Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 2, 1990, 9:14 PM CDT for Edwards County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 2, 1990, 9:14 PM CDT (02:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 1990, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Edwards 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 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 833 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSAT 030217 RRA
FFWSAT
TXC137-030415-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
914 PM CDT WED MAY 2 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTH TEXAS
...EDWARDS
AT 915 PM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN HAD
DEVELOPED OVER EASTERN EDWARDS COUNTY. BECAUSE OF HEAVY RAINS EARLIER
TODAY...SEVERAL HIGHWAYS IN EDWARDS COUNTY ARE ALREADY CLOSED DUE TO
HIGH WATER. THE CURRENT HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF
ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS.
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.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, May 2, 3:34 PM CDT, 5 hours 40 minutes before
TXZ030-034>037-022230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 330 PM CDT WED MAY 2 1990 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TRAVIS AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES THROUGH TONIGHT EXCLUDING FAYETTE AND BURLESON COUNTIES ... AROUND 320 PM RADAR SHOWED WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS NOTED THROUGHTOUT CENTRAL TEXAS. MOVEMENT IS TOWARDS THE NORTH AT 20 MPH. THE AREA OF COVERAGE IS BEGININING TO ICREASE BUT RAINFALL RATES REAMIN LIGHT. HOWEVER ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FAR TO THE WEST AND MOVE OVER THE WATCH AREA LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA ARE URGED TO MONITOR WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING BE OBSERVED OF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED. MOTORISTS TRAVELING IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN APPROACHING LOW-WATER CROSSINGS AND LOW LYING AREAS.
Special weather statement, May 2, 3:42 PM CDT, 5 hours 32 minutes before
TXZ030-034>037-022230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 330 PM CDT WED MAY 2 1990 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE TRAVIS AND ALL SURROUN- DING COUNTIES THROUGH TONIGHT EXCLUDING FAYETTE AND BURLESON COUNTIES ... AROUND 320 PM RADAR SHOWED WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS NOTED THROUGHTOUT CENTRAL TEXAS. MOVEMENT IS TOWARDS THE NORTH AT 20 MPH. THE AREA OF COVERAGE IS BEGININING TO INCREASE BUT RAINFALL RATES REAMIN LIGHT. HOWEVER ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FAR TO THE WEST AND MOVE OVER THE WATCH AREA LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA ARE URGED TO MONITOR WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING BE OBSERVED OR A FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED. MOTORISTS TRAVELING IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN APPROACHING LOW-WATER CROSSINGS AND LOW LYING AREAS.
Special weather statement, May 2, 5:44 PM CDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
TXZ030-034>037-030030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 540 PM CDT WED MAY 2 1990 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TRAVIS AND ALL SURROUNDING COUNTIES TONIGHT EXCLUDING FAYETTE AND BURLESON COUNTIES ... AROUND 530 PM RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS THROUGHTOUT CENTRAL TEXAS. THE AREA OF COVERAGE IS INCREASING BUT RAINFALL REAMIN LIGHT. MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS IS TO THE NORTH AT 25 MPH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT PRODUCING HEAAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA ARE URGED TO MONITOR WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING BE OBSERVED OR A FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED. MOTORISTS TRAVELING IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD LOOK OUT FOR FLOODED ROADWAYS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 10:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Real | 3 hr |
| May 2, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kerr | 60 min |
| May 2, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Real | 47 min |
| May 2, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 57 min |
| May 2, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera | 64 min |
| May 3, 12:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 3 hr |
| May 3, 12:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Kerr | 4 hr |
| May 3, 1:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Real | 3 hr |
| May 3, 3:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 115 min |
| May 3, 4:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Edwards, Kerr, Real | 6 hr |
| May 3, 4:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kendall | 6 hr |
| May 3, 5:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Blanco | 3 hr |
| May 3, 5:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1990Every flash flood warning in 1990
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.