Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1996
Flash Flood Warning 64, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Oct 28, 1996, 1:04 AM CST for Edwards County, Real County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 28, 1996, 1:04 AM CST (07:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 28, 1996, 5:00 AM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Edwards County, TX, Real County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 1812 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 981 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSAT 280706 FFWSAT TXC137-385-281100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 104 AM CST MON OCT 28 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...EDWARDS COUNTY...REAL COUNTY AT 105 AM NEXRAD DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...CAUSING SCATTERED HEAVY RAINS OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN EDWARDS COUNTY...PLUS NORTHERN REAL COUNTY...IN A FALL TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT. THESE RAINS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS...WITH HEAVY RAIN LIKELY. 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. AVOID ALREADY FLOODED AREAS. TRAVELERS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...LEAVE IT AND MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO HIGHER GROUND IF YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT TO ESCAPE RISING WATER DURING THREATENING 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
Local storm report, Oct 27, 11:30 PM CST, 1 hour 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1130 PM CST SUN OCT 27 1996
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0815 PM KERRVILLE TX ROADS CLOSED IN KERRVILLE.
10/27/96 KERR HWY 16 NEAR TURTLE CREEK
CLOSED.
HWY 87 TO COMFORT CLOSED.
0830 PM FREDERICKSBURG TX HWY 16 SOUTH OF FREDER-
10/27/96 GILLESPIE ICKSBURG CLOSED DUE TO
FLOODING.
WOLF CREEK BRIDGE UNDER
WATER.
0845 PM MEDINA TX PATTERSON ROAD BRIDGE
10/27/96 BANDERA FLOODED..ROAD CLOSED.
STREET FLOODING IN
MEDINA.
1040 PM BURNET TX ROADS CLOSED..1174 NORTH
10/27/96 BURNET AND SOUTH..330..243.
PORTIONS UNDER WATER.
1045 PM CYPRESS MILL TX WATER OVER PORTIONS OF
10/27/96 BLANCO STATE ROAD 962 NEAR
CYPRESS MILL.Local storm report, Oct 27, 11:34 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1130 PM CST SUN OCT 27 1996
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0815 PM KERRVILLE TX ROADS CLOSED IN KERRVILLE.
10/27/96 KERR HWY 16 NEAR TURTLE CREEK
CLOSED.
HWY 87 TO COMFORT CLOSED.
0830 PM FREDERICKSBURG TX HWY 16 SOUTH OF FREDER-
10/27/96 GILLESPIE ICKSBURG CLOSED DUE TO
FLOODING.
WOLF CREEK BRIDGE UNDER
WATER.
0845 PM MEDINA TX PATTERSON ROAD BRIDGE
10/27/96 BANDERA FLOODED.
STREET FLOODING IN
MEDINA.
1040 PM BURNET TX ROADS CLOSED..1174 NORTH
10/27/96 BURNET AND SOUTH..330..243.
PORTIONS UNDER WATER.
1045 PM CYPRESS MILL TX WATER OVER PORTIONS OF
10/27/96 BLANCO STATE ROAD 962 NEAR
CYPRESS MILL.Local storm report, Oct 27, 11:38 PM CST, 1 hour 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1130 PM CST SUN OCT 27 1996
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0815 PM KERRVILLE TX ROADS CLOSED IN KERRVILLE.
10/27/96 KERR HWY 16 NEAR TURTLE CREEK
CLOSED.
HWY 87 TO COMFORT CLOSED.
0830 PM FREDERICKSBURG TX HWY 16 SOUTH OF FREDER-
10/27/96 GILLESPIE ICKSBURG CLOSED DUE TO
FLOODING.
WOLF CREEK BRIDGE UNDER
WATER.
0845 PM MEDINA TX PATTERSON ROAD BRIDGE
10/27/96 BANDERA FLOODED..ROAD CLOSED.
STREET FLOODING IN
MEDINA.
1040 PM BURNET TX ROADS CLOSED..1174 NORTH
10/27/96 BURNET AND SOUTH..330..243.
PORTIONS UNDER WATER.
1045 PM CYPRESS MILL TX WATER OVER PORTIONS OF
10/27/96 BLANCO STATE ROAD 962 NEAR
CYPRESS MILL.The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 6:28 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Kerr | 2 hr |
| Oct 27, 7:25 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Blanco | 4 hr |
| Oct 27, 7:58 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr | 3 hr |
| Oct 27, 8:25 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Blanco | 3 hr |
| Oct 27, 8:25 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera | 4 hr |
| Oct 27, 9:11 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Burnet | 3 hr |
| Oct 27, 9:41 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Blanco, Burnet, Gillespie, Kendall | 5 hr |
| Oct 27, 9:41 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Kerr | 5 hr |
| Oct 27, 11:06 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Llano | 4 hr |
| Oct 28, 5:09 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kinney | 2 hr |
| Oct 28, 5:29 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kerr, Real | 3 hr |
| Oct 28, 7:57 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 3 hr |
| Oct 28, 8:17 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Kerr, Real, Uvalde | 4 hr |
| Oct 28, 8:36 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 4 hr |
Nearby
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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.