Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Oct 17, 1994, 2:35 AM CDT for Lavaca County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 17, 1994, 2:35 AM CDT (07:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 17, 1994, 6:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lavaca County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 188 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 KVCT 170732 FFWVCT TXC285-171130- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX 235 AM CDT MON OCT 17 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN VICTORIA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...LAVACA COUNTY AT 215 AM CDT...VICTORIA RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN LAVACA COUNTY. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN HALLETTSVILLE AND YOAKUM DURING THE PAST 2 HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOPE AND MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS IN LAVACA COUNTY FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. THE LAVACA COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED MANY ROADS FLOODED. HIGHWAY 77A HAS WATER 6-9 INCHES ABOVE THE ROAD JUST NORTH OF MUSTANG CREEK. COUNTY ROAD 177...175 AND 196 WERE COMPLETELY UNDERWATER AND CLOSED. THE LAVACA RIVER REMAINS LOW AT THIS TIME HOWEVER WILL BE CLOSELY MONITORED FOR A RAPID RISE. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO zCROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP 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, Oct 16, 11:12 PM CDT, 3 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, 3 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, 3 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, 2 hours 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, 1 hour 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, 1 hour 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, 1:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Fayette | 115 min |
| 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.