Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997
Flash Flood Warning 131, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 15, 1997, 1:46 AM CDT for Uvalde County, Texas. It was in force for 59 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 15, 1997, 1:46 AM CDT (06:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 1997, 2:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Uvalde County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 104 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 150648 FFWSAT TXC463-150745- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 146 AM CDT SUN JUN 15 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...UVALDE COUNTY AT 145 AM CDT...RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS OVER UVALDE COUNTY. AREAS OF MODERATE RAIN CONTINUED OVER WESTERN UVALDE COUNTY...WHILE AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS OVER THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE COUNTY. THE HEAVY RAIN AREA WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. IN ADDITION...STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE EASTERN PART OF UVALDE COUNTY IN THE NEXT HOUR FROM THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. 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 IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR$ CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND OTHER PEOPLE IN RECREATION AREAS ALONG CREEKS...STREAMS...AND RIVERS IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD MOVE TO HIGH GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
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, 9:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes 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.
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 9:42 PM CDT, 4 hours 4 minutes 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 | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 119 min |
| 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, 1:59 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.