Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Issued

Mar 4, 1992, 2:17 AM CST (08:17 UTC)

Expired

Mar 4, 1992, 8:15 AM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties Medina County, TX, Uvalde County, TX

000 
TTAA00 KSAT 040822
FFWSAT
TXC325-463-041415-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
217 AM CST WED MAR 4 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 AM CST FOR PEOPLE
IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTH TEXAS
 
   ...MEDINA COUNTY...UVALDE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FRIO RIVER...
      SABINAL RIVER AND HONDO CREEK...
 
ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH ACROSS UVALDE
AND REAL COUNTIES TOWARD BANDERA AND MEDINA COUNTIES.  THIS AREA
CONTAINS POSSIBLE HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING AS WELL AS GUSTY WINDS
AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WHICH MAY CAUSE RAPID FLOODING.  SINCE THE
GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS RAINFALL...THE NEW RAINS
WILL NOT SOAK IN BUT RUN OFF RAPIDLY INTO ALREADY SWOLLEN OR FLOODED
CREEKS AND RIVERS.  THE FRIO AND SABINAL RIVERS...AS WELL AS HONDO
CREEK...WILL BE MOST AFFECTED THIS MORNING.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 AM FOR BANDERA...
COMAL...KENDALL...KERR AND REAL COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE GUADALUPE...
MEDINA AND FRIO RIVERS.
 
A FLASH FLOOD AND FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTH
TEXAS.
 
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 HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO
DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
 
AVOID ALREADY FLOODED AREAS.  TRAVELERS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS FLOODED ROADS.  IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...LEAVE IT AND MOVE
IMMEDIATELY TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
 
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.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT.  IT IS
IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR
CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS.  CAMPERS AND OTHER
PEOPLE IN RECREATION AREAS ALONG CREEKS...STREAM...AND RIVERS IN
THE WARNING AREA SHOULD MOVE TO HIGH GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
 
FLOOD PRONE URBAN AREAS FILL WITH WATER QUICKLY.  CLOGGED STORM
DRAINS MAY CAUSE OTHER AREAS TO FLOOD.  DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH
FLOOD WATERS AND STAY AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS.

In the hours before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
1145 PM CST TUE MAR 03 1992

         STORM SYSTEM TUESDAY...3/03/1992...

TIME   COUNTY      EVENT
2110   MILLS       MARBLE TO 3/4 INCH HAIL NEAR GOLDTHWAITE AS REPORTED
                   BY THE MILLS COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE.
2230   FAYETTE     WIND GUST TO 60 MPH NEAR CISTERN AS REPORTED BY TV-24
                   WEATHER WATCHER.
2240   BASTROP     SMITHVILLE POLICE REPORTED 3/4 INCH TO A FEW GOLFBALL
                   SIZE HAILSTONES IN THE CITY OF SMITHVILLE WITH 40 TO
                   50 MPH WINDS.

LUNA
.END

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

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