Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 19, 1993, 2:23 AM CDT for Kinney County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 19, 1993, 2:23 AM CDT (07:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 1993, 4:50 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kinney County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 41 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
- 1230 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1591 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 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 190726 FFWSAT TXC271-191130- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 223 AM CDT MON JUL 19 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY... IN SOUTH TEXAS ...WESTERN KINNEY COUNTY SATELLITE AND RADAR ESTIMATES PLACE OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN WESTERN KINNEY COUNTY NEAR THE VAL VERDE COUNTY LINE. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE CONTINUING AND FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN VERY QUICKLY. 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 HIGHER GROUND 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 IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT TO ESCAPE RISING WATER DURING THREATENING RAINS.
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, Jul 18, 10:40 PM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
TXZ054-190500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 1040 PM CDT SUN JUL 18 1993 AT 1040 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG...ENTERING WESTERN SECTIONS OF KINNEY COUNTY. THIS AREA BEGAN DEVELOPING OVER NORTHERN MEXICO EARLIER TODAY AND REMAINED STATIONARY FOR SEVERAL HOURS. HOWEVER...DURING THE PAST HOUR THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEGUN A DRIFT TO THE NORTH. THIS SAME SCENARIO EVOLVED LAST NIGHT AND EVENTUALLY PRODUCED RAINFALL AMOUNTS UPWARDS OF TWO INCHES ACROSS SOME ISOLATED AREAS OF KINNEY AND EDWARDS COUNTIES. MOISTURE REMAINS ABUNDANT AND INSTABILITY QUITE HIGH ACROSS THE AREA...AND WITH THEIR SLOW MOVEMENT...SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD AGAIN PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL TONIGHT. RESIDENTS OF KINNEY AND EDWARDS COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR CONDITIONS FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY BE NEEDED IF THE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO EXPAND AND INTENSIFY. RUNOFF FROM RAINS OF LAST NIGHT HAVE BROUGHT WATER LEVELS IN SOME OF THE CREEKS AND DRAWS UP AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL COULD BE QUICK TO CAUSE PROBLEMS. MOTORISTS DRIVING NEAR THESE CREEKS AND DRAWS OR OTHER LOW-LYING AREAS SHOULD BE PARTICULARLY CAUTIOUS...ESPECIALLY WITH NIGHTTIME UPON US. THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL NOT BE THE ONLY THREAT. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THE STRONGER STORMS CAN EXPECT TO EXPERIENCE FREQUENT VIVID LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WIND. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL MAINTAIN A CLOSE WATCH ON THIS AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AND ISSUE ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO.
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 10:42 PM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
TXZ054-190500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 1040 PM CDT SUN JUL 18 1993 AT 1040 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG...ENTERING WESTERN SECTIONS OF KINNEY COUNTY. THIS AREA BEGAN DEVELOPING OVER NORTHERN MEXICO EARLIER TODAY AND REMAINED STATIONARY FOR SEVERAL HOURS. HOWEVER...DURING THE PAST HOUR THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEGUN A DRIFT TO THE NORTH. THIS SAME SCENARIO EVOLVED LAST NIGHT AND EVENTUALLY PRODUCED RAINFALL AMOUNTS UPWARDS OF TWO INCHES ACROSS SOME ISOLATED AREAS OF KINNEY AND EDWARDS COUNTIES. MOISTURE REMAINS ABUNDANT AND INSTABILITY QUITE HIGH ACROSS THE AREA...AND WITH THEIR SLOW MOVEMENT...SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD AGAIN PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL TONIGHT. RESIDENTS OF KINNEY AND EDWARDS COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR CONDITIONS FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY BE NEEDED IF THE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO EXPAND AND INTENSIFY. RUNOFF FROM RAINS OF LAST NIGHT HAVE BROUGHT WATER LEVELS IN SOME OF THE CREEKS AND DRAWS UP AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL COULD BE QUICK TO CAUSE PROBLEMS. MOTORISTS DRIVING NEAR THESE CREEKS AND DRAWS OR OTHER LOW-LYING AREAS SHOULD BE PARTICULARLY CAUTIOUS...ESPECIALLY WITH NIGHTTIME UPON US. THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL NOT BE THE ONLY THREAT. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THE STRONGER STORMS CAN EXPECT TO EXPERIENCE FREQUENT VIVID LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WIND. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL MAINTAIN A CLOSE WATCH ON THIS AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AND ISSUE ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO.
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 11:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
TXZ054-190535- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 1137 PM CDT SUN JUL 18 1993 AT 1130 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM JUNO TO LOMA ALTA TO BRACKETTVILLE. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED NEAR HIGHWAY 163...10 MILES NORTH OF COMSTOCK. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. BOATERS AND FISHERMEN ON LAKE AMISTAD AND SURROUNDING RIVERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SHORE AND AWAY FROM THE WATER IF LIGHTNING IS SEEN...THUNDER IS HEARD OR WINDS BEGIN INCREASING. MOTORISTS TRAVELLING ALONG HIGHWAY 163 NORTH OUT OF COMSTOCK SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TV AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 11:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
TXZ054-190535- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 1137 PM CDT SUN JUL 18 1993 AT 1130 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM JUNO TO LOMA ALTA TO BRACKETTVILLE. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED NEAR HIGHWAY 163...10 MILES NORTH OF COMSTOCK. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. BOATERS AND FISHERMEN ON LAKE AMISTAD AND SURROUNDING RIVERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SHORE AND AWAY FROM THE WATER IF LIGHTNING IS SEEN...THUNDER IS HEARD OR WINDS BEGIN INCREASING. MOTORISTS TRAVELLING ALONG HIGHWAY 163 NORTH OUT OF COMSTOCK SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TV AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 12:35 AM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
TXZ054-190635- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 1235 AM CDT MON JUL 19 1993 AT 1230 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS THROUGHOUT MOST OF VAL VERDE COUNTY AND WERE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NORTHWEST OF JUNO TO LOMA ALTA TO BRACKETTVILLE TO EAGLE PASS. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED FROM 25 MILES NORTHEAST TRHOUGH 50 MILES SOUTH OF DEL RIO. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH AT 15 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. BOATERS AND FISHERMEN ON LAKE AMISTAD AND SURROUNDING RIVERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SHORE AND AWAY FROM THE WATER IF LIGHTNING IS SEEN...THUNDER IS HEARD OR WINDS BEGIN INCREASING. MOTORISTS TRAVELLING ALONG HIGHWAYS IN EASTERN VAL VERDE COUNTY AND ALONG HIGHWAY 163 NORTH OUT OF COMSTOCK SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TV AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 12:35 AM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
TXZ054-190635- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 1235 AM CDT MON JUL 19 1993 AT 1230 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS THROUGHOUT MOST OF VAL VERDE COUNTY AND WERE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NORTHWEST OF JUNO TO LOMA ALTA TO BRACKETTVILLE TO EAGLE PASS. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED FROM 25 MILES NORTHEAST TRHOUGH 50 MILES SOUTH OF DEL RIO. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH AT 15 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. BOATERS AND FISHERMEN ON LAKE AMISTAD AND SURROUNDING RIVERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SHORE AND AWAY FROM THE WATER IF LIGHTNING IS SEEN...THUNDER IS HEARD OR WINDS BEGIN INCREASING. MOTORISTS TRAVELLING ALONG HIGHWAYS IN EASTERN VAL VERDE COUNTY AND ALONG HIGHWAY 163 NORTH OUT OF COMSTOCK SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TV AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
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.