Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 20, 1995, 11:19 AM CDT for Kerr County, Real County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 20, 1995, 11:19 AM CDT (16:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 20, 1995, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Kerr County, TX, Real County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 858 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 748 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSAT 201622 FFWSAT TXC265-385-201900- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1119 AM CDT WED SEP 20 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...KERR COUNTY...REAL COUNTY HEAVY RAIN HAS REDEVELOPED LATE THIS MORNING OVER REAL AND KERR COUNTIES. REPORTS INDICATE THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCH AMOUNTS FELL EARLY THIS MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 2 OR MORE INCHES COULD FALL IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE NUECES RIVER IS REPORTED TO BE RISING NEAR CAMP WOOD. BOTH CAMP WOOD CREEK AND HACKBERRY CREEK ARE OUT OF BANKS AND VERY DANGEROUS. AVOID ALREADY FLOODED AREAS. TRAVELERS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...LEAVE IT AND MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO HIGHER GROUND. &
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, Sep 20, 5:49 AM CDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228>230-239-201200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 600 AM CDT TUE SEP 19 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MOST OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY...THE EDWARDS PLATEAU AND A SMALL PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY. THIS WATCH MEANS FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE THE RAPID RISE OF STREAMS AND RIVERS...FLOODING LOW LYING AREAS AND LOW WATERS CROSSINGS. OVER FLATTER TERRAIN THE RAINS WILL CAUSE PONDING WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADWAYS. RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAS OCCURRED OVER SOME SECTIONS OF THE HILL COUNTRY AND NEARBY SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS LAST NIGHT. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR TODAY COULD PRODUCE FLOODING OVER AREAS ALREADY SOAKED FROM HEAVY RAINFALL OF THE PREVIOUS NIGHT. STORM RAINFALL TOTALS COULD REACH 4 TO 7 INCHES OVER SOME AREAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON TRIGGERING FLOODING AND RUNOFF PROBLEMS. PERSONS IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA ARE URGED TO CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...KEEP INFORMED AND BE READY TO TAKE ACTION IF HEAVY RAIN OR FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER nOUTLOOK IS NOT UPDATED. ANY CHANGES IN THE FORECAST WEATHER WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH WATCHES...WARNINGS... STATEMENTS AND/OR FORECAST PRODUCTS.
Special weather statement, Sep 20, 5:50 AM CDT, 5 hours 29 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228>230-239-211200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED DATE/TIME GROUP NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 600 AM CDT WED SEP 20 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MOST OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY...THE EDWARDS PLATEAU AND A SMALL PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY. THIS WATCH MEANS FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE THE RAPID RISE OF STREAMS AND RIVERS...FLOODING LOW LYING AREAS AND LOW WATERS CROSSINGS. OVER FLATTER TERRAIN THE RAINS WILL CAUSE PONDING WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADWAYS. RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAS OCCURRED OVER SOME SECTIONS OF THE HILL COUNTRY AND NEARBY SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS LAST NIGHT. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR TODAY COULD PRODUCE FLOODING OVER AREAS ALREADY SOAKED FROM HEAVY RAINFALL OF THE PREVIOUS NIGHT. STORM RAINFALL TOTALS COULD REACH 4 TO 7 INCHES OVER SOME AREAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON TRIGGERING FLOODING AND RUNOFF PROBLEMS. PERSONS IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA ARE URGED TO CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...KEEP INFORMED AND BE READY TO TAKE ACTION IF HEAVY RAIN OR FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISvSUED. THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS NOT UPDATED. ANY CHANGES IN THE FORECAST WEATHER WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH WATCHES...WARNINGS... STATEMENTS AND/OR FORECAST PRODUCTS.
Special weather statement, Sep 20, 6:00 AM CDT, 5 hours 19 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228>230-239-211200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED DATE/TIME GROUP NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 600 AM CDT WED SEP 20 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MOST OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY...THE EDWARDS PLATEAU AND A SMALL PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY. THIS WATCH MEANS FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE THE RAPID RISE OF STREAMS AND RIVERS...FLOODING LOW LYING AREAS AND LOW WATERS CROSSINGS. OVER FLATTER TERRAIN THE RAINS WILL CAUSE PONDING WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADWAYS. RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAS OCCURRED OVER SOME SECTIONS OF THE HILL COUNTRY AND NEARBY SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS LAST NIGHT. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR TODAY COULD PRODUCE FLOODING OVER AREAS ALREADY SOAKED FROM HEAVY RAINFALL OF THE PREVIOUS NIGHT. STORM RAINFALL TOTALS COULD REACH 4 TO 7 INCHES OVER SOME AREAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON TRIGGERING FLOODING AND RUNOFF PROBLEMS. PERSONS IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA ARE URGED TO CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...KEEP INFORMED AND BE READY TO TAKE ACTION IF HEAVY RAIN OR FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS NOT UPDATED. ANY CHANGES IN THE FORECAST WEATHER WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH WATCHES...WARNINGS... STATEMENTS AND/OR FORECAST PRODUCTS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Lee | 51 min |
| Sep 20, 5:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 3 hr |
| Sep 20, 6:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Medina | 3 hr |
| Sep 20, 6:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kerr | 3 hr |
| Sep 20, 6:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 3 hr |
| Sep 20, 7:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 3 hr |
| Sep 20, 8:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Kinney, Medina, Uvalde | 3 hr |
| Sep 20, 11:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Medina, Uvalde | 4 hr |
| Sep 20, 11:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kinney | 4 hr |
| Sep 20, 12:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards | 4 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1995Every flash flood warning in 1995
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.