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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

September 20, 1995Edwards County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 20, 1995, 12:15 PM CDT for Edwards County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 20, 1995, 12:15 PM CDT (17:15 UTC)
Expired
Sep 20, 1995, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Edwards County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 86 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 12:00Z on 1995-09-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 858 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1995-09-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 107 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSAT 201717
FFWSAT
TXC137-202115-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1215 PM CDT WED SEP 20 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...EDWARDS COUNTY
 
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TODAY...
 
AT 1210 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
FROM DEL RIO TO EAGLE PASS AND EXTENDED NORTHEASTWARD TO SAN ANTONIO AND
AUSTIN. RAINFALL REPORTS OF UP TO 5 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH MANY
OF THESE STORMS AS THEY CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.
MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN APPROACHING LOW LYING
AREAS ALONG THE SOUTH FORK OF THE LLANO.
 
 
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 19, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLee51 min
Sep 20, 5:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar3 hr
Sep 20, 6:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera, Medina3 hr
Sep 20, 6:27 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXKerr3 hr
Sep 20, 6:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXUvalde3 hr
Sep 20, 7:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar3 hr
Sep 20, 8:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera, Kinney, Medina, Uvalde3 hr
Sep 20, 11:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXKerr, Real3 hr
Sep 20, 11:34 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera, Medina, Uvalde4 hr
Sep 20, 11:34 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXKinney4 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.