Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997
Flash Flood Warning 127, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 14, 1997, 9:31 PM CDT for Val Verde County, Texas. It was in force for 119 min. 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 14, 1997, 9:31 PM CDT (02:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 1997, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 119 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Val Verde County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 4724 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 635 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.2
- Supercell composite
- 10.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSAT 150240 COR FFWSAT TXC465-150430- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 931 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...VAL VERDE COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING STRONG WINDS WAS LOCATED BETWEEN LANGTRY AND COMSTOCK MOVING EAST NEAR 20 MPH TOWARD COMSTOCK AND LAKE AMISTAD. TAKE COVER IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM OR ARE ON OPEN WATER. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN ALSO OCCUR WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...FLOODING SMALL STREAMS...LOW AREAS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS. IF YOU SEE SEVERE WEATHER TAKING PLACE...CALL YOUR REPORT TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR IMMEDIATE RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
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
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 5:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-151130- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 600 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 1997 HAZARDOUS WEATHER IN THE FORM OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT OVER PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THIS AREA INCLUDING VAL VERDE COUNTY AND THE CITY OF DEL RIO. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WIDELY SCATTERED BUT COULD REACH SEVERE LIMITS IF AND WHERE THEY DO OCCUR. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES. THE REMNANTS OF PACIFIC TROPICAL STORM BLANCA HAVE MOVED FROM BAJA CALIFORNIA INTO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF TEXAS. AND THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST NORTHEAST TONIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER STORMS. NEARBY HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOKS INCLUDE: FOR SOUTHWEST TEXAS...FROM MIDLAND...LBBSPSMAF FOR THE CONCHO VALLEY...FROM SAN ANGELO...LBBSPSSJT FOR NORTH TEXAS...FROM FORT WORTH...FTWSPSFTW FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS...FROM HOUSTON/GALVESTON...SATSPSHOU FOR COASTAL BEND/RIO GRANDE PLAINS...FROM CORPUS CHRISTI...SATSPSCRP THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NORMALLY WILL BE UPDATED BY MEANS OF THE ZONE FORECASTS...SlHORT TERM FORECAST...WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND ADVISORIES. THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK ITSELF WILL BE UPDATED ONLY IF UNEXPECTED HAZARDOUS WEATHER DEVELOPS OR IF EXPECTED HAZARDOUS WEATHER NO LONGER IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP.
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 6:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-151130- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 600 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 1997 HAZARDOUS WEATHER IN THE FORM OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT OVER PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THIS AREA INCLUDING VAL VERDE COUNTY AND THE CITY OF DEL RIO. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WIDELY SCATTERED BUT COULD REACH SEVERE LIMITS IF AND WHERE THEY DO OCCUR. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES. THE REMNANTS OF PACIFIC TROPICAL STORM BLANCA HAVE MOVED FROM BAJA CALIFORNIA INTO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF TEXAS. AND THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST NORTHEAST TONIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER STORMS. NEARBY HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOKS INCLUDE: FOR SOUTHWEST TEXAS...FROM MIDLAND...LBBSPSMAF FOR THE CONCHO VALLEY...FROM SAN ANGELO...LBBSPSSJT FOR NORTH TEXAS...FROM FORT WORTH...FTWSPSFTW FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS...FROM HOUSTON/GALVESTON...SATSPSHOU FOR COASTAL BEND/RIO GRANDE PLAINS...FROM CORPUS CHRISTI...SATSPSCRP 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 UNEXPECTED HAZARDOUS WEATHER DEVELOPS OR IF EXPECTED HAZARDOUS WEATHER NO LONGER IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP.
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 6:57 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-151130- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 700 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM FOR THE WESTERN COUNTIES... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES UNTIL 1 AM... MENARD... KIMBLE... REAL... EDWARDS... VAL VERDE... THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF MENARD... JUNCTION... LEAKEY... ROCKSPRINGS... DEL RIO. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IN THE FORM OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT FOR THIS AREA WITH LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS... ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES. THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ARE FROM WEST TEXAS WERE REMNANTS OF PACIFIC TROPICAL STORM BLANCA HAVE BEEN PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS... HAIL... HIGH WINDS... AND TORNADOES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER STORMS. NEARBY HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOKS INCLUDE: FOR SOUTHWEST TEXAS...FROM MIDLAND...LBBSPSMAF FOR THE CONCHO VALLEY...FROM SAN ANGELO...LBBSPSSJT FOR NORTH TEXAS...FROM FORT WORTH...FTWSPSFTW FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS...FROM HOUSTON/GALVESTON...SATSPSHOU FOR COASTAL BEND/RIO GRANDE PLAINS...FROM CORPUS CHRISTI...SATSPSCRP 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 UNEXPECTED HAZARDOUS WEATHER DEVELOPS OR IF EXPECTED HAZARDOUS WEATHER NO LONGER IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP.
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 7:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-151130- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 700 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM FOR THE WESTERN COUNTIES... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES UNTIL 1 AM... MENARD... KIMBLE... REAL... EDWARDS... VAL VERDE... THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF MENARD... JUNCTION... LEAKEY... ROCKSPRINGS... DEL RIO. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IN THE FORM OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT FOR THIS AREA WITH LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS... ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES. THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ARE FROM WEST TEXAS WERE REMNANTS OF PACIFIC TROPICAL STORM BLANCA HAVE BEEN PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS... HAIL... HIGH WINDS... AND TORNADOES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER STORMS. NEARBY HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOKS INCLUDE: FOR SOUTHWEST TEXAS...FROM MIDLAND...LBBSPSMAF FOR THE CONCHO VALLEY...FROM SAN ANGELO...LBBSPSSJT FOR NORTH TEXAS...FROM FORT WORTH...FTWSPSFTW FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS...FROM HOUSTON/GALVESTON...SATSPSHOU FOR COASTAL BEND/RIO GRANDE PLAINS...FROM CORPUS CHRISTI...SATSPSCRP 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 UNEXPECTED HAZARDOUS WEATHER DEVELOPS OR IF EXPECTED HAZARDOUS WEATHER NO LONGER IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP.
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 9:30 PM CDT, 1 minute before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-151130- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 930 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM FOR THE HILL COUNTRY AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES UNTIL 4 AM... MENARD... KIMBLE... REAL... EDWARDS... VAL VERDE... KINNEY... UVALDE... BANDERA... KERR... KENDALL... GILLESPIE... BLANCO... MASON,,, LLANO... BURNET... THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF MENARD... JUNCTION... LEAKEY... ROCKSPRINGS... DEL RIO... BRACKETTVILLE... UVALDE... BANDERA... KERRVILLE... BOERNE... FREDERICKSBURG... JOHNSON CITY... MASON... LLANO... BURNET. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IN THE FORM OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT FOR THIS AREA WITH LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS... ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES. THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ARE FROM WEST TEXAS WERE REMNANTS OF PACIFIC TROPICAL STORM BLANCA HAVE BEEN PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS... HAIL... HIGH WINDS... AND TORNADOES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 INCH AVERAGE ARE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER STORMS. NEARBY HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOKS INCLUDE: FOR SOUTHWEST TEXAS...FROM MIDLAND...LBBSPSMAF FOR THE CONCHO VALLEY...FROM SAN ANGELO...LBBSPSSJT FOR NORTH TEXAS...FROM FORT WORTH...FTWSPSFTW FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS...FROM HOUSTON/GALVESTON...SATSPSHOU FOR COASTAL BEND/RIO GRANDE PLAINS...FROM CORPUS CHRISTI...SATSPSCRP 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 UNEXPECTED HAZARDOUS WEATHER DEVELOPS OR IF EXPECTED HAZARDOUS WEATHER NO LONGER IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 119 min |
| Jun 14, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney | 61 min |
| Jun 14, 11:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kinney | 116 min |
| Jun 14, 11:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Maverick, Real, Uvalde | 116 min |
| Jun 14, 11:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kerr | 116 min |
| Jun 15, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Maverick | 45 min |
| Jun 15, 12:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Uvalde, Zavala | 62 min |
| Jun 15, 1:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 59 min |
| Jun 15, 1:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Medina | 61 min |
| Jun 15, 2:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Bexar | 66 min |
| Jun 15, 2:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kendall | 61 min |
| Jun 15, 4:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Dimmit | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1997Every flash flood warning in 1997
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.