Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 29, 1995, 11:58 PM CDT for Travis County, Williamson County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 29, 1995, 11:58 PM CDT (04:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 1995, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Travis County, TX, Williamson County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 263 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
- 30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -256 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 973 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSAT 300500 FFWSAT TXC453-491-300900- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1158 PM CDT MON MAY 29 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...TRAVIS COUNTY...WILLIAMSON COUNTY AT 1155 PM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN NEW BRAUNFELS... TEXAS SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING AND DEVELOPING EASTWARD TOWARD WILLIAMSON AND TRAVIS COUNTIES. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN OVER WILLIAMSON AND TRAVIS COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITY OF AUSTIN FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. HEAVY RAINS FELL OVER TRAVIS AND WILLIAMSON COUNTIES LAST NIGHT... THEREFORE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS TONIGHT WILL CAUSE MORE FLOODING FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. STRONG GUSTY WIND AND SOME HAIL WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS. 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 HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. 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. FLOOD PRONE URBAN AREAS FILL WITH WATER QUICKLY. CLOGGED STORM DRAINS MAY CAUSE OTHER AREAS TO FLOOD. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS AND STAY .AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Llano | 61 min |
| May 29, 9:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Llano | 105 min |
| May 29, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Llano | 105 min |
| May 29, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco, Burnet | 104 min |
| May 29, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards | 64 min |
| May 29, 10:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Kerr | 3 hr |
| May 29, 10:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Kerr | 3 hr |
| May 30, 12:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Kerr | 2 hr |
| May 30, 12:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Blanco | 3 hr |
| May 30, 3:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gonzales | 43 min |
| May 30, 5:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Victoria | 48 min |
| May 30, 6:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Calhoun | 60 min |
| May 30, 6:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Comal | 2 hr |
| May 30, 7:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 66 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.