Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 38, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Apr 17, 1992, 3:08 PM CDT for Jackson County, Victoria County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 17, 1992, 3:08 PM CDT (20:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 17, 1992, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jackson County, TX, Victoria County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 139 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2270 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 550 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KVCT 172007 FFWVCT TXC239-469-172215- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX 308 PM CDT FRI APR 17 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN VICTORIA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...JACKSON COUNTY...VICTORIA COUNTY REPORTS OF WATER OVER THE ROAD AT BISCHOFF ROAD AND ARENOSA CREEK AND WATER OVER THE THE LOWER MISSION VALLEY ROAD BELOW THE S CURVE. RADAR SHOWS LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE IN THE VICTORIA TO REFUGIO COUNTY AREA. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 15 MILES AN HOUR. STILL RAINING VERY HEAVY AT THE AIRPORT WITH REPORTS OF RAINFALL NEAR 5 INCHES IN VICTORIA AND JACKSON COUNTIES. 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. IF THREATING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU SHOULD GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY...YOU SHOULD ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO RELAY YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 17, 9:33 AM CDT, 5 hours 35 minutes before
TXZ038-039-041-054-171530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 930 AM CDT FRI APR 17 1992 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS MORNING. HEAVEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN A AREA BOUNDED BY ROCKSPRINGS...BRADY...AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO AND VICTORIA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOLY TO THE EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED FROM WEST OF LAREDO TO UVALDE AND DEL RIO. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HIGH WIND AND HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING. A UPPER-LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BE MOVING EAST ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS LATER TODAY. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE IN THE MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS OVER SOUTH TEXAS. RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER ISSUANCES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY AND TONIGHT. NOAA WEATHER RADIO IS YOUR BEST SOURCE OF INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 17, 10:54 AM CDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
TXZ038-039-041-054-171700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 1055 AM CDT FRI APR 17 1992 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS MORNING. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED FROM SOUTH OF LAREDO TO DEL RIO TO WEST OF HONDO. STRONG THNUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM LAREDO TO SOUTHWEST OF PEARSALL. MOVMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE TO THE EAST 10 TO 15 MPH. HIGH WIND AND HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED IN THE LAREDO AREA DURING THE PAST HOUR. HOWEVER NO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN THE SAN ANTONIO AREA AT THIS TIME BUT THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVER ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON. A UPPER-LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BE MOVING EAST ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS LATER TODAY. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE IN THE MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS OVER SOUTH TEXAS. RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER ISSUANCES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY AND TONIGHT. NOAA WEATHER RADIO IS YOUR BEST SOURCE OF INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 17, 12:04 PM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
TXZ038-039-041-054-171800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 1200 PM CDT FRI APR 17 1992 HEAVY SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WAS LOCATED FROM WEST OF PEARSALL TO NORTHWEST OF FREER. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...WERE LOCATED FROM LAREDO TO ALICE...PLEASANTONO...UVALDE AND DEL RIO. AND OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED TO THE NORTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHEAST OF SAN ANTONIO. ALL OF THE ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH. SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY WILL MOVE IN THE SAN ANTONIO METROPLEX DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. A UPPER-LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BE MOVING EAST ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS LATER TODAY. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE IN THE MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS OVER SOUTH TEXAS. RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER ISSUANCES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY AND TONIGHT. NOAA WEATHER RADIO IS YOUR BEST SOURCE OF INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 17, 1:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
TXZ038-039-041-054-172000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 130 PM CDT FRI APR 17 1992 HEAVY SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. A LARGE AREA OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM LAREDO TO CORPUS CHRISTI THEN NORTH TO VICTORIA... SAN ANTONIO...DEL RIO AND AUSTIN. THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING ACROSS THE SAN ANTONIO METROPLEX FROM THE SOUTHWEST. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. A UPPER-LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS BEGINNING TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON.. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE IN THE MOIST UNSTABLE AIR MASS OVER SOUTH TEXAS. RESIQDENTS SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER ISSUANCES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY AND TONIGHT. NOAA WEATHER RADIO IS YOUR BEST SOURCE OF INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 7:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar, Medina | 4 hr |
| Apr 16, 7:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Medina | 4 hr |
| Apr 17, 12:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Maverick | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 2:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Real, Uvalde | 2 hr |
| Apr 17, 5:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | McMullen | 52 min |
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.