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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

April 2, 1997Medina County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Apr 2, 1997, 1:59 PM CST for Medina 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
Apr 2, 1997, 1:59 PM CST (19:59 UTC)
Expired
Apr 2, 1997, 5:00 PM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Medina County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 168 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 1997-04-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 158 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 1997-04-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 87 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
158 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-257 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
527 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSAT 022001
FFWSAT
TXC013-255-325-022300-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
159 PM CST WED APR 2 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...ATASCOSA COUNTY...KARNES COUNTY...MEDINA COUNTY
 
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE OVER THESE COUNTIES WITH
UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS. THESE RAINS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
 
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT.
MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT ATTTEMPT 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.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 11:42 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXKarnes2 hr
Apr 2, 12:40 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXDeWitt3 hr
Apr 2, 1:59 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXAtascosa, Karnes3 hr
Apr 2, 5:31 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXUvalde119 min

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.