Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 73, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 1, 1992, 11:36 PM CDT for Hays County, Travis County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 1, 1992, 11:36 PM CDT (04:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1992, 2:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hays County, TX, Travis County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 226 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
- 632 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1591 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAUS 020436 FFWAUS TXC021-209-453-020745- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 1136 PM CDT MON JUN 1 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...BASTROP COUNTY...HAYS COUNTY...SOUTHERN TRAVIS COUNTY AT 1130 PM...RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM HAYS COUNTY ACROSS SOUTHERN TRAVIS COUNTY INTO BASTROP COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE SHOWN LITTLE MOVEMENT BETWEEN 10 PM AND 1130 PM. AT 11 PM...IN THE VICINITY OF IH-35 AND SLAUGHTER CREEK...1.5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN ONLY 15 MINUTES. A REPORT OF 3.51 INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN 1030 AND 1130 PM WAS RECEIVED FROM FAR SOUTH AUSTIN FROM AN OFFICIAL WEATHER SERVICE OBSERVER. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER THE HILL COUNTRY FROM LLANO CITY TO EAST OF JUNCTION. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL ARRIVE IN THE CAPITAL AREA AROUND 3 AM. 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. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTE>MPT 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.
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, Jun 1, 7:28 PM CDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before
TXZ035-039-040-020230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 725 PM CDT MON JUN 1 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE HILL COUNTRY AND ADJACENT AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 11 PM CDT... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR BANDERA...COMAL... GUADALUPE...GONZALES...KENDALL...KERR AND REAL COUNTIES. SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE TORNADO WATCH AREA. AT THIS TIME...NO WEATHER OF CONSEQUENCE IS OCCURRING IN THE ABOVE- MENTIONED COUNTIES. HOWEVER...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...ARE INDICATED BY RADAR TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF AUSTIN AND TO THE WEST OF DEL RIO. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER TO DEVELOP IN THE TORNADO WATCH AREA THIS EVENING...SO PLEASE STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATIONS FOR THE VERY LATEST IN WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS. REMEMBER...BESIDES CONTAINING LQARGE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...DAMAGING WIND AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH CAN CAUSE FLASH FLOODING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE IF ANY ADVANCE WARNING.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 10:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
TXZ054-020500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 1005 PM CDT MON JUN 1 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY UNTIL 300 AM CDT... AT 1000 PM CDT RIO GRANDE RANCH...7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PANDALE...REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH PEA SIZE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. REMEMBER...CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. DO NOT TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 11:21 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
TXZ054-020620- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 1125 PM CDT MON JUN 1 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY UNTIL 300 AM CDT... AT 1120 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM 50 MILES NORTH OF DEL RIO. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet, Williamson | 47 min |
| Jun 1, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Williamson | 31 min |
| Jun 1, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Llano | 43 min |
| Jun 1, 8:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Williamson | 46 min |
| Jun 1, 9:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 24 min |
| Jun 1, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 24 min |
| Jun 1, 11:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop | 3 hr |
| Jun 2, 12:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Comal | 108 min |
| Jun 2, 1:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Fayette | 43 min |
| Jun 2, 1:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar | 27 min |
| Jun 2, 3:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Lavaca | 46 min |
| Jun 2, 4:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Zavala | 44 min |
| Jun 2, 4:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa | 54 min |
| Jun 2, 4:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | La Salle | 49 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.