Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1996

Flash Flood Warning 66, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

October 28, 1996Edwards County, Kerr County, Real County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Oct 28, 1996, 5:29 AM CST for Edwards County, Kerr County, Real County, Texas. It was in force for 3 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, 5:29 AM CST (11:29 UTC)
Expired
Oct 28, 1996, 8:30 AM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Edwards County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Real County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 118 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 1996-10-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1812 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 1996-10-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSAT 281130
FFWSAT
TXC137-265-385-281430-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
529 AM CST MON OCT 28 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...EASTERN EDWARDS COUNTY...KERR COUNTY...REAL COUNTY
 
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED NEAR 2 INCHE AN HOUR RAINFALL OVER THE AREA.
JOHNSON CREEK AT TECABOCA CAMP IN KERR COUNTY IS UP TO 9 FEET AND RISINGOTHER CREEKS ARE NEAR BAKNFULL AND WILL CONTINUE RISING.
 
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 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.
 
 
 
&

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, 5 hours 59 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, 5 hours 55 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, 5 hours 51 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 27, 6:28 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXGillespie, Kerr2 hr
Oct 27, 7:25 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBlanco4 hr
Oct 27, 7:58 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXGillespie, Kendall, Kerr3 hr
Oct 27, 8:25 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBlanco3 hr
Oct 27, 8:25 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera4 hr
Oct 27, 9:11 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBurnet3 hr
Oct 27, 9:41 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBlanco, Burnet, Gillespie, Kendall5 hr
Oct 27, 9:41 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera, Kerr5 hr
Oct 27, 11:06 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXLlano4 hr
Oct 28, 1:04 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXEdwards, Real4 hr
Oct 28, 5:09 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXKinney2 hr
Oct 28, 7:57 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXGillespie3 hr
Oct 28, 8:17 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera, Kerr, Real, Uvalde4 hr
Oct 28, 8:36 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXGillespie4 hr

Nearby

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

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.