Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Issued

Sep 20, 1996, 12:24 AM CDT (05:24 UTC)

Expired

Sep 20, 1996, 2:30 AM CDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Travis County, TX

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:28 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.

000 
TTAA00 KSAT 200530
FFWSAT
TXC453-200730-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1224 AM CDT FRI SEP 20 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL
230 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...TRAVIS COUNTY...INCLUDING THE AUSTIN METROPOLITAN AREA...
 
AT 1220 AM CDT...NEXRAD DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN TRAVIS COUNTY.  MOVEMENT WAS
TOWARD THE SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
 
MARBLE TO GOLF-BALL SIZED HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THIS
STORM AS IT PASSED THROUGH GEORGETOWN IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY
DURING THE PAST HOUR.  LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND CONSIDERABLE
STREET FLOODING HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED IN GEORGETOWN.
 
RAINFALL REPORTS NEAR AN INCH HAVE ALREADY BEEN OBSERVED IN
NORTHERN TRAVIS COUNTY AND MORE RAIN IS ON THE WAY SOUTHWARD
TOWARD AUSTIN.
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT
FOR TRAVIS AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS.
 
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 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.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TEXAS
1145 PM CDT THU SEP 18 1996

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1115 PM    KINGSLAND                 TX   TREE LIMBS AND MAIL BOXES
09/19/96   LLANO                          DOWN DUE TO HIGH WINDS.
                                          LLANO SHERIFF

1122 PM    KINGSLAND                 TX   .75 HAIL
09/19/96   LLANO                          AT KNOB HILL IN KINGSLAND
                                          LLANO SHERIFF

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.