Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Issued

Feb 24, 1992, 1:28 PM CST (19:28 UTC)

Expired

Feb 24, 1992, 3:30 PM CST

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties Jackson County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Victoria County, TX

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TXC175-239-285-469-242130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX
128 PM CST MON FEB 24 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN VICTORIA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...GOLIAD COUNTY...NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY...EASTERN LAVACA COUNTY
   ...VICTORIA COUNTY
 
THE VICTORIA WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AT 1 20 PM A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM EASTERN LAVACA COUNTY SOUTHWEST ACROSS
NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY VICTORIA COUNTY TO NEAR GOLIAD. THIS AREA OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 25
MILES AN HOUR.
 
REPORTS OF THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEN REPORTED AROUND
VICTORIA COUNTY DURING THE PAST TWO TO THREE HORS.
 
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
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.
 
IF THREATING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU SHOULD GO TO A SAFE FPLACE
IMMEDIATELY...YOU SHOULD ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
TO RELAY YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE LOCAL NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.

In the hours before

TXZ034-035-036-037-038-040-054-241545-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
840 AM CST MON FEB 24 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CST FOR THE TEXAS
HILL COUNTRY...EDWARDS PLATEAU AND MUCH OF SOUHT CENTRAL TEXAS...
...FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TODAY FOR SOUTH TEXAS EXCEPT
THE EXTREME SOUTH...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BANDERA COUNTY HAS EXPIRERED.
DIME SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN MEDINA WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE
STORMS...HEAVY RAINS HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED.

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENENS FROM KENDALL COUNTY TO JUST NORTH OF
HONDO IN MEDINA THROUGH ZAVALA COUNTY AND INTO DIMMIT COUNTY.  THIS LI
WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.  A LARGE AREA OF RAIN COVERS MOST OF SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS.

PERSON IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD LOOK FOR CHANGING WEATHER THIS
MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
MDV

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
750 PM CST SAT FEB 22 1992

         STORM SYSTEM OF MONDAY...2/24/1992...

TIME   COUNTY      EVENT
0745   TRAVIS      PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL AT LAMAR/ANDERSON LANE (AUS)

0845   GILLESPIE   11SW OF FREDERICKSBURG...MARBLE HAIL/OVER 2 INCHES OF
                   RAIN IN 1 HR. 15 MIN. PERIOD.  POWER OUTAGE.
0847   GILLESPIE   HAM RADIO SPOTTER...2 INCHES IN 1 HR. EST. WINDS 45 MPH.

0932   WILLIAMSON  PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AT CEDAR PARK COMING DOWN IN
                   BUCKETS.
0944   BLANCO      FRONTAL PASSAGE AT 0935C..NW 35 AND A COLD HARD RAIN
                   WIDESPREAD ICE CREAM SALT HAIL...2 INCHES DEEP IN SPOTS.

...kLATER UPDATES...
JVD

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

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