Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Issued

Feb 11, 1992, 8:23 PM CST (02:23 UTC)

Expired

Feb 11, 1992, 10:30 PM CST

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Jackson County, TX

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TTAA00 KVCT 120226
FFWVCT
TXC239-120430-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX
823 PM CST TUE FEB 11 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN VICTORIA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY
 
AT 815 PM CST VICTORIA RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
WITH HEAVY RAIN LOCATED ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF EDNA IN
NORTHWEST JACKSON COUNTY WHERE THE BORDERING COUNTIES OF
VICTORIA ...LAVACA...AND JACKSON COUNTIES MEET. THESE THUNDERSTORMS
HAD BEEN MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST AT 5 MILES AN HOUR.
 
RESIDENTS OF JACKSON COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT TO POOR
DRIVING CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THE
FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND LOW FLOOD PRONE AREAS WILL LIKELY
OCCUR.
 
 
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.
 
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.

In the hours before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
745 PM CST TUE FEB 11 1992

 TYPE    DATE      TIME    COUNTY...EVENT...TIME LOGGED

 SVR -  02/11  - 450 PM... MIKE (TV36) RELAYED REPORT OF GOLFBALL SIZE
                           HAIL (FM PUBLIC VIA LAMPASAS RADIO STA) OF
                           1 AND 1/2 INCH HAIL FALLING JUST SOUTH OF CITY
                           OF LAMPASAS WHICH IS VERY CLOSE TO LAMPASAS/
                           BURNET COUNTY LINE...SVR TSTM WRNG ISSED AT
                           452 PM EFFECTIVE TILL 6 PM.

                 530 PM... LARGE HAIL BTWN 1 AND 11/2 INCH HIT MOTORIST
                           ON HWY 183 JUST WEST OF ANDICE. PUBLIC REPORT
                           FROM BERTRAM.  SVR WX STMNT ISSUED AT 535 PM.

                 549 PM... SVR TSTM (VIP 6) TURNED HARD RIGHT TO THE SOUTH
                           AND SLOWED TO 5 MPH.  SVR TSTM WRNG XTND'D AND
                         !  INCLDD XTRM NWRN TRAVIS CO.
.
                 610 PM... STORM DROPPED TO VIP 4 AND RESUMED ESE MVMNT
                           AT 20 MPH.  NO HAIL INDCTD BY RADAR.
                           (CANCELLED WARNINGS - ALL CLEAR.)

DUGAN

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1992Every flash flood warning in 1992

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