Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997
Flash Flood Warning 134, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 1997, 4:11 AM CDT for Val Verde 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
- Jun 16, 1997, 4:11 AM CDT (09:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1997, 7:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- 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, 9.2 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
- 4168 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 925 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.9
- Supercell composite
- 10.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSAT 160918 COR FFWSAT TXC465-161215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED FOR RAINFALL DURATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 411 AM CDT MON JUN 16 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...VAL VERDE COUNTY AT 410 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM DRYDEN TO PANDALE TO JUNO. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN MEXICO AND WERE ENTERING THE SOUTHWESTERN SECTION OF VAL VERDE COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 1 1/2 INCHES PER HOUR WITH THESE STORMS. TWO TO AS MUCH AS THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF VAL VERDE DURING THE PAST 3 HOURS. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY. PEOPLE TRAVELING THROUGH THE COUNTY SHOULD BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS IN AND AROUND ROADS NEAR THE PECOS RIVER. 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.
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 15, 10:55 PM CDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-161130- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1100 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 1997 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EXTREME WESTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 4AM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... VAL VERDE... KINNEY... REAL... UVALDE... EDWARDS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF... DEL RIO... ROCKSPRINGS... LEAKEY... BRACKETTVILLE... UVALDE... HAZARDOUS WEATHER IN THE FORM OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IN THE FORM OF FLASH FLOODING FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY OVER PORTIONS OF THE HILL COUNTRY...SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...AND THE RIO GRANDE PLAIN. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NOON. THE WATCH AREA COVERS THE HILL COUNTRY... SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... AND THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS. THIS WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM LAREDO TO SAN DIEGO TO JOURDANTON TO CUREO-HALLETTSVILLE TO GRIDDINGS. IT INCLUDES THE METROPOLITAN AREAS OF SAN ANTONIO... DEL RIO... LAREDO... AUSTIN. THE COUNTIES IN THE WATCH AREA ARE: MENARD KIMBLE MASON LLANO BURNET GILLESPIE EDWARDS REAL BLANCO TRAVIS WILLIAMSON KINNEY UVALDE MEDINA BEXAR ZAVALA DIMMIT FRIO ATASCOSA DE WITT KARNES LAVACA FAYETTE KENDALL COMAL HAYS KERR BANDERA CALDWELL GUADALUPE LEE BASTROP WILSON GONZALES VAL VERDE MAVERICK LA SALLE WEBB DUVAL MC MULLEN HEAVY RAINFALL FROM LAST NIGHT HAVE SATURATED THE GROUND ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. ABUNDANT ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE FROM THE REMNANTS OF PACIFIC TROPICAL STORM BLANCA REMAINS OVER THE REGION. THIS WILL AGAIN INTERACT WITH THE ENERGY FROM AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER THE SOUTHWEST U.S. AND A DRYLINE MOVING OUT OF NEW MEXICO TO TRIGGER ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALLS OVER THE WATCH AREA FROM DEL RIO INTO THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS RECEIVED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN LAST TONIGHT AND THIS MORNING. THE UPCOMING ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO YIELD ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM OF 1 TO 2 INCHES REGION-WIDE WITH ISOLATED TOTALS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE. 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 HAZARDOxUS WEATHER DEVELOPS OR IF EXPECTED HAZARDOUS WEATHER NO LONGER IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP.
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 10:57 PM CDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-161130- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1100 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 1997 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EXTREME WESTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 4AM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... VAL VERDE... KINNEY... REAL... UVALDE... EDWARDS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF... DEL RIO... ROCKSPRINGS... LEAKEY... BRACKETTVILLE... UVALDE... HAZARDOUS WEATHER IN THE FORM OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IN THE FORM OF FLASH FLOODING FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY OVER PORTIONS OF THE HILL COUNTRY...SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...AND THE RIO GRANDE PLAIN. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NOON. THE WATCH AREA COVERS THE HILL COUNTRY... SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... AND THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS. THIS WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM LAREDO TO SAN DIEGO TO JOURDANTON TO CUREO-HALLETTSVILLE TO GRIDDINGS. IT INCLUDES THE METROPOLITAN AREAS OF SAN ANTONIO... DEL RIO... LAREDO... AUSTIN. THE COUNTIES IN THE WATCH AREA ARE: MENARD KIMBLE MASON LLANO BURNET GILLESPIE EDWARDS REAL BLANCO TRAVIS WILLIAMSON KINNEY UVALDE MEDINA BEXAR ZAVALA DIMMIT FRIO ATASCOSA DE WITT KARNES LAVACA FAYETTE KENDALL COMAL HAYS KERR BANDERA CALDWELL GUADALUPE LEE BASTROP WILSON GONZALES VAL VERDE MAVERICK LA SALLE WEBB DUVAL MC MULLEN HEAVY RAINFALL FROM LAST NIGHT HAVE SATURATED THE GROUND ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. ABUNDANT ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE FROM THE REMNANTS OF PACIFIC TROPICAL STORM BLANCA REMAINS OVER THE REGION. THIS WILL AGAIN INTERACT WITH THE ENERGY FROM AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER THE SOUTHWEST U.S. AND A DRYLINE MOVING OUT OF NEW MEXICO TO TRIGGER ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALLS OVER THE WATCH AREA FROM DEL RIO INTO THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS RECEIVED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN LAST TONIGHT AND THIS MORNING. THE UPCOMING ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO YIELD ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM OF 1 TO 2 INCHES REGION-WIDE WITH ISOLATED TOTALS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE. 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 15, 11:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-161130- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1100 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 1997 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EXTREME WESTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 4AM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... VAL VERDE... KINNEY... REAL... UVALDE... EDWARDS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF... DEL RIO... ROCKSPRINGS... LEAKEY... BRACKETTVILLE... UVALDE... HAZARDOUS WEATHER IN THE FORM OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IN THE FORM OF FLASH FLOODING FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY OVER PORTIONS OF THE HILL COUNTRY...SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...AND THE RIO GRANDE PLAIN. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NOON. THE WATCH AREA COVERS THE HILL COUNTRY... SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... AND THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS. THIS WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM LAREDO TO SAN DIEGO TO JOURDANTON TO CUREO-HALLETTSVILLE TO GRIDDINGS. IT INCLUDES THE METROPOLITAN AREAS OF SAN ANTONIO... DEL RIO... LAREDO... AUSTIN. THE COUNTIES IN THE WATCH AREA ARE: MENARD KIMBLE MASON LLANO BURNET GILLESPIE EDWARDS REAL BLANCO TRAVIS WILLIAMSON KINNEY UVALDE MEDINA BEXAR ZAVALA DIMMIT FRIO ATASCOSA DE WITT KARNES LAVACA FAYETTE KENDALL COMAL HAYS KERR BANDERA CALDWELL GUADALUPE LEE BASTROP WILSON GONZALES VAL VERDE MAVERICK LA SALLE WEBB DUVAL MC MULLEN HEAVY RAINFALL FROM LAST NIGHT HAVE SATURATED THE GROUND ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. ABUNDANT ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE FROM THE REMNANTS OF PACIFIC TROPICAL STORM BLANCA REMAINS OVER THE REGION. THIS WILL AGAIN INTERACT WITH THE ENERGY FROM AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER THE SOUTHWEST U.S. AND A DRYLINE MOVING OUT OF NEW MEXICO TO TRIGGER ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALLS OVER THE WATCH AREA FROM DEL RIO INTO THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS RECEIVED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN LAST TONIGHT AND THIS MORNING. THE UPCOMING ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO YIELD ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM OF 1 TO 2 INCHES REGION-WIDE WITH ISOLATED TOTALS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE. 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 15, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 69 min |
| Jun 16, 12:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 68 min |
| Jun 16, 1:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 2 hr |
| Jun 16, 5:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 55 min |
| Jun 16, 5:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards | 63 min |
| Jun 16, 6:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Real | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 7:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 7:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kerr, Real | 57 min |
| Jun 16, 7:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Kerr | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 8:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kinney | 2 hr |
| Jun 16, 8:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 6 hr |
| Jun 16, 9:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Real | 2 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.