Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 15, 1994, 4:08 AM CDT for Guadalupe County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 1994, 4:08 AM CDT (09:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1994, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Guadalupe County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 294 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
- 2472 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1340 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSAT 150910 FFWSAT TXC187-151200- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 408 AM CDT SUN MAY 15 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN SOUTH TEXAS ...GUADALUPE COUNTY THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED WIDESPREAD 3 INCH RAINFALL AND SPOTTY 5 INCH RAINFALL BETWEEN NEW BRAUNFELS AND MARION EARLIER THIS MORNING HAVE BEGUN TO REDEVELOP IN NORTHWESTERN GUADALUPE COUNTY...NEAR THE COMAL COUNTY LINE. FLASH FLOODING THAT IS ALREADY TAKING PLACE ALONG WALNUT CREEK WILL CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER TWO TO THREE HOURS. ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN THE MEADOW LAKE AREA SOUTH OF SEGUIN AND IN THE GLEN COVE AREA IF THE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO DEVELOP. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT TO ESCAPE RISING WATER DURING THREATENING RAINS.
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, May 14, 11:35 PM CDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before
TXZ183-150530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 1135 PM CDT SAT MAY 14 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING EXTREME NORTHEASTERN VAL VERDE COUNTY... AT 1130 PM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED INTO THE EXTREME NORTHEAST CORNER OF VAL VERDE COUNTY AND EXTENDING EAST INTO THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY NORTH OF SAN ANTONIO. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. VERY HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WERE REPORTED OUT OF THESE STORMS AS THEY PASSED THROUGH THE SONORA AREA. MOTORISTS TRAVELING NORTH ON HIGHWAY 277N TO SONORA OR HIGHWAY 189 SHOULD BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE BRIEF SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAINS PRODUCING SOME FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS. THIS AREA OF THE COUNTY HAD RECEIVED ANYWHERE FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE PAST FEW DAYS AND ADDITIONAL WATER FROM THE RAIN TONIGHT WILL BE QUICK TO RUNOFF. BOATERS AND FISHERMEN ON LAKE AMISTAD SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR IF THESE STORMS APPROACH THEIR AREA.
Special weather statement, May 14, 11:35 PM CDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before
TXZ184>187-189-202>207-217>223-228>230-239-150630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 1135 PM CDT SAT MAY 14 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 1130 PM CDT, AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM NORTH OF ROCKSPRINGS EASTWARD TO KERRVILLE AND BANDERA AND TO SAN ANTONIO AND NEW BRAUNFELS. THIS AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND AFFECT SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS, INCLUDING THE SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN AREA, AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE HILL COUNTRY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO INDICATED IN WEST AND NORTHWEST WEBB COUNTY AND WILL AFFECT WEBB COUNTY AND PARTS OF LA SALLE COUNTY, INCLUDING THE LAREDO METROPOLITAN AREA IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. STRONG GUSTY WIND...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SOME HAIL WILL OCCUR FROM THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY AFFECT THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE HILL COUNTRY, SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND PARTS OF WEBB AND LA SALLE COUNTIES FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
Special weather statement, May 14, 11:43 PM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
TXZ184>187-189-202>207-217>223-228>230-239-150630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 1135 PM CDT SAT MAY 14 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 1130 PM CDT, AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM NORTH OF ROCKSPRINGS EASTWARD TO KERRVILLE AND BANDERA AND TO SAN ANTONIO AND NEW BRAUNFELS. THIS AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND AFFECT SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS, INCLUDING THE SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN AREA, AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE HILL COUNTRY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO INDICATED IN WEST AND NORTHWEST WEBB COUNTY AND WILL AFFECT WEBB COUNTY AND PARTS OF LA SALLE COUNTY, INCLUDING THE LAREDO METROPOLITAN AREA IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. STRONG GUSTY WIND...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SOME HAIL WILL OCCUR FROM THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY AFFECT THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF T4HE HILL COUNTRY, SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND PARTS OF WEBB AND LA SALLE COUNTIES FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
Special weather statement, May 15, 12:19 AM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
TXZ183-150630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 1220 AM CDT SUN MAY 15 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL AND EXTREME EASTERN VAL VERDE COUNTY... AT 1210 AM CDT...RADAR SHOWED MODERATE TO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN COMSTOCK AND JUNO...ALONG HIGHWAY 163.. NAD NEAR LOMAL ALTA...40 MILES NORTH OF DEL RIO. THESE STORM EXTEND EAST INTO THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY NORTH OF SAN ANTONIO. THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. VERY HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED OUT OF THESE STORMS EARLIER. MOTORISTS TRAVELING NORTH ON HIGHWAY 277N TO SONORA NAD HIGHWAY 163 NORTH OUT OF COMSTOCK SHOULD BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE BRIEF SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAINS PRODUCING SOME FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS. WITH THE WIDESPREADRAINS OF THE PASS FEW DAYS ANY ADDITIONAL WATER FROM THE RAIN TONIGHT WILL BE QUICK TO RUNOFF. BOATERS AND FISH|ERMEN ON LAKE AMISTAD SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR IF THESE STORMS APPROACH THEIR AREA.
Special weather statement, May 15, 12:20 AM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
TXZ183-150630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 1220 AM CDT SUN MAY 15 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL AND EXTREME EASTERN VAL VERDE COUNTY... AT 1210 AM CDT...RADAR SHOWED MODERATE TO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN COMSTOCK AND JUNO...ALONG HIGHWAY 163.. NAD NEAR LOMA ALTA...40 MILES NORTH OF DEL RIO. THESE STORMS EXTEND EAST INTO THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY NORTH OF SAN ANTONIO. THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. VERY HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED OUT OF THESE STORMS EARLIER. MOTORISTS TRAVELING NORTH ON HIGHWAY 277N TO SONORA AND HIGHWAY 163 NORTH OUT OF COMSTOCK SHOULD BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE BRIEF SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAINS PRODUCING SOME FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS. WITH THE WIDESPREAD RAINS OF THE PASS FEW DAYS ANY ADDITIONAL WATER FROM THE RAIN TONIGHT WILL BE QUICK TO RUNOFF. BOATERS AND FISHERMEN ON LAKE AMISTAD SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR IF THESE STORMS APPROACH THEIR AREA.
Special weather statement, May 15, 12:22 AM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
TXZ183-150630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 1220 AM CDT SUN MAY 15 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL AND EXTREME EASTERN VAL VERDE COUNTY... AT 1210 AM CDT...RADAR SHOWED MODERATE TO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN COMSTOCK AND JUNO...ALONG HIGHWAY 163.. NAD NEAR LOMA ALTA...40 MILES NORTH OF DEL RIO. THESE STORMS EXTEND EAST INTO THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY NORTH OF SAN ANTONIO. THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. VERY HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED OUT OF THESE STORMS EARLIER. MOTORISTS TRAVELING NORTH ON HIGHWAY 277N TO SONORA AND HIGHWAY 163 NORTH OUT OF COMSTOCK SHOULD BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE BRIEF SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAINS PRODUCING SOME FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS. WITH THE WIDESPREAD RAINS OF THE PASS FEW DAYS ANY ADDITIONAL WATER FROM THE RAIN TONIGHT WILL BE QUICK TO RUNOFF. BOATERS AND FISHERMEN ON LAKE AMISTAD SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR IF THESE STORMS APPROACH THEIR AREA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Llano | 42 min |
| May 14, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Travis | 51 min |
| May 14, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 61 min |
| May 14, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit | 59 min |
| May 14, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | San Saba | 66 min |
| May 14, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Fayette | 65 min |
| May 15, 12:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Guadalupe | 65 min |
| May 15, 12:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards | 3 hr |
| May 15, 12:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 3 hr |
| May 15, 12:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 2 hr |
| May 15, 1:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Comal, Guadalupe | 3 hr |
| May 15, 1:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gonzales | 55 min |
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.