Flash Flood Warning 159, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Issued

Jun 21, 1997, 1:25 PM CDT (18:25 UTC)

Expired

Jun 21, 1997, 4:30 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Bandera County, TX

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KSAT 211825
FFWSAT
TXC019-123-171-187-212130-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
125 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...BANDERA COUNTY...DE WITT COUNTY...GILLESPIE COUNTY
   ...GUADALUPE COUNTY
 
AT 120 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MANY PORTIONS SOUTH SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS.
 
IN GILLESPIE COUNTY...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING COVERED WESTERN
PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY.  RADAR INDICATED OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING.
 
IN BANDERA COUNTY...OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AND NUMEROUS
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO REDEVELOP EAST OF MEDINA
TO BANDERA CITY AND PIPE CREEK.
 
IN GUADALUPE COUNTY...OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AND NEW
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN HAVE REDEVELOPED ACROSS THE COUNTY.
 
IN DEWITT COUNTY...OVER 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN MEASURED AND NUMEROUS
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO REDEVELOP
ACROSS THE COUNTY.
 
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
 
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 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.
 
FLOOD PRONE URBAN AREAS FILL WITH WATER QUICKLY.  CLOGGED STORM
DRAINS MAY CAUSE OTHER AREAS TO FLOOD.  DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH
FLOOD WATERS AND STAY AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS.

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.