Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 29, 1995, 12:11 AM CDT for Williamson County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 29, 1995, 12:11 AM CDT (05:11 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 1995, 2:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Williamson County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 245 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
- 1321 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1410 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSAT 290514 FFWSAT TXC491-290715- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1211 AM CDT MON MAY 29 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...WILLIAMSON COUNTY AT 1205 AM CDT THUNDERSTORMS IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY ONE NEAR JERRELL AND ANOTHER BETWEEN GEORGETOWN AND TAYLOR WERE NEARLY STATIONARY PRODUCING 2 TO 3 INCHES AN HOUR AS PER ESTIMATE FROM DOPPLER RADAR. STORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER WILLIAMSON COUNTY AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. 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 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, 12:32 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, 2:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 3 hr |
| May 29, 3:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Blanco, Burnet | 2 hr |
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.