Flash Flood Warning 43, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Issued

Sep 19, 1996, 9:55 PM CDT (02:55 UTC)

Expired

Sep 20, 1996, 12:00 AM CDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Williamson County, TX

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
TTAA00 KSAT 200307
FFWSAT
TXC491-200500-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
955 PM CDT THU SEP 19 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...WILLIAMSON COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN...
 
AT 955 PM CDT...NEXRAD DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF JARRELL.  MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD
THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
 
BASED ON EARLIER DOPPLER RADAR OBSERVATIONS...THIS STORM MAY
HAVE PRODUCED A TORNADO IN BELL COUNTY WITHIN THE PREVIOUS
HOUR.  AT THE PRESENT TIME...NO TORNADO IS INDICATED IN THIS
STORM.  HOWEVER...TORNADOES OCCASIONALLY FORM IN SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING.
 
SINCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRED IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY
IN AND AROUND GEORGETOWN WEDNESDAY...THE GROUND IS SOAKED
FROM AMOUNTS TOTALING BETWEEN 5 AND 9 INCHES.  THEREFORE...
THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL EXIST THIS EVENING
INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.
 
IN ADDITION...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
1 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR WILLIAMSON AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES.
 
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY
OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.  FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN CAN ALSO OCCUR WITH SEVERE THUNDERSVTORMS...FLOODING SMALL
STREAMS...LOW-LYING AREAS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
 
IF YOU SEE SEVERE WEATHER TAKING PLACE...CALL YOUR REPORT TO
THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR IMMEDIATE RELAY TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

In the hours before

TXZ171>173-190>194-208-200400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
905 PM CDT THU SEP 19 1996

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL TEXAS...
   INCLUDING THE GEORGETOWN AND AUSTIN METROPOLITAN AREAS...

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL TEXAS VALID
UNTIL 1 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING.

THE WATCH IN WITHIN AN AREA ALONG AND 60 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A
LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST OF AUSTIN TO 55 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF
WACO.  THE METROPOLITAN AREAS OF GEORGETOWN AND AUSTIN ARE INCLUDED
IN THE WATCH.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR
IN THE AFFECTED AREA.  PERSONS IN LLANO...BURNET...BLANCO...HAYS...
WILLIAMSON...TRAVIS...LEE...BASTROP AND CALDWELL COUNTIES SHOULD
MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER BULLETINS AND FORECASTS AND BE READY
TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING IS ISSUED.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND FREQUENT DEADLY
LIGHTNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALSO CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES...
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING.

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR BULLETINS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION
WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT...SO PLEASE STAY TUNED TO LOCAL
RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATIONS.

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1996Every flash flood warning in 1996

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.