Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 76, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 6, 1992, 1:38 PM CDT for Victoria County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 1992, 1:38 PM CDT (18:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 1992, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Victoria County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 3426 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 535 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KVCT 061839 FFWVCT TXC469-062245- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX 138 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN VICTORIA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...CENTRAL VICTORIA COUNTY THE DEPT OF PUBLIC SAFETY HAS REPORTED THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT HAS CLOSED FM 1685 /THE LOWER MISSION VALLEY ROAD/ DUE TO HIGH WATER. MOTORISTS NEED TO USE CAUTION WHEN APPROACHING LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND MUST NOT TRY TO DRIVE THROUGH THEM IF THEY ARE FLOODED. 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.
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 6, 7:44 AM CDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before
TXZ034-035-038-039-061400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 740 AM CDT SAT JUN 6 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY... AT 735 AM CDT...HONDO RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE HILL COUNTRY COUNTIES OF EDWARDS...KERR...KENDALL AND COMAL. THESE THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN...FORMED ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WHICH ORIGINATED ALONG THE OKLAHOMA-TEXAS BORDER LATE FRIDAY EVENING AND MOVED SWIFTLY SOUTHWARD THROUGH NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS THIS MORNING. THE ARRIVAL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS BROUGHT A SUDDEN WIND SHIFT WHEN THEY MOVED THROUGH AUSTIN A SHORT TIME AGO. PERSONS IN THE HILL COUNTRY...ESPECIALLY BOATERS ON AREA LAKES... SHOULD BE ALERT TO APPROACHING WEATHER AND BE READY TO SEEK A PLACE OF SHELTER. SUDDEN WIND SHIFTS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL LIKELY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS FOR A COUPLE MORE HOURS. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT...SO PLEASE STAY TUNED.
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 8:07 AM CDT, 5 hours 31 minutes before
TXZ030-034>037-061330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 807 AM CDT SAT JUNE 6 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS OVER BLANCO...TRAVIS...BASTROP AND HAYS COUNTIES... AT 8 AM CDT RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINS FROM BLANCO TO AUSTIN...ELGIN AND CALDWELL. HEAVY RAINS WERE NEAR DRIPPING SPRINGS... AUSTIN AND ELGIN. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TOWARD THE SOUTH AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALLS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR... AS WAS THE CASE AS THESE STORMS MOVED THROUGH BURNET COUNTY WERE IN THE TOWN OF WATSON 1.47 INCHES OF RAIN WAS RECORED IN ONE HOURS TIME. ALSO EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WITH THRESE STORMS. THE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS COULD CAUSE SOME LOW-LYING AREAS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS TO FLOOD AND MOTORISTS ARE URGED NEVER TO CROSS A FLOOED ROAD. LUNA
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 9:16 AM CDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before
TXZ030-034>037-061530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 915 AM CDT SAT JUNE 6 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH SCATTERED HEAVY RAINS OVER HAYS...CALDWELL...BASTROP LEE...BURLESON AND FAYETTE COUNTIES... AT 910 AM CDT RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINS FROM JOHNSON CITY...TO SAN MARCOS...LOCKHART...GIDDINGS AND COLLEGE STATION. THE HEAVY RAINS WERE NEAR SAN MARCOS...KYLE AND GIDDINGS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINS HAD DEVELOPED IN THE HILL COUNTRY FROM BURNET TO LAKE BUCHANAN AND SAN SABA. MOVEMENT OF ALL THE RAIN WAS TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. AS THESE STORMS MOVED THROUGH AUSTIN ABOUT 3/4 OF AN INCH WAS RECORED IN A SHORT P~ERIOD...SOME TOTAL COULD REACH BETWEEN 1 TO 2 INCHES. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS ARE LIKELY...MOTORISTS SHOULD NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS A FLOODED ROAD. LUNA
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 10:06 AM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
TXZ030-034>037-061615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 1005 AM CDT SAT JUNE 6 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS... AT 1000 AM...WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE FROM NORTH OF SAN ANTONIO TO LOCKHART...WAELDER... AND HALLETTSVILLE...TO BETWEEN COLLEGE STATION AND HOUSTON. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED OVER THE HILL COUNTRY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS IS LIKELY...MOTORISTS SHOULD NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS A FLOODED ROAD. CHILDREN SHOULD BE KEPT AWAY FROM SWOLLEN CREEKS AND STREAMS OR FLOOD DRAINAGE DITCHES. WH
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 11:15 AM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
TXZ030-034>037-061815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 1115 AM CDT SAT JUNE 6 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS... AT 1110 AM...WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM SAN ANTONIO TO BASTROP TO CAMERON. THE STONGER THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE FROM CUERO TO COLUMBUS TO BETWEEN HOUSTON AND COLLEGE STATION. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. WH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 12:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Jackson | 64 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.