Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 29, 1995, 2:38 AM CDT for Gillespie County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 29, 1995, 2:38 AM CDT (07:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 1995, 5:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Gillespie County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 211 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
- 2175 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1248 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSAT 290741 FFWSAT TXC171-291045- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 238 AM CDT MON MAY 29 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...NORTHERN GILLESPIE COUNTY AT 233 AM VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO FALL FROM STALLED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN GILLESPIE COUNTY FROM DOSS TO CHERRY SPRING. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS AT NEARLY 5 INCHES AND HOURLY RAINFALL RATES CONTINUED AT 2 TO 3 INCHES. IT IS LIKELY THAT CHERRY CREEK AND MARSHALL CREEK ALONG WITH OTHER SMALL CREEKS IN THE AREA ARE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION PERSONS IN NORTHERN GILLESPIE COUNTY NEED TO RESPOND NOW. 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. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND OTHER PEOPLE IN RECREATION AREAS ALONG CREEKS...STREAMS...AND RIVERS IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD MOVE TO HIGH GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Webb | 36 min |
| May 29, 12:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Williamson | 2 hr |
| May 29, 12:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Webb | 3 hr |
| May 29, 12:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Webb | 3 hr |
| May 29, 12:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 2 hr |
| May 29, 1:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Travis | 117 min |
| May 29, 2:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 3 hr |
| May 29, 2:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Williamson | 3 hr |
| May 29, 3:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Blanco, Burnet | 2 hr |
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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.