Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 26, 1993, 3:21 AM CDT for Travis County, Williamson County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 1993, 3:21 AM CDT (08:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1993, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Travis County, TX, Williamson County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 1067 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1228 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 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 KAUS 260822 FFWAUS TXC453-491-261100- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 321 AM CDT SAT JUN 26 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...TRAVIS COUNTY...WESTERN WILLIAMSON COUNTY AT 320 AM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALLS CONTINUED FROM BUDA NORTHWARD ACROSS TRAVIS COUNTY INTO WESTERN WILLIAMSON COUNTY. A NUMBER OF ROADS WERE ALREADY IMPASSABLE ACCORDING TO THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE. ALSO...CREEKS IN NORTHWEST AUSTIN WERE REPORTED VERY FULL AND HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES NEARLY STATIONARY IN THAT AREA...WITH AMOUNTS APROACHING 2 INCHES. 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. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS LOW WATER CROSSINGS...LOW SPOTS OR DIPS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. TO BE SAFE...STAY ON OR SEEK 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 26, 12:50 AM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
TXZ030-034-035-036-037-260700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 1250 AM CDT SAT JUN 26 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY... AT 1245 AM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM LLANO TO BURNET...BRIGGS AND BELTON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH. PERSONS ALONG THE UPPER HIGHLAND LAKES SHOULD MOVE ASHORE AND PREPARE FOR THREATENING WEATHER. THESE STORMS WILL BE ARRIVING IN THE LAKE TRAVIS VICNINITY BETWEEN 1 AND 130 AM...AND IN THE AUSTIN METRO BEFORE 2 AM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS...AND BE READY TO MOVE INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE SHOULD THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO YOUR AREA. HOHMANN
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 12:54 AM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
TXZ030-034-035-036-037-260700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 1250 AM CDT SAT JUN 26 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY... AT 1245 AM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM LLANO TO BURNET...BRIGGS AND BELTON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH. PERSONS ALONG THE UPPER HIGHLAND LAKES SHOULD MOVE ASHORE AND PREPARE FOR THREATENING WEATHER. THESE STORMS WILL BE ARRIVING IN THE LAKE TRAVIS VICNINITY BETWEEN 1 AND 130 AM...AND IN THE AUSTIN METRO BEFORE 2 AM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS...AND BE READY TO MOVE INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE SHOULD THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO YOUR AREA. HOHMANN
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 1:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
TXZ035-038-039-040-041-054-260745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 155 AM CDT SAT JUN 26 1993 AT 150 AM CDT...AN AREA OF SHOWERS WAS OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER PARTS OF THE HILL COUNTRY...BETWEEN JUNCTION AND AUSTIN. THE SHOWERS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS WERE MAINLY IN ATASCOSA AND FRIO COUNTIES. THIS ACTIVITY HAS CONTINUED TO DECREASE OVER THE PAST HOUR. OVER THE HILL COUNTRY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD MOVE INTO KERR...KENDALL AND COMAL COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WIND AND POSSIBLE FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND LOW-WATER CROSSINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 1:58 AM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
TXZ035-038-039-040-041-054-260745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 155 AM CDT SAT JUN 26 1993 AT 150 AM CDT...AN AREA OF SHOWERS WAS OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER PARTS OF THE HILL COUNTRY...BETWEEN JUNCTION AND AUSTIN. THE SHOWERS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS WERE MAINLY IN ATASCOSA AND FRIO COUNTIES. THIS ACTIVITY HAS CONTINUED TO DECREASE OVER THE PAST HOUR. OVER THE HILL COUNTRY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD MOVE INTO KERR...KENDALL AND COMAL COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNdING...GUSTY WIND AND POSSIBLE FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND LOW-WATER CROSSINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 2:50 AM CDT, 31 minutes before
TXZ035-038-039-040-041-260845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 250 AM CDT SAT JUN 26 1993 AT 240 AM CDT...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THE STORMS EXTENDED FROM JUNCTION TO NEW BRAUNFELS TO AUSTIN AND WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS BETWEEN BOERNE IN KENDALL COUNTY AND SPRING BRANCH IN COMAL COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING. PERSONS SHOULD ALSO BE PREPARED FOR FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND LOW-WATER CROSSINGS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO A FLOODED LOW-WATER CROSSING...THE CURRENT CAN TAKE YOU AND YOUR CAR DOWNSTREAM IN JUST A FEW SECONDS...TAKE THE TIME TO FIND AN ANOTHER ROUTE.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 2:52 AM CDT, 29 minutes before
TXZ035-038-039-040-041-260845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 250 AM CDT SAT JUN 26 1993 AT 240 AM CDT...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THE STORMS EXTENDED FROM JUNCTION TO NEW BRAUNFELS TO AUSTIN AND WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS BETWEEN BOERNE IN KENDALL COUNTY AND SPRING BRANCH IN COMAL COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING. PERSONS SHOULD ALSO BE PREPARED FOR FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND LOW-WATER CROSSINGS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO A FLOODED LOW-WATER CROSSING...THE CURRENT CAN TAKE YOU AND YOUR CAR DOWNSTREAM IN JUST A FEW SECONDS...TAKE THE TIME TO FIND AN ANOTHER ROUTE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 6:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Wilson | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 7:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Atascosa | 2 hr |
| Jun 26, 9:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Frio, Zavala | 115 min |
| Jun 26, 9:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Karnes, Wilson | 115 min |
| Jun 26, 11:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Gonzales, Karnes, Wilson | 118 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1993Every flash flood warning in 1993
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.