Flash Flood Warning 58, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Issued

Sep 23, 1990, 10:00 AM CDT (15:00 UTC)

Expired

Sep 23, 1990, 2:30 PM CDT

In force

5 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 ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX
1000 AM CDT SUN SEP 23 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 PM FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY IN

SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS...VAL VERDE

AT 955 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN FROM 75
MILES SOUTH TO 40 MILES NORTH OF DEL RIO. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
SLOWLY TO THE NORTHWEST.

AT GLASSCOCK RANCH...12 MILES NORTHEAST OF JUNO...16 FEET OF WATER WAS
OVER THE ROAD. THE DEVILS RIVER AT BAKERS CROSSING WAS AT 15.5 FEET
AND RISING. AT 600 AM CDT THE PECOS RIVER GAGE AT PANDALE WAS AT 6.32
FEET. HIGHWAYS 163...189...AND FM 1024 REMAIN CLOSED.
 
CAMPERS AND CANOISTS ALONG THE DEVILS...DRY DEVILS...AND PECOS RIVERS
SHOULD HAVE MOVED TO HIGHER GROUND. CAMPERS ALONG THE RIO GRANDE
DOWNSTREAM FROM DRYDEN SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER. AT 6 AM CDT
THE RIO GRANDE RIVER GAGE AT DRYDEN WAS AT 18.55 FEET. THIS WATER WILL
CONTINUE DOWNSTREAM TO LAKE AMISTAD TODAY.

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

REMEMBER...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR
ALREADY OCCURRING. TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS FOR PROTECTION OF LIFE
OR PROPERTY IMMEDIATELxY.

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY THROUGH
TODAY...

In the hours before

BULLETIN
URBAN FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
750 AM CDT SUN SEP 23 1990

BRIEF HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS MOVED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF
THE CITY OF LAREDO BETWEEN 630 AM AND 730 AM THIS MORNING.  THE ACTIVITY
PRODUCED BETWEEN 1/2 INCH AND 1 INCH OF RAIN.  THE LAREDO DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC SAFETY REPORTS THAT SEVERAL LOW LYING AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS
IN THE SOUTH PORTION OF THE CITY ALONG HWY 83 ARE FLOODED AT THIS TIME.

SINCE THE RAINFALL AROUND THE CITY HAS DIMINISHED IN THE PAST 20 MINUTES
THE FLOODED AREAS WILL BEGIN TO DRAIN SLOWLY.  PERSONS ARE URGED NOT TO
TRY TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS...BUT RATHER FIND AN
ALTERNATE ROUTE AROUND TpHEM.  PARENTS ARE URGED TO KEEP CHILDREN AWAY
FROM FLOODED CREEKS AND DRAINAGE DITCHES UNTIL THE WATER CAN RECEDE.

BULLETIN
URBAN FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
910 AM CDT SUN SEP 23 1990

URBAN FLOODING CONTINUES TO BE REPORTED OVER THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF
THE CITY OF LAREDO FROM RAINS EARLIER THIS MORNING.  LIGHT TO MODERATE
RAINS CONTINUED AROUND THE LAREDO AREA...SO THE WATER WILL BE SLOW TO
RECEDE DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.

MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO WATCH FOR WATER IN LOW-LYING AREAS AND AVOID
DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.  ALSO PARENTS ARE URGED TO KEEP
CHILDREN AWAY FROM FLOODED DRAINAGE AREAS, CREEKS, AND RIVERS UNTIL
THE WATER HAS RECEDED.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE LAREDO AREA THROUGH
TODAY.  HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE IN ASSOCIATION WITH% THE FIRST COLD
FRONT OF THE SEASON MEETING MOIST UNSTABLE TROPICAL AIR.  PEOPLE
IN AND AROUND THE LAREDO AREA SHOULD LISTEN FOR WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS
THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

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