Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Issued

Jul 23, 1990, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)

Expired

Jul 23, 1990, 10:30 PM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Val Verde 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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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVITATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX
630 PM CDT MON JUL 23 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY IN

SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS...VAL VERDE.

AT 630 PM CDT RADAR INDICATES THUNDERSTORMS WITH A RAINFALL RATE OF 1 TO
2 INCHES PER HOUR LOCATED NEAR PANDALE IN NORTHWEST VAL VERDE COUNTY.
OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING BETWEEN LOMA ALTA AND JUNO. THERE
WAS LITTLE MOVEMENT. BECAUSE OF RECENT RAINS THE GROUND ALREADY
SATURATED AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALLL WILL RUNOFF RAPIDLY FLOODING LOW
WATER CROSSINGS AND LOW LYING AREAS.

A RAINFALL OBSERVER REPORTS THAT MORE WATER IS DRAINING FROM SUTTON
COUNTY INTO NORTHERN VAL VERDE AND THAT LOW WATER CROSSINGS NEAR THE
VAL VERDE...CROCKETT AND SUTTON COUNTY LINE IS EXPECTED TO RISE BETWEEN
6 TO 7 FEET.  THIS IS HIGHEST LEVEL TODAY.  MORE WATER WAS ALSO REPORTED
IN JOHNSON DRAW AND WAS APPOACHING THE DEVILS RIVER JUNCTION SOUTH OF
JUNO. THIS INCREASE OF WATER INTO THE DEVILS WILL SEND THE LEVEL OF THE
MAIN STEM OF THE RIVER BACK UP ALONG HIGHWAYS 163 AND 189.

THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT REPORTED THAT HIGHWAYS 163 AND 189 IN NORTHERN
VAL VERDE COUNTY WILL REMAIN CLOSED TONIGHT BECAUSE OF FLOODED LOW WATER
CROSSINGS. FM ROADS 1024 AND 2523 WILL ALSO REMAIN CLOSED TONIGHT.
MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID TRYING TO TRAVEL NORTH ON THESE HIGHWAYS TONIGHT.
THE DOLAN CREEK ROAD ACROSS THE DRY DEVILS NEAR LOMA ALTA IS CLOSED
BECAUSE OF HIGH WATER.

THE SAN FELIPE CREEK IN DEL RIO HAD FALLEN SLIGHTLY SINCE NOON BUT HAD
BEGAN TO RISE SLIGHTLY AROUND 4 PM.  THE JOHNSON STREET BRIDGE REMAINS
CLOSED. THE CREEK REMAINS VERY DANGEROUS TO BE NEAR. PERSONS ARE URGED
TO STAY AWAY FROM THE CREEK FOR SAFETY SAKE.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES..DIPS..OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM..EVEN A SMALL ONE..ON
FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

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.