Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 26, 1993, 9:20 AM CDT for Atascosa County, Frio County, Zavala County, Texas. It was in force for 115 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 1993, 9:20 AM CDT (14:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1993, 11:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 115 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Atascosa County, TX, Frio County, TX, Zavala County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 978 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 683 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 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 KSAT 261422 FFWSAT TXC013-163-255-493-507-261615- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 920 AM CDT SAT JUN 26 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN SOUTH TEXAS ...ATASCOSA COUNTY...FRIO COUNTY...KARNES COUNTY ...WILSON COUNTY...ZAVALA COUNTY A NEARLY STATIONARY LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES FROM CRYSTAL CITY TO PEARSALL TO JORDANTON TO NORTHWEST OF KARNES CITY. NUMEROUS ROADS ARE REPORTED FLOODED INCLUDING HIGHWAY 140 EAST AND WEST IN FRIO COUNTY...IN ATASCOSA COUNTIES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS ARE FLOODED...173 NEAR DEVINE...16 BETWEEN POTEET AND JOURDANTON...476 NEAR POTEET...479 NEAR LYTLE AND 97 AND 37 AROUND GALVAN CREEK. FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND OTHER PEOPLE IN RECREATION AREAS ALONG CREEKS...STREAMS...AND RIVERS IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD MOVE TO HIGH GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
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, 4:30 AM CDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before
TXZ035-038-039-040-041-260830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 430 AM CDT SAT JUN 26 1993 ...HEAVY RAINS HAVE MOVED INTO THE SAN ANTONIO AREA... AT 425 AM CDT...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM EAST OF JUNCTION TO COTULLA TO NORTH OF AUSTIN. THIS AREA WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. AT THE SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT .90 INCHES OF RAIN FULL IN THE PAST 45 MINUTES. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING. MOTORIST ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME FOR TRAVEL THIS MORNING AND BE PREPARED FOR FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND LOW-WATER CROSSINGS IN THE AREA. MOST DEATHS IN FLOODING OCCUR WHEN CARS ARE SWEPT OFF OF LOW-WATER CROSSINGS. IF YOUR CAR BECOMES TRAPPED IN A LOW-WATER CROSSING ABANDON IT AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 4:32 AM CDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before
TXZ035-038-039-040-041-260830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 430 AM CDT SAT JUN 26 1993 ...HEAVY RAINS HAVE MOVED INTO THE SAN ANTONIO AREA... AT 425 AM CDT...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM EAST OF JUNCTION TO COTULLA TO NORTH OF AUSTIN. THIS AREA WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. AT THE SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT .90 INCHES OF RAIN FULL IN THE PAST 45 MINUTES. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING. MOTORIST ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME FOR TRAVEL THIS MORNING AND BE PREPARED FOR FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND LOW-WATER CROSSINGS IN THE AREA. MOST DEATHS IN FLOODING OCCUR WHEN CARS ARE SWEPT OFF OF LOW-WATER CROSSINGS. IF YOUR CAR BECOMES TRAPPED IN A LOW-WATER CROSSING ABANDON IT AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 5:40 AM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before
TXZ035-038-039-040-041-261130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 540 AM CDT SAT JUN 26 1993 ...HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 530 AM CDT...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM MAVERICK COUNTY IN THE WEST TO WILSON COUNTY IN THE EAST AND NORTH OF AUSTIN. AT THE SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT NEAR 1 INCH OF RAIN FELL WITHIN 45 MINUTES. HONDO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THE HEAVIES RAINFALL OVER NORTHERN ATASCOSA AND FRIO COUNTIES AND WESTERN WILSON COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE SHOWING LITTLE MOVEMENT. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING. THE ATASCOSA COUNTY SHERIFFES OFFICE REPORTED SOME TREES UPROOTED IN POTEET. MOTORIST ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME FOR TRAVEL THIS MORNING. FIND OTHER WAYS TO WERE YOUR ARE GOING IF LOW-WATER CROSSINGS ARE FLOODED ALONG YOUR PATH. MOST DEATHS IN FLOODS OCCUR WHEN CARS ARE SWEPT OFF OF LOW-WATER CROSSINGS. IF YOUR CAR BECOMES TRAPPED IN A LOW-WATER CROSSING ABANDON IT AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 5:42 AM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
TXZ035-038-039-040-041-260830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 540 AM CDT SAT JUN 26 1993 ...HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 530 AM CDT...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM MAVERICK COUNTY IN THE WEST TO WILSON COUNTY IN THE EAST AND NORTH OF AUSTIN. AT THE SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT NEAR 1 INCH OF RAIN FELL WITHIN 45 MINUTES. HONDO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THE HEAVIES RAINFALL OVER NORTHERN ATASCOSA AND FRIO COUNTIES AND WESTERN WILSON COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE SHOWING LITTLE MOVEMENT. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING. THE ATASCOSA COUNTY SHERIFFES OFFICE REPORTED SOME TREES UPROOTED IN POTEET. MOTORIST ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME FOR TRAVEL THIS MORNING. FIND OTHER WAYS TO WERE YOUR ARE GOING IF LOW-WATER CROSSINGS ARE FLOODED ALONG YOUR PATH. MOST DEATHS IN FLOODS OCCUR WHEN CARS ARE SWEPT OFF OF LOW-WATER CROSSINGS. IF YOUR CAR BECOMES TRAPPED IN A LOW-WATER CROSSING ABANDON IT AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 5:43 AM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
TXZ035-038-039-040-041-261130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 540 AM CDT SAT JUN 26 1993 ...HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 530 AM CDT...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM MAVERICK COUNTY IN THE WEST TO WILSON COUNTY IN THE EAST AND NORTH OF AUSTIN. AT THE SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT NEAR 1 INCH OF RAIN FELL WITHIN 45 MINUTES. HONDO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THE HEAVIES RAINFALL OVER NORTHERN ATASCOSA AND FRIO COUNTIES AND WESTERN WILSON COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE SHOWING LITTLE MOVEMENT. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING. THE ATASCOSA COUNTY SHERIFFES OFFICE REPORTED SOME TREES UPROOTED IN POTEET. MOTORIST ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME FOR TRAVEL THIS MORNING. FIND OTHER WAYS TO WERE YOUR ARE GOING IF LOW-WATER CROSSINGS ARE FLOODED ALONG YOUR PATH. MOST DEATHS IN FLOODS OCCUR WHEN CARS ARE SWEPT OFF OF LOW-WATER CROSSINGS. IF YOUR CAR BECOMES TRAPPED IN A LOW-WATER CROSSING ABANDON IT AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 3:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 3 hr |
| 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 | Karnes, Wilson | 115 min |
| Jun 26, 11:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Gonzales, Karnes, Wilson | 118 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.