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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 29, 1995Gillespie County, Kerr County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 29, 1995, 10:53 PM CDT for Gillespie County, Kerr County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 29, 1995, 10:53 PM CDT (03:53 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 1995, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Gillespie County, TX, Kerr County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 187 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 1995-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3001 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 1995-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 86 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
3001 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
985 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
144 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.6
Supercell composite
9.7

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLlano61 min
May 29, 9:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXGillespie, Llano105 min
May 29, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGillespie, Llano105 min
May 29, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco, Burnet104 min
May 29, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards64 min
May 29, 10:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGillespie, Kerr3 hr
May 29, 11:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXTravis, Williamson4 hr
May 30, 12:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXGillespie, Kerr2 hr
May 30, 12:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBlanco3 hr
May 30, 3:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGonzales43 min
May 30, 5:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVictoria48 min
May 30, 6:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXCalhoun60 min
May 30, 6:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXComal2 hr
May 30, 7:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde66 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.