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Flash Flood Warning 115, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

June 9, 1997Burnet County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 1997, 12:45 AM CDT for Burnet 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
Jun 9, 1997, 12:45 AM CDT (05:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 1997, 4:45 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Burnet County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 242 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 1997-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1501 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 1997-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1501 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1088 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSAT 090545
FFWSAT
TXC053-090945-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1245 AM CDT MON JUN 9 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...BURNET COUNTY
 
AT 1240 AM RAINFALL CONTINUED ACROSS MUCH OF BURNET COUNTY. RADAR
ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF NEAR 3/4 INCHES IN THE LAST HOUR.
RAINFALL DURING THE EVENING HAS TOTALED AS MUCH AS THREE INCHES IN
CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY AROUND THE CITY OF BURNET.  THE
SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTS MANY ROADS UNDER WATER.
 
RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER BURNET COUNTY FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS LIKELY AS THIS RAIN WILL RUN OFF QUICKLY.
 
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.

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, Jun 9, 12:08 AM CDT, 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TEXAS
1210 AM CDT THU JUN 9 1997

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

0954 PM    LANGTRY                   TX   TORNADO
06/08/97   VAL VERDE                      REPORTED BY TRAIN ENGINEER
Local storm report, Jun 9, 12:10 AM CDT, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TEXAS
1210 AM CDT THU JUN 9 1997

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

0954 PM    LANGTRY                   TX   TORNADO
06/08/97   VAL VERDE                      REPORTED BY TRAIN ENGINEER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde116 min
Jun 8, 8:49 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXVal Verde56 min
Jun 8, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLlano35 min
Jun 8, 9:26 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXVal Verde64 min
Jun 8, 10:06 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXEdwards69 min
Jun 8, 11:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBlanco3 hr
Jun 8, 11:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXHays3 hr
Jun 8, 11:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXComal3 hr
Jun 8, 11:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXTravis, Williamson3 hr
Jun 9, 12:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar3 hr
Jun 9, 12:38 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXVal Verde3 hr
Jun 9, 2:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXHays3 hr
Jun 9, 2:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXComal3 hr
Jun 9, 2:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXTravis, Williamson3 hr
Jun 9, 5:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXHays, Travis, Williamson4 hr
Jun 9, 5:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXComal4 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.