Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1991
Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Apr 17, 1991, 7:58 PM CDT for Fayette County, Lee County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 17, 1991, 7:58 PM CDT (00:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 17, 1991, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Fayette County, TX, Lee County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 261 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -328 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1712 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -144 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAUS 180058 FFWAUS TXC149-287-180300- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 758 PM CDT WED APR 17 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY AT 730 PM HAM RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED 2 AND 3/4 INCHES OF RAIN AT GIDDINGS IN LEE COUNTY. RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEASTERN LEE AND NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTIES MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. MANY LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS WERE AT OR NEAR FLOOD LEVELS. PERSONS ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER WATERSHED SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATERS FOR THE NEXT 2 OR 3 HOURS. 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.
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, Apr 17, 2:48 PM CDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before
TXZ034-035-172100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 250 PM CDT WED APR 17 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNITL 9 PM CDT FOR PART OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY...INCLUDING KERR AND EDWARDS COUNTIES... AT 245 PM CDT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF THE HILL COUNTRY BETWEEN JUNCTION...SAN ANGELO...AND BRADY. A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED NEAR JUNCTION. ALL OF THIS ACTIVIFTY WAS MOVING TO THE EAST 15 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF THE HILL COUNTRY UNTIL 9 PM CDT TONIGHT. WARM MOIST AIR AND AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE HAVE COMBINED TO PRODUCE A VERY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE OVER CENTRAL TEXAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOPE SOUTHWARD INTO KERR AND EDWARDS COUNTINES DURING THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
Special weather statement, Apr 17, 4:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
TXZ030-034>036-172245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 415 PM CDT WED APR 17 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR A LARGE PORTION OF CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 410 PM CDT AUSTIN RADAR SHOWED A NEARLY SOLID LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM WACO TO LAKE BUCHANAN AND TO WEST OF FREDERICKSBURG. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF FREDERICKSBURG POSSIBLY PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS. MOGEVENT OF THE STORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. WIDESPREAD RAINS WILL BE MOVING EAST FROM CENTRAL INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND COULD PRODUCE SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 17, 4:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
TXZ034-035-TX54-172215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 415 PM CDT WED APR 17 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL TEXAS INCLUDING KERR AND EDWARDS COUNTIES... AT 400 PM CDT RADAR AND SATELLITE INFORMATION INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED FROM NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS SOUTHWARD INTO THE NORTHERN TEXAS HILL COUNTRY. DURING THE PAST HOUR...STRONG THUNDESTORMS MOVED EASTWARD JUST NORTH OF KERR COUNTY. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS REPORTED IN KERR COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN VAL VERDE COUNTY AND WERE MOVING EASTWARD TOWARD EDWARDS COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS EDWARDS COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. ALL PEOPLE IN THE NORTHERN HILL COUNTRY SHOULD WATCH FOR DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS AND BE PREPARED TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN YOUR EAREA.
Special weather statement, Apr 17, 5:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
TXZ034-035-TX54-172320- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 520 PM CDT WED APR 17 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL TEXAS INCLUDING KERR AND EDWARDS COUNTIES... AT 420 PM CDT RADAR AND SATELLITE INFORMATION INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED FROM NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS SOUTHWARD INTO THE NORTHERN TEXAS HILL COUNTRY. DURING THE PAST HOUR THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL TEXAS WERE WEST OF THE AUSTIN AREA. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO STRENGTHEN ACROSS NORTHERN VAL VERDE COUNTY AND WERE MOVING INTO EDWARDS COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS EDWARDS COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. PEOPLE IN THE NORTHERN HILL COUNTRY ARE URGED TO WATCH FOR DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS AND BE PREPARED TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN YOUR AREA.
Special weather statement, Apr 17, 5:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
TXZ054-180000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 553 PM CDT WED APR 17 1991 AT 540 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN EXTREME NORTHEASTERN VAL VERDE COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG HIGHWAY 277 NEAR LOMA ALTA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY INTENSIFY AS THEY MOVE EAST. HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STOR8MS. PEOPLE IN THE AREA OF THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE URGED TO STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO...TV OR THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS AS THEY OCCUR. NNNN
Special weather statement, Apr 17, 6:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
TXZ034-035-TX54-180045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 645 PM CDT WED APR 17 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL TEXAS INCLUDING KERR AND EDWARDS COUNTIES... AT 645 PM CDT RADAR AND SATELLITE INFORMATION INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED FROM NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS SOUTHWARD INTO THE CENTRAL TEXAS HILL COUNTRY. DURING THE PAST HOUR THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL TEXAS WERE AROUND THE AUSTIN AREA. THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS EDWARDS COUNTY WILL BE MOVING THROUGH KERR... REAL AND BANDERA COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR...PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS... LIGHTNING...POSSIBLE HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS. PEOPLE IN THE HILL COUNTRY ARE URGED TO WATCH FOR DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS AND BE PREPARED TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN YOUR AREA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Fayette | 59 min |
| Apr 17, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Fayette | 51 min |
| Apr 17, 9:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Fayette | 3 hr |
| Apr 18, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco, Burnet, Travis | 67 min |
| Apr 18, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Hays, Travis | 55 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1991Every flash flood warning in 1991
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.