVALDE COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. HIGHWAY 55 NORTHWEST OF THE CITY OF
UVALDE HAS BEEN CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER AND FLOODING HAS BEEN
REPORTED IN THE CONCAN AREA.
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, 10:27 PM CDT, 5 hours 55 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, 4 hours 27 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.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 2:08 AM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
210 AM CDT SUN JUN 26 1988
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR COMAL AND BEXAR
COUNTIES INCLUDING THE SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN AREA...
ALTHOUGH THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PRODUCED THE HEAVY RAINS
ACROSS BEXAR AND COMAL COUNTIES HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA THE POTENTIAL
FOR ADDITIONAL RAIN CONTINUES. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER ALL OF SOUTH TEXAS
THIS MORNING IS UNSTABLE AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP TO THE
WEST AND SOUTH OF BEXAR COUNTY. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS
THESE STORMS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT ABOUT 10 MILES AN HOUR...AS A
RESULT A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM CDT FOR
BEXAR AND COMAL COUNTIES.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS SAN ANTONIO
THIS MORNING WITH 2 TO 3 INCHES OVER COMAL COUNTY. SINCE THE GROUND
IS SATURATED ANY ADDITIONAL RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO RUN OFF.
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IF YOU ARE DRIVING AROUND THE AREA THIS MORNING YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED
FOR SLICK STREETS AND HIGHWAYS. RESIDENTS LIVING NEAR FLOOD-PRONE
CREEKS AND LOW-LYING AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY IF
HEAVY RAIN OR FLOODING IS OBSERVED.
ADDITIONAL ST4ATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 1:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Real | 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
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.