Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Issued

Aug 14, 1991, 8:36 PM CDT (01:36 UTC)

Expired

Aug 14, 1991, 10:45 PM CDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Travis County, TX

000 
TTAA00 KAUS 150138
FFWAUS
TXC453-150345-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
836 PM CDT WED AUG 14 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...SOUTHERN TRAVIS COUNTY
 
AT 835 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH
TRAVIS COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST OR SOUTHEAST
AT LESS THAN 5 MILES AN HOUR.  MORE THAN ONE AND ONE-HALF INCH OF
RAIN IN LESS THAN ONE HALF HOUR HAS ACCOMPANIED SOME OF THESE
STORMS.
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER D9EPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

In the hours before

TXZ035>036-150200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
730PM CDT WED AUG 14 1991

   ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 725PM CDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST
THROUGH WILLIAMSON...TRAVIS...BLANCO AND GILLESPIE COUNTIES.

THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE JUST SOUTH OF HUTTO IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY
AND IN WEST CENTRAL TRAVIS COUNTY JUST WEST OF MO-PAC HIGHWAY.  SOME
OF THESE STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN
A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.  A WEATHER SPOTTER IN HUTTO REPORTED NEARLY
AN INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN IN A 20 MINUTE PERIOD BETWEEN 630 AND 7PM
THIS EVENING.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST AND
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW AREAS WHERE WATER IS ACROSS
THE ROADWAY.

WITHROW

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1991Every flash flood warning in 1991

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.