Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Issued

Jul 16, 1990, 9:09 AM CDT (14:09 UTC)

Expired

Jul 16, 1990, 12:15 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties Atascosa County, TX, Bexar County, TX

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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TTAA00 KSAT 161413
FFWSAT
TXC013-029-161715-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
909 AM CDT MON JUL 16 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTH TEXAS
          ...ATASCOSA...BEXAR
 
DURING THE PAST HOUR RADAR HAS SHOWN THAT MOST OF THE HEAVY RAINS
HAVE DECREASED IN INTENSITY. HOWEVER RUN OFF FROM VERY HEAVY RAINS
DURING THE NIGHT AND MORNING CONTINUES AS MANY CREEKS..STREETS..
LOW WATER CROSSING AND LOW AREAS REMAIN FLOODED THROUGHOUT THE
TWO COUNTY AREA. THE FLOODING WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 3 HOURS.
THERE IS A POSSIBLILITY MORE HEAVY RAINS WILL DEVELOPE OVER THE AREA
LATER THIS MORNING.
 
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN
REPORTED.
 
REMEMBER...DEATHS DURING FLASH FLOODING ARE FREQUENTLY RELATED TO
MOTORIST DRIVING INTO FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS OR FROM CHILDREN
PLAYING NEAR FLOODED STREAMS OR DRAINAGE AREAS.  PARENTS ARE REMINDED
NOT TO LET YOUR CHILDREN RIDE ON FLOTATIONS DEVICES IN FLOODED AREAS.

In the hours before

TXZ034>037-160900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
3 AM CDT MON JUL 16 1990

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH ISSUED EALIER FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS WHICH
INCLUDED THE COUNTIES OF TRAVIS-BLANCO-HAYS-LEE-CALDWELL-BURLESON-
FAYETTE AND BASTROP IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

A FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH DOES CONTINUE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM DEL RIO
TO SAN ANTONIO TO VICTORIA.

3 AM CDT AUSTIN RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS
FROM EAST OF SAN ANTONIO WESTWARD TO LAKE MEDINA AND FROM NEAR FLORESVILLE
TO NEAR VICTORIA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT NEAR 5 MPH.

A LARGE AREA OF MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN CONTINOUS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR
JUNCTION TO SOUTH OF WACO TO EAST OF COLLEGE STATION MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 15 MPH. THIS AREA EXTENDS AS FAR SOUTH CORPUS CHRISTI.
NO REPORTS OF HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO THE AUSTIN WEATHER
SERVICE SINCE MIDNIGHT.

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1990Every flash flood warning in 1990

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.