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Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 16, 1992Bastrop County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 16, 1992, 8:12 PM CDT for Bastrop County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 1992, 8:12 PM CDT (01:12 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 1992, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Bastrop County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 247 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, Stephenville/Cla, TX at 00:00Z on 1992-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 598 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, Stephenville/Cla, TX at 00:00Z on 1992-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
598 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
740 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KAUS 170114
FFWAUS
TXC021-170315-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
812 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...BASTROP COUNTY
 
AT 812 PM RADAR SHOWED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING INTO BASTROP COUNTY.
GROUNDS ARE SATURATED AS 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THAT
COUNTY.
 
RAINFALL RATES WITH THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN BETWEEN 1 TO 3 INCHES  PER
HOUR WITH TOTALS TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE.
 
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.

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, May 16, 7:29 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
TXZ054-170145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX
730 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 1992

AT 725 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN NEAR
BAKERS CROSSING...43 MILES NORTHWEST OF DEL RIO. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS
INDICATED.

SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN HAD BEEN REPORTED NEAR BAKERS CROSSING.

MOTORISTS TRAVELING NORTH OUT COMSTOCK TO JUNO ALONG HIGHWAY 163 SHOULD
NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS. CAMPERS AND FISHERMEN
ALONG THE DEVILS RIVER SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

REMEMBER...IF YOU OBSERVE ANY AMOUNT OF WATER COMING DOWN A CREEK OR
DRAW...DO NOT WAIT...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. A SMALL TRICKLE
OF WATER CAN BECOME A LINFE THREATENING TORRENT OF WATER IN MINUTES.

STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TV AND RADIO STATIONS FOR
FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 7:46 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXAtascosa44 min
May 16, 8:27 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXWilson63 min
May 16, 9:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXWilson4 hr
May 16, 9:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXGonzales4 hr
May 16, 9:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBastrop, Lee3 hr
May 16, 11:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXAtascosa, Karnes, La Salle, McMullen4 hr
May 17, 1:49 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXLavaca116 min

Nearby

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

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.