Flash Flood Warning 151, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Issued

Jun 21, 1997, 11:16 AM CDT (16:16 UTC)

Expired

Jun 21, 1997, 2:15 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties Bastrop County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Lavaca County, TX

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KSAT 211616
FFWSAT
TXC021-031-091-149-209-259-285-453-211915-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1116 AM CDT SAT JUN 21 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  215 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...BASTROP COUNTY...BLANCO COUNTY...COMAL COUNTY
   ...FAYETTE COUNTY...HAYS COUNTY...KENDALL COUNTY...LAVACA COUNTY
   ...TRAVIS COUNTY
 
AT 1110 AM RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD RAIN WITH EMBEDDED
HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. NUMEROUS
REPORTS OF ROAD CLOSURES OR ROADS DECLARED IMPASSABLE HAVE BEEN
RECEIVED. IN KENDALL COUNTY..RADAR INDICATED NEAR 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN WITH MORE HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED.
 
ACROSS COMAL..HAYS..BASTROP AND BLANCO COUNTIES RADAR INDICATED 1
TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN WITH MORE STORMS PRODUCING 1 INCH
PER HOUR RAINFALL MOVING TOWARD THE AREA.
 
ACROSS OTHER AREAS..INCLUDING AUSTIN...LAVACA AND FAYETTE
COUNTIES THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER
HOUR AND FLOODING WILL EFFECT THE AREA LATER THIS MORNING INTO
THIS AFTERNOON.
 
 
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 PFLASH 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.

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1997Every flash flood warning in 1997

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.