Flash Flood Warning 104, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Issued

Jun 6, 1997, 8:29 PM CDT (01:29 UTC)

Expired

Jun 6, 1997, 10:30 PM CDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties DeWitt County, TX, Karnes County, TX

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:30 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 070131
FFWSAT
TXC123-255-285-070330-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
829 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...DE WITT COUNTY...KARNES COUNTY...LAVACA COUNTY
 
AT 825 PM NATIONAL RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM CAMBELLTON TO CUERO TO LAGRANGE. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY
WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.  RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES
CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS.  RADAR IS
ESTIMATING 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN DURING THE PAST
HOUR.
 
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.

In the hours before

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-071030-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
532 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 1997

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY FOR THE
HILL COUNTRY AND ADJACENT AREAS OF THE EDWARDS PLATEAU AND SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS.  THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE STRONG WINDS AND FLASH
FLOODING...WITH DAMAGING HAIL POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND SATURDAY
AFTERNOON.

A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WAS MOVING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS THIS EVENING AND INTERACTING WITH A MOIST...UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE
AND A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDRY.  ANOTHER DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ON SATURDAY AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE ANOTHER ROUND
OF THUNDERSTORMS.  STEERING CURRENTS ARE WEAK...SO THUNDERSTORMS WILL
BE SLOW-MOVING WHICH WILL LEAD TO THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH SATURDAY WILL
AVERAGE 1/2 TO 1 INCH WITH LOCAL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE.

THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NORMALLY WILL BE UPDATED BY MEANS OF
THE ZONE FORECASTS...SHORT TERM FORECAST...WATCHES...WARNINGS...
AND ADVISORIES.  THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK ITSELF WILL BE UPDATED
ONLY IF UNFORECAST HAZARDOUSZ WEATHER DEVELOPS OR IF FORECAST
HAZARDOUS WEATHER NO LONGER IS EXPECTED.

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1997Every flash flood warning in 1997

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.