Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 9, 1994, 4:19 AM CDT for Fayette County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 9, 1994, 4:19 AM CDT (09:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 1994, 7:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fayette County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 242 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
- 2659 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 888 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAUS 090923 FFWAUS TXC149-453-091215- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 419 AM CDT TUE AUG 9 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...FAYETTE COUNTY...TRAVIS COUNTY ...VERY HEAVY RAIN IN TRAVIS AND FAYETTE COUNTIES... ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ALL OF TRAVIS AND FAYETTE COUNTIES. THIS INCLUDES THE GREATER AUSTIN AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE MOVING THROUGH TRAVIS AND FAYETTE COUNTIES. FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT. ONE STORM PRODUCED MORE THAN THREE INCHES OF RAIN IN AUSTIN IN ONE HOUR. THOSE LIVING NEAR SMALL STREAMS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. AVOID CROSSING ROADWAY DIPS FILLED WITH RUNNING WATER. WALSH
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 8, 11:19 PM CDT, 5 hours before
TXZ173-192-193-194-174-090515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 1120 PM CDT MON AUG 8 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN EAST-CENTRAL TEXAS... ...AT 1115 PM CDT THERE WAS A LINE OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS ALONG AND TO THE WEST OF THE BRAZOS RIVER FROM FALLS COUNTY TO AUSTIN COUNTY. THERE WAS AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS 30 MILES ENE OF AUSTIN. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE WEST AT 15 M2PH. WALSH
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 11:20 PM CDT, 4 hours 59 minutes before
TXZ173-192-193-194-174-090515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 1120 PM CDT MON AUG 8 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN EAST-CENTRAL TEXAS... ...AT 1115 PM CDT THERE WAS A LINE OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS ALONG AND TO THE WEST OF THE BRAZOS RIVER FROM FALLS COUNTY TO AUSTIN COUNTY. THERE WAS AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS 30 MILES ENE OF AUSTIN. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE WEST AT 15 MPH. WALSH
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 1:41 AM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
TXZ172-190-173-192-191-193-208-194-209-174-090745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 145 AM CDT TUE AUG 9 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING IN SOUTH-CENTRAL TEXAS... ...AT 135 AM CDT THERE WAS A LINE OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS FROM AUSTIN SOUTH TO THE GUADALUPE RIVER...ANOTHER LINE FROM SOUTHERN BELL COUNTY TO SOUTHERN BASTROP COUNTY...AND ANOTHER FROM NORTHERN MILAM COUNTY TO AUSTIN COUNTY. THERE WERE ISOLATED SHOWERS IN FAYETTE, BURNET, WILLIAMSON, COMAL, GUADALUPE, AND COLORADO COUNTIES. THESE SHOWERS WERE PRIMARILLY DEVELOPING FROM OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES RATHER THAN MOVING BUT MOVEMENT WAS GENERALLY TOWARDS THE WEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. MOST OF THE RAIN WAS LIGHT TO MODERATE BUT SOME STORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. WALSH
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 1:45 AM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
TXZ172-190-173-192-191-193-208-194-209-174-090745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 145 AM CDT TUE AUG 9 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING IN SOUTH-CENTRAL TEXAS... ...AT 135 AM CDT THERE WAS A LINE OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS FROM AUSTIN SOUTH TO THE GUADALUPE RIVER...ANOTHER LINE FROM SOUTHERN BELL COUNTY TO SOUTHERN BASTROP COUNTY...AND ANOTHER FROM NORTHERN MILAM COUNTY TO AUSTIN COUNTY. THERE WERE ISOLATED SHOWERS IN FAYETTE, BURNET, WILLIAMSON, COMAL, GUADALUPE, AND COLORADO COUNTIES. THESE SHOWERS WERE PRIMARILLY DEVELOPING FROM OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES RATHER THAN MOVING BUT MOVEMENT WAS GENERALLY TOWARDS THE WEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. MOST OF THE RAIN WAS LIGHT TO MODERATE BUT SOME STORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. WALSH
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 2:44 AM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
TXZ171-172-188-190-173-192-191-193-208-194-209-174-090845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 245 AM CDT TUE AUG 9 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTH-CENTRAL TEXAS INTENSIFYING... ...AT 240 AM CDT THERE WERE SCATTERED TO LOCALLY NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTH-CENTRAL TEXAS. THESE STORMS WERE SLOWLY INTENSIFYING AND MOVING TOWARDS THE WEST AT 20 MPH. ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE RAIN WAS LIGHT TO MODERATE SOME STORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN, STRONG GUSTY WINDS, AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. WALSH
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 2:45 AM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
TXZ171-172-188-190-173-192-191-193-208-194-209-174-090845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 245 AM CDT TUE AUG 9 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTH-CENTRAL TEXAS INTENSIFYING... ...AT 240 AM CDT THERE WERE SCATTERED TO LOCALLY NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTH-CENTRAL TEXAS. THESE STORMS WERE SLOWLY INTENSIFYING AND MOVING TOWARDS THE WEST AT 20 MPH. ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE RAIN WAS LIGHT TO MODERATE SOME STORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN, STRONG GUSTY WINDS, AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. WALSH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Guadalupe | 35 min |
| Aug 9, 4:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Travis | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1994Every flash flood warning in 1994
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.