Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Issued

Aug 31, 1993, 12:00 PM CDT (17:00 UTC)

Expired

Aug 31, 1993, 3:00 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Val Verde County, TX

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TTAA00 KDRT 311659
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TXC465-312000-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVITATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX
1200 PM CDT TUE AUG 31 1993

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING
ISSUED EARLIER...AND IT IS NOW EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE
IN THE FOLOWING COUNTY IN

SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS...VAL VERDE.

AT 1155 AM CDT...FLOODING WAS CONTINUING IN SEVERAL AREAS IN VAL VERDE
COUNTY. MOST OF THIS FLOODING WAS THE RESULT OF HEAVIER RAINFALL THAT
HAD FALLEN IN VAL VERDE COUNTY THIS MORNING. ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE
HEAVIER RAINFALL HAD ENDED...A WIDESPREAD AREA OF SHOWERS AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS REMAINED OVER MUCH OF VAL VERDE COUNTY. LITTLE MOVEMENT
WAS INDICATED BY RADAR.

SINCE THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED FROM PRIOR RAINS...ANY ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL WILL NOT SOAK IN BUT RUN OFF RAPIDLY INTO ALREADY FLOODED
CREEKS AND RIVERS...GREATLY ADDING TO THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING.

MANY LOW WATER CROSSINGS REMAIN FLOODED ALONG ROADWAYS IN VAL VERDE
COUNTY. ALTHOUGH WATER LEVELS IN SOME OF THESE LOW WATER CROSSINGS
HAVE BEEN SLOWLY RECEEDING...MOST ARE NOT YET SAFE TO CROSS. YOU
SHOULD NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER OF AN UNKNOWN DEPTH. TWO FEET
OF RUSHING WATER DURING A FLASH FLOOD CAN SWEEP AWAY MOST
AUTOMOBILES AND SEND THEIR OCCUPANTS TO THEIR DEATH.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY
TODAY...AND A FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THE DEVILS AND
DRY DEVILS RIVER. YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO
MONITOR THIS FLOOD SITUATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR
LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

In the hours 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.

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.

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1993Every flash flood warning in 1993

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.