Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 29, 1995, 1:48 AM CDT for Travis County, Texas. It was in force for 117 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 29, 1995, 1:48 AM CDT (06:48 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 1995, 3:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 117 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Travis County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:52 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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 281 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 290651 FFWSAT TXC453-290845- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 148 AM CDT MON MAY 29 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...NORTHERN TRAVIS COUNTY AT 145 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS MOVING INTO NORTHERN TRAVIS COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN AUSTIN AND ROUND ROCK AND IN THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE COUNTY NORTHWEST OF CEDAR PARK. RAINFALL ESTIMATES FORM RADAR WERE IN THE 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR RANGE. THE STORMS WERE SHOWING LITTLE MOVEMENT BUT WERE DEVELOPING SLOWLY SOUTHWARD. 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, 12:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Williamson | 2 hr |
| 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, 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
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.