Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 21, 1995, 11:17 AM CDT for Gillespie County, Kerr County, Texas. It was in force for 103 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 21, 1995, 11:17 AM CDT (16:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 21, 1995, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 103 min
- 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 16:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 806 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 552 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSAT 211619 FFWSAT TXC171-265-211800- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 1117 AM CDT THU SEP 21 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...GILLESPIE COUNTY...KERR COUNTY AT 1115 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATED HEAVY RAINFALL OVER GILLESPIE AND KERR COUNTIES. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM LEAKEY TO PIPE CREEK TO GEORGETOWN. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. 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.
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 21, 5:40 AM CDT, 5 hours 37 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228>230-239-221200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 600 AM CDT THU SEP 21 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR MOST OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY...THE EDWARDS PLATEAU AND A SMALL PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. 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 WITH NEARLY 7 INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS OCCURRED OVER THE HILL COUNTRY AND NEARBY SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS EARLY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN MAY DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA TRIGGERING SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL PRODUCE FLOODING OVER AREAS ALREADY SOAKED FROM HEAVY RAINFALL OF PREVIOUS STORMS. STORM RAINFALL TOTALS COULD REACH 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER SOME AREAS TONIGHT IF THIS RAIN SHOULD FALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME FLOODING AND RUNOFF PROBLEMS WILL OCCUR. THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS NOT UPDATED. ANY CHANGES IN THE FORECAST WEATHER WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH WATCHES...WARNINGS... STATEMENTS AND/OR FORE0CAST PRODUCTS.
Special weather statement, Sep 21, 6:00 AM CDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228>230-239-221200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 600 AM CDT THU SEP 21 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR MOST OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY...THE EDWARDS PLATEAU AND A SMALL PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. 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 WITH NEARLY 7 INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS OCCURRED OVER THE HILL COUNTRY AND NEARBY SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS EARLY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN MAY DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA TRIGGERING SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL PRODUCE FLOODING OVER AREAS ALREADY SOAKED FROM HEAVY RAINFALL OF PREVIOUS STORMS. STORM RAINFALL TOTALS COULD REACH 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER SOME AREAS TONIGHT IF THIS RAIN SHOULD FALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME FLOODING AND RUNOFF PROBLEMS WILL OCCUR. 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 21, 9:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Kerr | 2 hr |
| Sep 21, 9:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Real | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 12:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera | 66 min |
| Sep 21, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 63 min |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.