Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 31, 1993, 8:30 AM CDT for Val Verde County, Texas. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 31, 1993, 8:30 AM CDT (13:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 31, 1993, 8:30 AM CDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Val Verde County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 1097 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 725 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Aug 31, 4:07 AM CDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before
TXZ054-311100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 405 AM CDT TUE AUG 31 1993 AT 400 AM RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN VAL VERDE COUNTY MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PARTS OF VAL VERDE COUNTY FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WIND IS POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE INTO ANY LOW& WATER CROSSINGS THAT CAN POTENTIALLY BECOME FLOODED.
Special weather statement, Aug 31, 4:14 AM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
TXZ054-311130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 420 AM CDT TUE AUG 31 1993 AT 415 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL VAL VERDE COUNTY...FROM 25 MILES WEST OF DEL RIO TO SAN ANGELO TO JUNCTION AND BACK. MOVEMENT WAS VERY SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH. HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. THUNDERSTORM REMAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR TODAY...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 THUNDER IS HEARD...LIGHTNING IS SEEN OR WINDS BEGIN INCREASING. MOTORISTS TRAVELING NORTH OUT OF DEL RIO ON HIGHWAYS 277 AND 377 AND NORTH OUT OF COMSTOCK SHOULD BE BE PREPARED FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND SLOWER TRAFFIC DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Aug 31, 4:20 AM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
TXZ054-311130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 420 AM CDT TUE AUG 31 1993 AT 415 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL VAL VERDE COUNTY...FROM 25 MILES WEST OF DEL RIO TO SAN ANGELO TO JUNCTION AND BACK. MOVEMENT WAS VERY SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH. HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. THUNDERSTORM REMAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR TODAY...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 THUNDER IS HEARD...LIGHTNING IS SEEN OR WINDS BEGIN INCREASING. MOTORISTS TRAVELING NORTH OUT OF DEL RIO ON HIGHWAYS 277 AND 377 AND NORTH OUT OF COMSTOCK SHOULD BE BE PREPARED FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND SLOWER TRAFFIC DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Aug 31, 4:29 AM CDT, 4 hours 1 minute before
TXZ030-034>037-311130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 430 AM CDT SAT AUG 28 1993 ...LET IT RAIN OVER THE NORTHERN HILL COUNTRY... ...BENEFICIAL RAINS A GOOD BET FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY... AT 425 AM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED INTO MILLS... SAN SABA AND LAMPASAS COUNTIES. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS NOTED WITH THESE RAINS. THESE RAINS WILL EXPAND IN AREAL COVERAGE DURING THE DAY AND COVER A GOOD PART OF CENTRAL TEXAS BY THIS AFTERNOON. MOTORIST SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION IN AREAS OF RAIN...AS THE ROADWAYS WILL BE PARTICULARLY SLICK FROM THE ACCUMULATED OIL AND OTHER DEPOSITS LEFT ON THE ROAD DURING THE EXTENDED DRY SPELL. STAY TFUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OR STATEMENTS ON WHEN THE RAINS MAY ARRIVE IN YOUR AREA LATER TODAY. LUNA
Special weather statement, Aug 31, 6:25 AM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
TXZ034-035-054-311500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 625 AM CDT TUE AUG 31 1993 AT 620 AM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN HONDO...TEXAS SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTH OF DEL RIO TO NORTH OF ROCKSPRINGS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PARTS OF EDWARDS COUNTY FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WIND IS POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE INTO ANY LOW WATER CROSSINGS THAT CAN POTENTIALLY BECOME FLOODED.
Special weather statement, Aug 31, 6:25 AM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
TXZ034-035-054-311500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 625 AM CDT TUE AUG 31 1993 AT 620 AM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN HONDO...TEXAS SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTH OF DEL RIO TO NORTH OF ROCKSPRINGS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PARTS OF EDWARDS COUNTY FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WIND IS POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE INTO ANY LOW WATER CROSSINGS THAT CAN POTENTIALLY BECOME FLOODED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 6:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 118 min |
| Aug 31, 12:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 3 hr |
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.