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Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

July 17, 1990Karnes County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 17, 1990, 3:43 AM CDT for Karnes County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 17, 1990, 3:43 AM CDT (08:43 UTC)
Expired
Jul 17, 1990, 6:45 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Karnes 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

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 140 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 1990-07-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 1990-07-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 112 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
NaN m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
141 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
9.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSAT 170845
FFWSAT
TXC255-171145-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
343 AM CDT TUE JUL 17 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTH TEXAS
          ...KARNES
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW PERSISTENT SHOWERS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE COUNTY. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS HAVE
DEVELOPED TO THE SOUTH OF THE COUNTY AND WERE MOVING NORTH SLOWLY.
 
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.
 
PLEASE LISTEN TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATION
FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS REGARDING THIS SEVERE WEATHER EVENT.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 8:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXVictoria3 hr
Jul 17, 3:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXMcMullen3 hr
Jul 17, 6:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXAtascosa3 hr
Jul 17, 2:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXCalhoun, Victoria2 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.