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Flash Flood Warning 71, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

December 20, 1991Bandera County, Kendall County, Kerr County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Dec 20, 1991, 1:48 PM CST for Bandera County, Kendall County, Kerr County, Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 20, 1991, 1:48 PM CST (19:48 UTC)
Expired
Dec 20, 1991, 8:00 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bandera County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Kerr County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 179 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 1991-12-20Temperature 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 1991-12-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 152 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
638 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSAT 201950
FFWSAT
TXC019-259-265-210200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
148 PM CST FRI DEC 20 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTH TEXAS
 
   ...BANDERA COUNTY...KENDALL COUNTY...KERR COUNTY
 
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CONTINUED ACROSS THE AREA
FROM KERRVILLE TO BANDERA TO COMFORT AND BACK TO KERRVILLE THROUGH THE
EARLY AFTERNOON PERIOD. WITH SOIL COMPLETELY SATURATED THIS MODERATE
TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN HAS BECOME INSTANT RUNOFF...INCREASING THE
FLASH FLOODING OF LOW-WATER CROSSINGS AND LOW-LYING AREAS ACROSS THE
THREE COUNTIES.
 
IN ADDITION...RIVER FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG THE GUADALUPE RIVER FROM
BELOW KERRVILLE TO BEYOND COMFORT.  MOST FARM TO MARKET ROADS ACROSS
THE THREE COUNTY AREA ARE ALREADY FLOODED.  LITTLE OR NO IMPROVEMENT
IS EXPECTED IN THESE CONDITIONS UNTIL THE EARLY EVENING.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR 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 DURING THREATENING RAINS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 19, 6:03 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar, Comal3 hr
Dec 19, 8:29 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera, Kendall, Kerr10 hr
Dec 19, 8:52 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar3 hr
Dec 19, 10:54 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXEdwards, Real7 hr
Dec 19, 11:56 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXKinney, Uvalde7 hr
Dec 20, 3:05 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar, Medina6 hr
Dec 20, 4:18 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXGillespie, Llano4 hr
Dec 20, 4:18 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBurnet, Lampasas4 hr
Dec 20, 6:17 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera, Kendall, Kerr3 hr
Dec 20, 7:50 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBurnet, Lampasas, Llano, Mills, San Saba2 hr
Dec 20, 7:50 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXGillespie2 hr
Dec 20, 8:43 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera, Bexar, Medina5 hr
Dec 20, 8:43 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXKendall, Kerr5 hr
Dec 20, 10:01 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBurnet, Lampasas, Mills, San Saba4 hr
Dec 20, 10:01 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXGillespie, Llano4 hr
Dec 20, 4:52 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXHays, Travis3 hr
Dec 20, 4:52 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXWilliamson3 hr
Dec 20, 5:54 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXGillespie2 hr
Dec 20, 5:54 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXLampasas, Mills2 hr

Nearby

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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.