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Flash Flood Warning 79, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

December 20, 19915 counties in Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Dec 20, 1991, 9:04 PM CST for 5 counties in Texas. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 20, 1991, 9:04 PM CST (03:04 UTC)
Expired
Dec 21, 1991, 6:00 AM CST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bandera County, TX, Edwards County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Real County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 144 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 00:00Z on 1991-12-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 166 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1991-12-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 129 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
166 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
643 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
173 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 20, 7:57 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXHays, Travis, Williamson3 hr
Dec 20, 7:57 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXLampasas, Mills3 hr
Dec 20, 7:57 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXGillespie3 hr
Dec 20, 9:28 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXLee, Milam3 hr
Dec 20, 9:28 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBastrop3 hr
Dec 20, 10:45 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXHays, Travis2 hr
Dec 20, 11:30 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXUvalde4 hr
Dec 20, 11:47 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXComal6 hr
Dec 21, 1:04 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBlanco, Hays, Travis3 hr
Dec 21, 1:22 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBurnet, Llano3 hr
Dec 21, 1:22 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXWilliamson3 hr
Dec 21, 1:22 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXLampasas3 hr
Dec 21, 2:51 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXKinney, Uvalde7 hr
Dec 21, 3:25 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBastrop, Burleson, Lee, Milam4 hr
Dec 21, 3:25 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXCaldwell4 hr
Dec 21, 3:51 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBlanco, Burnet, Lampasas, Llano, Travis, Williamson4 hr
Dec 21, 3:51 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXHays4 hr
Dec 21, 8:36 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXLavaca2 hr
Dec 21, 8:40 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXWebb5 hr
Dec 21, 10:55 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXLavaca2 hr
Dec 21, 11:05 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXMilam7 hr
Dec 21, 3:25 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXLavaca2 hr

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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.