Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Oct 17, 1994, 1:35 AM CDT for Fayette County, Texas. It was in force for 115 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 17, 1994, 1:35 AM CDT (06:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 17, 1994, 3:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 115 min
- 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, 6.6 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
- 3167 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 549 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.7
- Supercell composite
- 12.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAUS 170636 FFWAUS TXC149-170830- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 135 AM CDT MON OCT 17 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...FAYETTE COUNTY ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING... AT 135 AM CDT THERE WAS A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM YOAKUM TO SOMERVILLE...COVERING THE SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF FAYETTE COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH...AND THE STORMS ARE IN A SW TO NE LINE...SO MANY LOCATIONS WILL RECEIVE ONE STORM AFTER ANOTHER RESULTING IN HIGH RAINFALL TOTALS. 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 ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN HIGH WATERS SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY...THEN GET TO HIGHER GROUND. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS LOW WATER CROSSINGS...LOW SPOTS OR DIPS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. TO BE SAFE...STAY ON OR SEEK HIGHER GROUND. 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, Oct 16, 11:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
TXZ173-194-193-209-174-170615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR SPELLING... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 1112 PM CDT SUN OCT 16 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH EAST-CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 1110 PM CDT THERE WERE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF A LINE FROM VICTORIA TO FLATONIA TO ELGIN TO TEMPLE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING. THERE WERE ALSO LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS BETWEEN AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO AND IN CENTRAL WILLIAMSON COUNTY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SOME FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS...AND MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO AVOID ENTERING FLOODED HIGHWAY DIPS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS. WALSH
Special weather statement, Oct 16, 11:13 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
TXZ173-194-193-209-174-170615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 1112 PM CDT SUN OCT 16 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH EAST-CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 1110 PM CDT THERE WERE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF A LINE FROM VICTORIA TO FLATONIA TO ELGIN TO TEMPLE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING. THERE WERE ALSO LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS BETWEEN AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO AND IN CENTRAL WILLIAMSON COUNTY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SOME FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDESTORMS...AND MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO AVOID ENTERING FLOODED HIGHWAY DIPS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS. WALSH
Special weather statement, Oct 16, 11:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
TXZ173-194-193-209-174-170615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR SPELLING... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 1112 PM CDT SUN OCT 16 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH EAST-CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 1110 PM CDT THERE WERE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF A LINE FROM VICTORIA TO FLATONIA TO ELGIN TO TEMPLE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING. THERE WERE ALSO LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS BETWEEN AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO AND IN CENTRAL WILLIAMSON COUNTY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SOME FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS...AND MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO AVOID ENTERING FLOODED HIGHWAY DIPS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS. WALSH
Local storm report, Oct 17, 12:16 AM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO, TX
1216 AM CDT MON OCT 17 1994
TIME COUNTY EVENT
605-615 PM KARNES DAMAGE TO A FENCE AND TREES 12 N OF KARNES
CITY ON ROUTE 123 BY A REPORTED TORNADO.
650-700 PM WILSON OBSERVER REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR
KOSCIUSKO.
BOTH OF ABOVE REPORTED BY SHERIFF'S OFFICESpecial weather statement, Oct 17, 12:54 AM CDT, 41 minutes before
TXZ190-173-192-191-194-209-174-170800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 1254 AM CDT MON OCT 17 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING IN SOUTH-CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 1250 AM CDT THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED NEAR ROUND ROCK...NEAR TAYLOR...30 MILES WEST OF SAN MARCOS...AND 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAGRANGE. SOME OF THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH AT 20 MPH. WITH THE GROUND SATURATED SOME FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO AVOID ENTERING FLOODED HIGHWAY DIPS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS. THE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED RAPIDLY AND FURTHER DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE. PERSONS LIVING IN SOUTH-CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. WALSH
Special weather statement, Oct 17, 12:55 AM CDT, 40 minutes before
TXZ190-173-192-191-194-209-174-170800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 1254 AM CDT MON OCT 17 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING IN SOUTH-CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 1250 AM CDT THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED NEAR ROUND ROCK...NEAR TAYLOR...30 MILES WEST OF SAN MARCOS...AND 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAGRANGE. SOME OF THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH AT 20 MPH. WITH THE GROUND SATURATED SOME FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO AVOID ENTERING FLOODED HIGHWAY DIPS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS. THE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED RAPIDLY AND FURTHER DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE. PERSONS LIVING IN SOUTH-CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. WALSH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 2:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 4 hr |
| Oct 17, 3:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Fayette, Lee | 3 hr |
| Oct 17, 6:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Fayette, Lee | 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.