Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 22, 1994, 6:39 AM CDT for Kerr County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 22, 1994, 6:39 AM CDT (11:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 22, 1994, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kerr County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 2262 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1591 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSAT 221143 FFWSAT TXC265-221500- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 639 AM CDT MON AUG 22 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 10 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH TEXAS ...KERR COUNTY AT 635 AM RADAR SHOWED VERY HEAVY RAINS IN THE WESTERN PARTS OF KERR COUNTY. AREAS IN WERSTERN KERR COUNTY HAVE TOTALED BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN WEST OF MOUNTAIN HOME. 24 HOURS TOTALS ARE ESTIMATED TO BE NEAR 6 INCHES ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF MOUNTAIN HOME. FLOODING WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH MID-MORNING. PERSON NEAR FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER6 GROUND. AVOID ALREADY FLOODED AREAS. TRAVELERS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...LEAVE IT AND MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO HIGHER GROUND.
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 22, 2:55 AM CDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before
TXZ183>189-202>207-217>222-220900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO, TX 255 AM CDT MON AUG 22 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 250 AM CDT...NEXRAD DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REFORMING OVER THE TEXAS HILL COUNTY AND PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THE ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED FROM JUNCTION TO KERRVILLE TO ROCKSPRINGS...WITH A SECOND AREA FROM SAN ANTONIO TO FLORESVILLE TO JOURDANTON TO PEARSALL TO HONDO. ALL OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED NEAR JUNCTION.
Special weather statement, Aug 22, 2:56 AM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
TXZ183>189-202>207-217>222-220900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO, TX 255 AM CDT MON AUG 22 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 250 AM CDT...NEXRAD DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REFORMING OVER THE TEXAS HILL COUNTY AND PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THE ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED FROM JUNCTION TO KERRVILLE TO ROCKSPRINGS...WITH A SECOND A2REA FROM SAN ANTONIO TO FLORESVILLE TO JOURDANTON TO PEARSALL TO HONDO. ALL OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED NEAR JUNCTION.
Special weather statement, Aug 22, 6:10 AM CDT, 29 minutes before
TXZ142-155-156-171-172-188-190-173-192-191-193-208-194-209-174- 221215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 612 AM CDT MON AUG 22 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SPREADING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 615 AM SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM JUNCTION TO COLLEGE STATION AND SOUTH TO VICTORIA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MILES PER HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NEAR LEXINGTON AND JUST WEST OF FREDERICKSBURG. THE AREA AFFECTED HAS INCREASING IN SIZE OVER THE LAST TWO HOURS. TSCHIRHART
Special weather statement, Aug 22, 6:12 AM CDT, 27 minutes before
TXZ142-155-156-171-172-188-190-173-192-191-193-208-194-209-174- 221215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 612 AM CDT MON AUG 22 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SPREADING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 615 AM SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM JUNCTION TO COLLEGE STATION AND SOUTH TO VICTORIA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MILES PER HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NEAR LEXINGTON AND JUST WEST OF FREDERICKSBURG. THE AREA AFFECTED HAS INCREASING IN SIZE OVER THE LAST TWO HOURS. TSCHIRHART
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Victoria | 59 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.