Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997
Flash Flood Warning 140, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 1997, 9:40 AM CDT for Edwards County, Real County, Texas. It was in force for 2 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, 9:40 AM CDT (14:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1997, 11:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Edwards County, TX, Real County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 3772 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 468 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.2
- Supercell composite
- 9.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSAT 161447 FFWSAT TXC137-385-161645- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 940 AM CDT MON JUN 16 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...EDWARDS COUNTY...REAL COUNTY AT 940 AM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS EDWARDS AND REAL COUNTIES. A FEW OF THESE STORMS CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. SINCE THE GROUND IS SATURATED FROM PRIOR RAINS...THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL NOT SOAK BUT RUN OFF INTO ALREADY SWOLLEN CREEKS AND RIVERS...OR FLOOD NORMALLY DRY LOW-WATER CROSSINGS. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED LOW-WATER CROSSINGS. CHILDREN SHOULD BE KEPT AWAY FROM FLOOD DRAINAGE DITCHES... CREEKS AND RIVERS. EVERYONE SHOULD STAY AWAY FROM CREEK AND RIVER BANKS...THEY GIVE WAY SUDDENLY WHEN LOOSENED BY RAINS. 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 RECRE,ATION 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 16, 5:31 AM CDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-170000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 532 AM CDT MON JUN 16 1997 THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WEST OF A LINE FROM JUNCTION TO HONDO TO DEL RIO. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WEST OF A LINE FROM COLLEGE STATION TO BEEVILLE TO LAREDO. THE PRIMARY THREAT IS FROM LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IN THE FORM OF FLASH FLOODING FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS IS ALSO POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE HILL COUNTRY...SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...AND THE RIO GRANDE PLAIN. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM LAREDO TO SAN DIEGO TO JOURDANTON TO CUERO-HALLETTSVILLE TO GIDDINGS. IT INCLUDES THE METROPOLITAN AREAS OF SAN ANTONIO... DEL RIO... LAREDO...AND AUSTIN. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY AND TONIGHT. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN WEST TEXAS AND NORTHERN MEXICO AND MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ABUNDANT MOISTURE AT BOTH THE SURFACE AND UPPER LEVELS WILL RESULT IN RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER MUCH OF THE AREA WITH SCATTERED TOTALS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES ESPECIALLY IN WESTERN COUNTIES. RAINS FROM PREVIOUS DAYS HAS SATURATED THE GROUND IN MANY AREAS AND ADDITIONAL RUNOFF MAY PUSH RIVERS...CREEKS...AND STREAMS OUT OF BANKS. 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 16, 5:32 AM CDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-170000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 532 AM CDT MON JUN 16 1997 THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WEST OF A LINE FROM JUNCTION TO HONDO TO DEL RIO. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WEST OF A LINE FROM COLLEGE STATION TO BEEVILLE TO LAREDO. THE PRIMARY THREAT IS FROM LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IN THE FORM OF FLASH FLOODING FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS IS ALSO POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE HILL COUNTRY...SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...AND THE RIO GRANDE PLAIN. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM LAREDO TO SAN DIEGO TO JOURDANTON TO CUERO-HALLETTSVILLE TO GIDDINGS. IT INCLUDES THE METROPOLITAN AREAS OF SAN ANTONIO... DEL RIO... LAREDO...AND AUSTIN. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY AND TONIGHT. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN WEST TEXAS AND NORTHERN MEXICO AND MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ABUNDANT MOISTURE AT BOTH THE SURFACE AND UPPER LEVELS WILL RESULT IN RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER MUCH OF THE AREA WITH SCATTERED TOTALS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES ESPECIALLY IN WESTERN COUNTIES. RAINS FROM PREVIOUS DAYS HAS SATURATED THE GROUND IN MANY AREAS AND ADDITIONAL RUNOFF MAY PUSH RIVERS...CREEKS...AND STREAMS OUT OF BANKS. 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, 4:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 3 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 |
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.