Flash Flood Warning 44, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Issued

Sep 19, 1996, 10:45 PM CDT (03:45 UTC)

Expired

Sep 20, 1996, 12:45 AM CDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Burnet County, TX

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KSAT 200351
FFWSAT
TXC053-200545-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1045 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
1245 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...BURNET COUNTY
 
AT 1045 PM CDT...NEXRAD DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN OAKALLA AND BRIGGS.  MOVEMENT WAS
TOWARD THE SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
 
A COOPERATIVE WEATHER OBSERVER IN BRIGGS REPORTED HEAVY
RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS WITHIN THE PAST FEW MINUTES AS
THIS STORM APPROACHED.  SINCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL BETWEEN
1 AND 4 INCHES FELL IN BURNET COUNTY WEDNESDAY...THE GROUND
IS SOAKED.  ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL FROM THIS STORM WILL
LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.
 
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 THUNDERSTORMS...FLOODING SMALL
STREAMS...LOW-LYING AREAS AND LOW-WATER CROSSINGS.
 
IF YOU SEE SEVERE WEATHER TAKING PLACE...CALL YOUR REPORT TO
THE NEAR0EST 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.