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Flash Flood Warning 67, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

October 28, 1996Gillespie County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Oct 28, 1996, 7:57 AM CST for Gillespie 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, 7:57 AM CST (13:57 UTC)
Expired
Oct 28, 1996, 11:00 AM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Gillespie County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 211 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 12:00Z on 1996-10-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 12:00Z on 1996-10-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
588 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
166 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSAT 281401
FFWSAT
TXC171-281700-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
757 AM CST MON OCT 28 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...WESTERN GILLESPIE COUNTY
 
DOPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED NEAR 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST
THREE HOURS NORTH OF HARPER AND CHERRY SPRING WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAINS MOVING TOWARD WESTERN GILLESPIE COUNTY.
 
AVOID ALREADY FLOODED AREAS.  TRAVELERS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS FLOODED ROADS.  IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...LEAVE IT AND MOVE
IMMEDIATELY TO HIGVHER GROUND IF YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

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 28, 6:45 AM CST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
645 AM CST MON OCT 28 1996

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

0110 AM    ROCKSPRINGS               TX      HWY 674 BETWEEN ROCKSPRINGS
10/28/96   EDWARDS                           AND BRACKETTVILLE CLOSED
                                             DUE TO FLOODING

0310 AM    ROCKSPRINGS               TX      ALL ROADS OUT OF ROCKSPRINGS
10/28/96   EDWARDS                           CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING
Local storm report, Oct 28, 6:52 AM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
645 AM CST MON OCT 28 1996

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

0110 AM    ROCKSPRINGS               TX      HWY 674 BETWEEN ROCKSPRINGS
10/28/96   EDWARDS                           AND BRACKETTVILLE CLOSED
                                             DUE TO FLOODING

0310 AM    ROCKSPRINGS              ` TX      ALL ROADS OUT OF ROCKSPRINGS
10/28/96   EDWARDS                           CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING

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, 5:29 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXEdwards, Kerr, Real3 hr
Oct 28, 8:17 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera, Kerr, Real, Uvalde4 hr
Oct 28, 8:36 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXGillespie4 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.